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Hi everyone, As you may know me and my dad are currently in the process of rewiring my house (informed the council and handed over £90) and have done the following (attached with questions): 1. taken out the old fuse box, replaced with new consumer unit :D 2. split the upstairs and...

Hi everyone, thanks for the reply has. I am still confused as you say that I can just lay the cable but some frantic googling took me to this page http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Book/4.4.1.htm and it suggests that I need to clip the cables! If the council weren't coming round then I'd just...

Hi everyone as you may know, me and my dad are rewiring my house and we have just had the consumer unit changed to a brand spanking new General Electric one (Are they any good? It was either a choice of that or Square D or something). Thanks to everyone for help with that. Seeing as there...

Hi everyone thanks for the replies. I just have one further question about Root mean square. Does RMS mean that if I integrate the area of the sine wave (I know the total is zero) but where it is positive and divide by the time limit then I get 230V. Basically if I can do maths on...

Hi everyone, as you may know. I am in the process of having my house rewired and after I posted, Ban all sheds kindly pointed me to a section on the oDPM website and after much wrangling with my LABC. They are coming round to certify mine and my dad's work! anyway I have a few questions...

hi everyone, thanks for all the replies. I shall put the boxes in at 300mm high (currently bent flex as they are in the skirting). I am planning on doing most of the donkey work such as putting in the boxes and pulling the floorboards up and putting the channels in myself before I get an...

Hi everyone, Please could you answer a quick question for me, is there a recommended height for wall sockets? I heard on tv that it has to be at least 18inches from the ground to assist disabled people but was unsure. thankyou. Lorraine

hi everyone, I am in the process of redoing my utility room and am contemplating replacing the carpet with laminate. i just have a couple of questions. 1. would it be okay to lay the laminate directly on to chipboard without an underlay? or is that absolutely neccessary? I just don't want...

hi again, thanks for the info chris, very much appreciated and you to kevplumb. Would boss white be okay to put on the conical surfaces? or could i use kitchen sealant as I think that is silicone? thanks again Lorraine

hi everyone upon further reading, I have just realised why everyone has been having a chuckle due to the innuendos (spelling)! I have succesfully managed to remove the radiator by attaching a different TRV head piece from another radiator. Thanks for all the help with that. I took it off...

YAY I DID IT!!! crikey you wouldn't believe how happy i am. I first had a got at my bathroom one, and that was stiff so then went for the living room one and that popped off. the one in my bahtroom felt like it had a button almost which had to be pushed in. now i look at it, it looks like...

hi thanks for the superfast replies, this might sound like a stupid question but which way do i turn it? from that picture say i was standing on the left looking towards the valve and then the radiator, would it be clockwise or anticlockwise? I just remember the guy at the demo going, the...

hello again, all the other valves in my house look like this they say danfoss on them, so I think they are of the right sort. I had a quick little feel and I could feel what felt like a protrusion on the skirting board side of the valve, i just couldnt' tell what it was? thanks...

hi everyone, thanks loads for the help. i thought the best thing to do would be to take a picture of it. So here it is I tried pushing the green thing back on as hard as i could but its still popping off if i screw the grey thing in. I went to the plumb centre and they said it was best to...

thanks chris, i suspect I shall need a new valve, as the green shround is loose. when i screw the grey plastic, it isn't pushing on the pin :( lorraine

thanks kevplumb and doitall. when you say leave the cap on and screw the middle down, do you mean the hex bolt inside or the splined things? sorry for asking such newbie questions, i just don't want to flood the place. Lorraine

hi, I am currently painting one of the rooms in my flat and want to get the radiator off the wall. So I went to b and q and watched the demo on how to get the radiator off. it looked fairly straightforward, shut both valves and then undo the nuts. only problem is i don't know how to shut...