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no, breeze block walls plastered over - well, being plastered over by myself as we speak. (unfortunately so is the floor! :oops: )

fantastic, cheers.

Hi there, I'm in the process of decorating a room. At present there are single sockets mounted on the skirting board which I want to make double and sink into the wall. What are the standard and recommended heights which the sockets have to be mounted above skirting board...

not gonna be easy to get the sparky to have a look hence I want to do as much as possible before he comes round. At the moment I have 30amp fuses for the 2 ring mains and 5amp fuses for the 2 lighting circuits - all the cable is existing. I've seen a few CU's about with circuit breakers -...

Thanks for your reply - I was going to get a sparky friend round to certify and test once complete. In answer to your question about installation and circuit design knowledge - not a lot :( - but I'm trying to learn! The main fuse rating is 100Amps - and I don't know about the supply...

Hi there, I've just bought an old house and am looking to change the current fuse board (wired fuses) with a new consumer unit with MCB's etc - I will probably do the install myself and get someone in to check. I currently have 2 x lighting circuits, 2 x ring main circuits, 1 x Porch Light...

Hi there, I've just bought a 1920's house so funds are a bit tight!! - but I don't really want to do temporary bodge jobs! I have started with one of the bedrooms (approx 14' x 11' with 10' ceiling) and striped the wallpaper from the walls. The plaster seems in relatively good condition...

Cheers guys, you were right - the cold feed was blocked where it joint onto the main circuit (the T-Junction??). All sorted now - runs freely through the system.

Thanks but that's a bit tricky as there are boxed in pipes below the radiator (bathroom taps) so it's hard without making a mess of the carpet! Also I want to remove several radiators in different rooms to decorate (just moved in) so figured it would be easier to drain the system - give it a...

Hi, I have a standard open-vented system with an old back boiler (behind a fireplace downstairs). I was trying to drain the system today to get several radiators off for decorating. so.. I tied up the float arm in the expansion tank and drained from the drain valve at the lowest point in...