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I notice you are in Poole, would you be interested in quoting me for this job?

Found marking on cable and it is 6mm2, the outside diameter is around 20mm. It was left over after my last electrician over ordered for a run from consumer unit to garage of around 25 meters, I still have about 20 meters left over. The new run would be around 5-6 meters from consumer unit to...

I have a good length of armoured cable left over from building a new garage a few years ago. I would like to use it to install a 300w pond pump in my garden. Firstly, I will not be doing this job myself but would like an idea of what’s possible before I start. I can take the supply from my...

I have a yellow Balau deck just over 4m x 4m. Every spring i pressure wash and oil using something like Ronseal clear deck oil and it looks lovely for a few weeks before going silver and then covered in algae (it is north-east facing). Having done a bit of research I suspect I may not have...

Found it. Forgot to reconnect the small rubber tube that connects to the timer.

I have just refitted the control board having had it repaired together with new motor brushes and drum dampers. Now Ive got a blinking "check inlet" light despite the fact I can hear it filling with water. After a while the machine just drains. I am wondering if I might have dislodged...

Found it, fuse in boiler. Thanks.

Having established my 3port valve was faulty, I removed the motor unit from the valve and could hear something rattling inside it. I refitted it and used the manual lever to select the mid position and as I did I saw and heard a spark come from inside. Now everything is dead. Nothing tripped...

That is my main question. What is the benefit of S over Y and is it worth converting if I have to replace the mid position valve anyway.

Hi Old Buffer. I've been looking at wiring diagrams and it looks like the cylinder thermostat only uses two wires which means I do have enough cores as you say. I could fit the automatic bypass as you suggest, but would my towel rail not do the job? It is fitted between flow and return about...

My hot water was way too hot at the tap so I just replaced the cylinder thermostat. While I was at it, I removed the actuator from the mid position valve (Drayton) and tried turning it with some pliers. It seemed very stiff and with only around 45 degrees of movement (not sure if this is...

Hi John I will have to check again to see "how high" and will post back when I get a chance to do so. When you say: if everything was disconnected, do you mean make sure all plugs are removed from sockets? What about light fittings? Cheers Ian

A test meter shows continuity between the earth bus bar and the neutral bus bar in the consumer unit. Every socket shows continuity between earth and neutral. Very high resistance, so not enough to trip all the time. I think an electrician may have also put in a less sensitive trip at some point.

My Parents have a problem that several electricians have not been able to fix. Two or three times a year the RCD trips and turns the power off, usually when they are on holiday and the freezer defrosts. Now they are worried about going away. After lots of checking and testing, I think there...

I can't work out how to remove a drawer beneath a basin, I wondered if the runner mechanism (pictured) might be the answer? Thanks in advance.

Out of about 20 square meters, only one stone has a very small amount of movement, you can't see or feel it but you can hear it. All the rest is solid. I have no idea what the original pointing was, it looks like sand/cement but I can see it wasn't done properly. Where some of it has come out...

Hi My sandstone patio is about 6 years old and all the grouting has gone. I want to re-point it and I am tempted to use regular sand/cement mortar for the job. However, I have just watched the video for Aspects Easyjoint and it does look easy. My main concern is will it stand a yearly...

I don't think so, I'm not really sure what you mean though. The basin has an overflow. Because it is quite a small basin it empties quite fast with the plug closed.

The plug isn't leaking, it is a click/clack plug with an O ring around the edge, the leak is definitely around the waste, not through it.

Having just fitted a new trap to a basin, I decided to tackle another problem that has been bugging me for a while. With the plug in, the basin empties itself fairly rapidly. I took the waste out and notice there is no washer between the top flange and the inside of the basin - just a bit of...