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Hi Everyone *I think* new person had a previous light with a loop in ceiling rose but his new light simply has earth live and neutral. If I were you I would get up in your loft and fit a junction box for that particular light, IPx4 bathroom fittings are very tight IMO. that will give you...

it might not be, it may be wired off the ring main, the best way is to test it with a multimeter failing that, if youa regoing to do any maintenance turn the main switch off and that will kill all the circuits.

the consumer unit, it has an mcb (mechanical circuit breaker) in there which more than likely switches the lighting circuit off. but apparently this is not a proper means of isolation. although it will allow you to change the light or lamp or fitting without getting burned or getting...

yeah i agree. Mine was £90 but that was for a rewire so worth it. I wouldn't blame joe bloggs for not declaring it, its not like building controls can actually check. Lorraine

Hi Yes thats what I thought, if you drill another hole you reduce the second moment of area some more which is not a good thing. I was just worried about the building regs guy coming and telling me off. I think the joist can be modelled as a simply supported beam with two reactions at...

Hi JohnB The one I had in my house before we removed it was only 80W motor, which is nothing compared to many light fittings these days and it was wired off the lighting circuit, I would be suprised if many used the ring main as its usually a bit of a pain to route the wire to it and then you...

HI everyone Thanks for the reply spark123. The plumber came today and I specifically asked for a worcestor bosch boiler as we had that in my previous house and it was reliable! He wasn't particularly familiar with electrics and said "last time we used a socket for the fused spur". I...

hi elaboring on what howard said. I had a similar problem to what you did but I swapped my 2 gang socket for 2 singles and extended the ring in between. That way you ensure that all sockets are still on the ring. :D Lorraine

Hi Okay I'm not qualified or anythign but I have done the odd spot of rewiring (mainly in the last week :D) Its not exactly clear if your switch is a switched FCU or not. So you might want to elaborate on that. is it ring main > Switched FCU > Light or ring main > FCU > Light >...

oh well not sure that worked as i kept gettinga sql error :( but its (been removed), fixed now its in my profile. sorry mod! :D Thanks everyone Lorraine ________________________________ moderator email address removed please see 7

Hi everyone, Breezer, how much do you want for it!? This structural engineer was recommended by a colleague at the practice I work at. It just so happens his house had nothing wrong with it! Anyway a quick phone call to his boss, a threat to take him to the cleaners and job done. Its a...

my garage is part of my house hence the reason for the pir in there. I shall have a long hard think, First things first I shall reset the system so I can have the engineer code back so I can at least have complete control of the system. Incidentally do you know where I can buy an...

I suppose its all relative, but one of my friends has a gardtec alarm and its really easy to use as its menu driven. eg. if you say want to set the alarm but leave a zone out it talks you through it. punch in code > "would you like to full set?" no > "part set?" no > "omit...

:D I hope that fence you sit on is not too high! :D Oh I'm also getting a refund for my structural survey, a free new floor and compensation for slowing the electrican [me + dad] down from the structural engineer! It helps when you're a solicitor!

Hi Everyone, Is the general concensus that I should stick with the Menvier or bite the bullet and upgrade? I'm not really clued up on whats good and whats not in the alarm world so would appreciate any input I've got the keypad thats is grey but has an led screen, its a nightmare to use...

Hi Everyone Thanks for all the replies. I have now rewired down to my ground floor and have put the chases in for the sockets but have a case of wood worm so I'm waiting till the weekend to replace the floorboards and joists with new ones. I shall put the boiler onto a FCU but I was a...

Hi Breezer The main reason is I want more zones, the current alarm is only 8 zone and looks like something out of the mid 80's. Plus its not really very easy to use. I was thinking of the texecom premier 48 because it has a dot matrix display, has more zones and having had a look on the...

Hi Everyone My rewiring is almost complete, I got down to the ground floor pulled up the floorboards to be greated by a severe case of woodworm - surveys are such a waste of time + money (and mine was structural!) anyway onto my question. As I am pretty much ripping out most of the stuff...

Hi, On my fuses the seals were already broken, I suspect the previous home owners had got an electrician in and he had broken the seals. I am not sure what the local electric company think of it but when i was in the electrical wholesalers, the guy behind the counter said that most sparks...

Hi everyone, Thanks for all the replies. In reply to some of the questions: Bathroom Switch - I would like to leave this as if I take it out it will leave a massive hole in the wall and I can't get matching tiles from anywhere but I was aware that most bahtrooms had pull cords but was...