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Thanks for the advice. I already have a seperate box in the kitchen (MCB) (30A fuse) which is located beside the main consumer box. I also have a rip cord in the bathroom but have no idea if it is 45A. Is this standard practice? The power cable runs from the box up into my attic, across the...

Hi, I currently have an electric shower installed over my bath but being only 7.4 kW and a tad old it has really had it's day. I want to install a new shower, well when I say I, I don't mean personally. I want to get some suitably qualified person in, advertising in the local paper (Cardiff)...

Hi, I currently have plastic coving round my bath to seal the edges from water. The problem is it's getting quite old now and I need to replace the material. I took a bit off the other day and found that underneath the bath has been sealed to the tiles with a big dollop of silicon sealant. I...

Hi, I wonder with the cold evenings setting in if someone could offer me some advice. I have a little 1 bedroom house with 2 radiators downstairs, one upstairs in the bedroom and 1 upstairs in the bathroom. The problem is ever since i bought the property, the bathroom radiator never warms...

Hi, I want to lay a few slabs at right angles to my existing path up to my shed door. I use my shed to keep my bike and the grass, especially with the rain at the moment, gets knackered with me trundling on it. It's only about 5 ft so will probably only need a couple of slabs. My question...

Hi, Thanks for all the help. I took it apart again and noticed a sneeky wee contact between a live wire and the metal back plate. Rectified, the earth wire fitted and it's working like a dream. At least I know my fuse box is doing what it's intended to do. Muchios Grazias for all your...

Yeah I have touched the light fitting and it aint live. I was careful with all my connections and no wires are visible so dont think they can be shorting on the casing. Also i went up to the attic and checked I hadn't pierced any of the cable and it was fine. :(

Hi :? I wonder if anyone can offer me some advice. I have this evening replaced my ceiling light fitting in my bedroom with a spotlight unit. I had no problems removing the rose and fixing the unit to the ceiling through the joists of course, but the electrical connections are...