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    smoke alarms

    what are the requirements regarding smoke alarms in a 3 bed house? does it have to be on its own circuit? can it come off the lighting circuit?
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    water on external wall

    I have recently moved into a flat that is about 2 years old and have noticed that there is water appearing on one of my external walls, any ideas why this is happening?
  3. J

    water on external wall

    i have recently moved into a flat that is about 2 years old and have noticed that there is water appearing on one of my external walls, any ideas why this is happening?
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    hot and cold hose's!

    ill pull it out and have a look to see if it only has a cold feed, nice one
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    hot and cold hose's!

    i have an integrated washing machine, with only 1 hose (cold) going into it. is it more efficient to add another hose (hot) or doesn't it really matter?
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    earth leakage

    could someone tell me what earth leakage is pls? apparently its this that causes my friends RCD to keep tripping when the dishwasher is turned on? he also said to me that its been ok for the last 6 weeks???
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    RCD

    what is earth leakage??? is he better off taking it off the RCD then?
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    RCD

    around my friends house he's kitchen ring is on an RCD, when the dishwasher is turned on after a couple of mintues the RCD trips??? any reasons for this?
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    Nailed through a wire

    you could chop the wall away around the affected area, cut out the damaged part of the cable and replace it with a new bit of cable using "through crimps" to join it together..
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    kitchen lighting

    i was gonna nick a feed from the main kitchen light but switch it separately, i didnt know whether it had to be fused???
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    kitchen lighting

    is it ok to change my kitchen light switch to a 2 gang so that the lights under the kitchen wall units can also be switched from there separately
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    switch drops

    i have 16mm tube down my walls and the 1mm can be pulled through instead of me chasing out the walls....
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    switch drops

    if i wire my lighting in 1.5 but my switch drops in 1mm will this cause any problems? (i have 16mm tube down the walls for the switches)
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