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Just had a quote of £165+ VAT for a service, is this the going rate, seems a bit steep. That's without repairs

I won't be messing unless iit's something easy and safe to check, it is factory fitted

Hi, I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction as to the fault on my LPG system. When the ignition is turned on with the change over switch in petrol it starts up no problems. When the switch is turned onto LPG i can hear the click (solenoid) i think and it changes to gas...

Hi I have an external bathroom wall that is currently skimmed and painted. The wall is concave in parts mainly around the window. I would like to level this out before tiling. Could you please advise me on the best thing to use. IE. Hard wall, bonding plaster etc Thanks

I have a 2m long wall in the bathroom, ive took an airing cupboard out and where the stud work was, along the wall there is a difference of about 10mm run out in the wall (the last 1/4 of the wall). currently it is plastered with a slight stippling. I thought of screwing some 9.5mm board to the...

Im covering my chipboard floor boards with 12mm ply, on top of this will be underfloor heating, adhesive, and 6mm floor tiles. which will take me to around the 20mm in step mark from tile to carpet, which is quite a difference. Can anyone suggest how to go about this transition in the neatest...

Can anyone shed some light on this problem. The speedo, fuel and temp gadge all not working. They have back light that's about it. Replaced the fuse but it works for a short while then blows again. Is there anything Ican check before it goes to the garage? 55plate Thanks

Just after a bit of info i cant seem to find online. Ive been asked by a contracts manager if i have the correct qualifications for installing extra low voltage cabling (mainly cat5) plus the termination of the cables at either end. I have installed and terminated these cables for the past 10...

Id love to know how they taught him to correctly install, test and cert on a one day course though. it cost him £400 and they had to buy a multimeter and an "earth leakage" tester as he called it from the company doing the course, so all in all over a grand.

Got chatting to an alarm guy the other day who claimed "i've got my part P". So i asked him a little about it and why he went on the course. Apparently he did the course so he could "extend a ring" in his words to add an electrical point for his alarm systems. When i asked what the course...

This might sound stupid so im looking for the preferred method. I only really know one way of doing this and it doesn't always look great because its not one uncut piece of conduit, but when running a set of any sort into an accessary that is already fixed and in place, im wondering what the...

when driving for a period of around 10 mins at anything over 70mph my car seems to slow a little (bit like hitting a gust of wind head on) for a second or 2 then regains speed but the engine check light comes on. If i slow to under 70 it goes back off, can anyone shed some light as to whats...

came across this the other day, plugged into a double socket behind the tv, thought you lot might like this!

neutral not connected to the rcd side

i have been quoted by a garage £350 to change a core plug on my astra, they are saying that the plugs on the astra are behind the gear box and it will have to be removed, just wanting some clarification on the location of the plugs on this car and if this is a fair price to pay, because i cant...

thanks for the diagram, just what i needed, yeah i have got the 230v relay, the link wasnt great. im wiring up a quinta pro boiler via a honeywell v4073 using a y plan. But using this boiler have been told will need a relay between the s/w of the valve and the boiler position on/off terminal to...

could someone give me a little advice on the terminals i need to use on a 5A mini dpdt 230v relay. the cables to be used are 1- line 2-neutral 3-s/w 230v 4- outgoing cable to boiler to switch ON 5- outgoing cable to boiler to switch OFF the terminals in the relay are as follows...

just read your comments, i did the nvq a couple of years back. i was at bury college but did the nvq through a seperate company call BUSINESS SOLUTIONS based in bury. The course ran along side my last year of 2330. There was a lot of lads in the same boat as you, only did domestic or commecial...