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I know someone who puts a ring of hemp on the joint side of the olive when all else fails, always works.

Hi, I have the same situation, but have not got round to resolving. Will try Adamw's suggestion of checking the main ceiling rose to see if supply wires originate there. I was considering installing radio switch modules in the wall light fittings to operate with remote control as I have done...

Hi all, Replaced a number of rad valves with thermostatic ones. Is it still neccesary to ballance the rads or can I just leave the lockshields on those rads fully open? If the TRV is controling flow through the rad, cant see the need to restrict output.

As bahco says, a bit of ptfe tape around the olive works well. Copper olives often more reliable as softer than brass, so compresses better with less tightening force.

Hi guys, Getting a bit confused here. The wires in question are not long enough to take to any sort of connector block on the din rail, so was intending to have loose in-line joints using connector strip to extend these wires by 2 or 3 inches to reach the consumer unit neutral strip...

Thanks for that. Do you mean using pre-insulated butt crimp connectors?

I want to replace a fusebox with a MCB consumer unit, but the neutral wires in the fusebox are quite short. Is it permisable to extend them inside the consumer unit using connector blocks?

Thanks for that. You have just reminded me to check whether the price includes vat as it isnt specified on the quote!

Hi folks Just need reassurance that £4300 is a reasonable price to pay for supply and lay medium price range slabs over 60 square metres in South Wales. Slabs are Marshalls Heritage in 3 sizes, max 60x60, job includes removal of existing slabs & spoil, construction of 1m wide steps with 3...

We are currently having double glazing done by a small company on a house that already had a window and outside door from Anglian. Got quotes from Anglian, Staybrite & the people we went with. The Anglian salesman covering Newport Gwent gave us the full hard sell, using all the BBC Watchdog and...