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We've just had a company quote us for replacing the soffits and guttering plus downpipes on our semi. £650 all in was their quote. They've done a few other houses on the street and they look quite good. Our house is a 3 bed (1934) semi. Has two down pipes, one with a hopper for the bathroom...

I know for certain that my installation is NOT up to standard. I’ll post some pictures to give you a laugh but, in addition to the cooker switch in the bathroom I have: A light fitting in Zone 2 of the bathroom which has IP00 protection (you can physically touch the bayonet bit from the...

In the “Sticky” section, “The Which book of Wiring an Lighting” is recommended. I moved into a new (1934) house about 6 months ago. I need to do some maintenance on the installation as some aspects of it are ‘shocking’ to say the least. Is a cooker socket in the bathroom to isolate the...

Interesting recommendation about the shed. Firstly, I am not an electrician – far from it. When you say: presumably there needs to be a cable run from the house to the shed. More than likely routed where there is a danger that it could receive some sort of mechanical damage. Would you not...

Hi all, this is my first post on here – please be gentle(ish). Our house has got an old fashioned 8 way wylex consumer unit, although I think only 7 spaces are used. I am wanting to replace the consumer unit and, whilst I do know some stuff about electrics, I would not classify myself as...