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I have started stripping an old wooden door today using a heat gun and scraper. Now the paint is coming off ok but I am being left with a green residue on the wood that is proving very difficult to remove. If I heat it up it just goes very gooey and smudges if I try to scrape it off. Does...

Am I the only one who doesn't see a Sky connection in that picture? Surely that isn't the sky feed from the dish or am I missing something?

Er no, I wasn't aware of that. Ignorance on my part i guess!

It is the 100ma rcd that trips, thus switching off the whole house, which is bloody annoying. what is this neutral/earth fault that you mention?

Not sure how to explain this really, but I'll give it a go anyway! I recently re fitted my bathroom, which included fitting a new light and a switch outside to do away with the pull cord. I obviously swithed the u/s lighting circuit off at the fuse board first, but when I cut the light cable...

thats something i could look into actually. i know the boiler is fed from the downstairs lighting circuit, but i hadnt thought sbout the immersion (never had one before!!) to the first 2 replies i plan on getting a sparks out this/next week to check it all out and see what can/can't be done...

I recently moved into a new house (new to me anyway!!) and am looking into adding some more sockets as they are few and far between as it is. This is fine apart from a couple of things I have come across this weekend. First of all I should say that every socket in the house is fed from a...

Yes it does. There is a cooker plate approx. 2 feet above the worktop. From there it goes to the outlet plate then onto the FCU

Just took the outlet plate off and it is immaculate behind it, not a mark on it. What cable do you suggest I use from the FCU to the outlet plate. Are you saying that the cable will burn out before it trips the fuse if there is a problem??? Trouble with moving the FCU is the length of...

I have just pulled my built in cooker out of its housing and found this little arrangement. I have a cooker isolation swith above the worktop which is fed from a 45A fuse in the CU. From this isolation switch I have a cable (not sure of size but it is fairly thick) that runs in the wall to...

gareth, have you had any joy with getting yours repaired. our red light comes on a lot and also thw water goes cold a lot when having a shower ___________________________________ lynda, moderator please note forum rules, general information, item K

thanks for this advice but i want to be able to watch sky in all rooms aswell so this would be no use. this is by far the easier option!!!!

i currently have a 4 way signal booster in my lounge next to my main tv which has the main aerial plugged into it (via sky+ and vcr) then this distributes to the tv in the lounge plus one in the kitchen and one upstairs. i have now got a tv for the 2nd bedroom upstairs plus a tv card for pc in...