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Thanks everyone for your replies. I was a bit confused as last time I wired a socket I was advised to use 2.5 T&E as 1.5 is for lights, but of course I now understand that 1.5 is fine with a fuse!

It’s one of these: Masterplug ELS134B-01 Permaplug Four Socket Trailing Socket with Power Indicator, without Plug and Cable, 13 Amp, Black https://amzn.eu/d/99oaYcV I suppose you could call it a trailing socket, I’ve always called it a multi way socket as I’ve no idea what they should be called!

Sorry, dumb question but I have a multi way socket that I am wiring up and it says in the instructions to use 1.5mm flex. Why is this the case whereas we use 2.5mm for sockets when using T&E?

My bad! Let’s go with Born instead then!

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The builder of our first home (built 2013) was a real bodge merchant. The back and front lawns were basically a thin layer of soil thrown over all the leftover crap from construction and then seeded. The plastering wasn’t done properly so little bits of plaster kept falling off where joists had...

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That’s frustrating. My dad has the same issue with the plums in his orchard. If he doesn’t pick them when they’re ripe, then either the birds get them or the wasps do!

I wonder would a gentle plastic polish (like Grey Gate polish) get those scratches out…

Mrs Nope and I have been watching two shows. Firstly an American TV series called FBI which funnily enough is about an FBI unit in New York, and secondly a BBC TV Series called Hope Street which was filmed in the beautiful North Down coastal town of Donaghadee in Northern Ireland. We recently...

When it comes to getting solar panels installed I always have one piece of advice; Run Like F*CK!

I actually agree about LAP. When I hear people saying we should avoid LAP I always find myself wanting to ask “What’s wrong with LAP?”

Perhaps, but we shall see.

I did! But they changed their mind when they realised the hassle of not doing so!

Ok, update on this: I was in Homebase and I bought this “T-Rex Mounting Tape” thing. Stuck a strip of it onto the adaptor, stuck adaptor onto the wall, pushed hard on it for 30 seconds and left it overnight. Doesn’t look like it is going anywhere.

We have a Hotpoint washer dryer. We bought it in 2014 before moving into a house we’d bought. It’s been used several times a week since then, and even moved with us into our new house earlier this year. We’ve never had any issues with it and never had to call out a service engineer for anything...

I wonder if the Miele representative was dragging his heels a bit because of their excellent reputation - I.e. “Well this customer claims their PCB has failed after just 2 years, but our machines are built to last at least 10 years so the customer must be lying.”

It is an old one, but one of my favourites!

In 1968 Leonid Brezhnev is planning a visit to Poland and wants to present a gift to the General Secretary. He gathers together his advisors. “Comrades” he says, “In 1 month I will travel to Poland. I wish to present a gift to the General Secretary. This gift must be something that will...