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PS somewhere on the internet I found a table giving the various standard joist sizes and the appropriate max span for each, but I can't find it. I'll keep Googling a little to see if I can chance upon it again. (The building regs refer to the British Standards and equivalent, which are not...

Read and thoroughly digest! http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/uploads/br/BR_PDF_AD_A_2013.pdf in particular, Section 2B.

Ok no worries I'll leave it at that, I'm happy that you've done all you can and I've helped as much as poss. given the limited amount one can do remotely over the internet. I'm happy to leave it to an electrician who can visit, and has proper test gear to diagnose this one.

Do they still have the part-used tin of fairly fresh paint?

Where to start??? Ok let me just check, you know the difference between a neutral and an earth?

Another point, in the 4 pics you've uploaded 2 of them are diagrams of how to connect a junction box, not your own actual connections within a junction box. Can you upload an actual pic of your own junction box connections?

Yeah, clutching at straws a bit for an easy solution. The best course is now using proper test equipment to check for continuity etc

Its not a halogen floodlight is it? Those bulbs (the long straight ones) are easy to not locate properly between their terminals, even though it looks like its properly seated. Also if it worked 3 days initially, did you handle the bulb, then its blown in 3 days (they say to not touch the bulb...

No, non-auto-reversing brakes are okay before a certain date. You can remove the brakes if you wanted to but you need to remove almost all of the braking system, ie if the wheels bolt to drums, these can remain but the shoes, cables, etc need to be removed. Basically you can't use a trailer...

Check for rust, especially the sills. Otherwise, the Ka is a good cheap car.

Does anyone in your neighbourhood want to do some landscaping and create a Teletubbies hill?

I'd say the physics tells you that heat is lost to the environment via roof, walls and ground, and that the larger the temperature difference between the two, the larger the heat loss. Therefore when not needed, turn it off. Also, use the smallest room in the house practicable (or the least of...

Thanks for the tip! The wiring appears okay. I'm going to suggest that you've inadvertently tripped the MCB on the consumer unit - and then reset the lighting RCD thinking power has been restored when in fact its not. If its not this, then it looks like either a dodgy connection made, or a...

The diagram is a bit too small to see properly but I think you have 3 red wires and 2 black wires. You need a better way to identify which wire is which, when transferring the connections from the old light switch to new, since each red and each black possibly do different things. Can you...

I was going to suggest, that the house would be ever so slightly devalued by the awkward location of the box, compared to an equivalent house with the box. Shame it just borders your land, rather than being on it - a) you'd get an easement and b) you could cancel the 'contract' (it would...

If you forget, then you're still responsible for parking fines, speeding tickets, worse etc in that you'd be required to name the driver of the car, and if you can't.....there is a SLIGHT chance you'd have to take the penalty. But, I'm sure it does happen every now and again. If that's the...

Me too, I'd be interested to hear recommendations of affordable self fitted kitchens. I've Googled the obvious but if there's any others etc...

What kind of solar controller are you using, or are you simply connecting it direct to battery? My solar controller does 3 stage charging (bulk, absorption, float) and is MPPT. You could charge one battery while another is charging and swap them over every now and again but its inefficient...

Sounds like the radio isn't suitable for a caravan and the battery charger isn't as smart as it should be.

What kind of battery is being charged? Eg open cell lead acid, maintenance free, Calcium, AGM, etc What kind of "12V" electrical devices can't cope with eg 14.8V charging voltage? Equipment being used during charging does NOT result in the battery being overcharged, at least on the better...