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Why is this? Is there something in particular to be carefull of? Although I have never used these connectors before, it seems fairly straightforward. Coupled with the fact that I have my now isolator installed and I can safely isolate the supply before making the modifications it seems one of...

Where is a good place to get Henly blocks? I assume from the name they must have been made by Henly originally?? Can you still get originals, or are they all copys now? I have read about some being better quality than others, as they seem pretty cheap, might as well treat myself to some...

Just to clarify a few points: They didnt connect either set of CU tails to the switch. So they left the property safe, but with no electricity. I had sent them a diagram before they came out (which they quoted the job from) which showed both meters connected after the switch. They quoted...

A bit of an update on this thread. I emailed western power distribution with a diagram of what I wanted doing. They quoted me £191.00, which I had to pay up front before they would even come out to take a look. They came to do the job today. Before: After: I wasnt at home...

Hi Joe, thanks for your reply. I can picture what you mean about wall plates - the things you see on old cottages etc. From my conversation with the structural engineer that was not the kind of thing that he seemed to be talking about. If it were that kind of arrangement, then as I...

Ive an outside wall that has a slight bow. I was concerned that it could be subsidence, but had a structural engineer round and he confirmed it was just bowing out and not really much to worry about. The joists run in perpendicular to the wall. He suggested that for piece of mind I strap the...

As well as inline fan, you can actually get fan units that go on the wall outside. Similar principles to the in line, but bolted to the wall outside, so in theory even quieter. But I am struggling to find any decent information.

This is what I meant. I know that the strappers are both lives, but as some of the lights are closer to one end of the room than the other I was thinking of carrying the neutral through and save the runs back and forth from the rose to the switch. Given the confusion that this has caused I...

I have a large room which I have 2 doorways about 9m apart. I want switches next to both doorways. There will be 3 'zones' of lights, therefore a 3 gang light switch at each doorway. The three zones are roughly 1/3 of the way across the room each. If this was a stairway I would use 3...

I am not sure if this is the right section. I am after advice on cooker hoods, I am specing out my new kitchen. The room is going to be a kitchen/diner/living area. So I would like a decent extractor to get rid of the fumes, while being quiet enough to be able to maintain a conversation...

Hi, Thanks for replies. The room is a fairly big kitchen diner, the bit with bare brick and the conduit is about 5m away from the food preperation areas. I realise that it might corrode in time, but as long as its not really bad I think this will be acceptable. Most of the room will be...

I am currently fitting a new kitchen/diner. Part of the room I am going to leave as bare brick. I was thinking that galvanised steel conduit and accesories would look quite cool against the bare brick and would make a feature of the cable run, which otherwise would be difficult to hide. I...

Thanks for the link. I have had a read through. The installations in the english heritage document all show the current plaster intact. Is there a reason for this? Ive taken my plaster off and was planning on attaching the batons to the brickwork directly. The plaster wasnt very good to start...

I know that similar questions have been asked before, but I am a bit confused, so I have made some sketches to try and remove any ambiguity. I have a solid 9" brick wall on a victorian terrace. I would like to insulate it. I am proposing to make a framework and fill it with Kingspan or...

Thanks. I think you have both summed up what I need. I'll make some calls and see what I can arrange.

Hi, Thanks for further replies. ban-all-sheds is correct. I think if the prepaid meter was disconnected then it could just sit there. I am not desperate for the wall space. I was planning on doing some of the work myself (moving the circuits from one CU to another etc - I have all of the...

JohnW2 - I havent opened the old switch. It looks like a three phase isolator that has been borrowed from a commercial premesis at some point, so I expect it will be fused. Its certainly big enough, but I will check. - I realise that consolidating the consumer units into one will be a lot...

Hi, I am currently converting my property, which was two flats into one house. There are two meters under the stairs, both coming from a single main supply. Its an old terrace house, so it has 100A main fuse, rather than an isolator. One set of meter tails goes into a downstairs...

I have got a rotten floor, but I am unsure if the rot is dry rot or a wet rot. I have used the http://www.buildingpreservation.com website which I found through searching through previous threads. The damage is mainly limited to one ground floor room with a cellar underneath. The cause of...

Hi Tony, Thanks for your helpful reply. I did try some searches, but after reading your reply I searched for blocked heat exchanger and my symptoms sound similar. You are correct, there was no powerflush performed. The boiler was a new installation. There was a bottle of cleaner and...