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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Buy a multimeter. You can get them for less than £10 and they will actually be accurate, and useful.

You need to slaughter an antelope with your bare hands and then drink it's blood - this should appease the Part P overlord so that he grants you entrance into the Part P circle. Then again, the Part P overlord is well known for being very tough on people who want to obtain his 'part p', and so...

It's best for the RCD protection to be at the garage but as streetlighter has mentioned, your downstairs sockets may already be RCD protected. If they are not (they should be and you should get that seen to) then don't bother with the RCD spur and have the RCD protection at the garage. On...

Have you tried using a different (high quality) guitar cable? Is the amp a combo or a separate head and cab? Is it a tube amp? What type of pickups? Is the guitar properly shielded? Have you got the gain set to max? Do you have any effects in the signal chain?

Taking a trip to Hull with their master.

Split concentric would be a good choice.

I'm assuming the loft conversion is being inspected for compliance with other building regs? If so then the inspector might insist on the new heights despite them only applying to new builds. Perhaps you should get the customer to check with the BCO inspector to be sure.

Amateur! You want to get yourself one of these:

Spot on. Not every circuit will be drawing full load all of the time. Taking this into account is called diversity.

RCD: sockets reasonably expected to supply outdoor equipment certain appliances within certain zones within the bathroom Non-RCD: everything else

For your own safety and that of your wife/kids etc?

If you are sure the existing circuit is correctly designed then replacements are not notifiable. What conditions do the cable run through - insulation/conduit/trunking?

He is allowed to fit a new dimmer but whether it was notifiable work or not depends on what room it is in and whether it is a replacement for a normal switch.

No, never assume! You must make sure that your electrician is a member of a self certification scheme before you let him do the work. Also, since you say you are getting it checked out, have you actually told/found your electrician? Because I don't think any decent electrician will come and...

Twice as long to heat up compared to what? Yesterday? Your old immersion? Your kettle? You need give more information if we are to be able to offer any useful advice. Is the tank well insulated? Is it a duel element heater? Have you tried using the other element - perhaps it has been wired...

32mm is the other standard size for waste pipe. There's only £4 difference between the two for 30metres though...

Lay a duct at least 450mm deep, backfill the trench about 3/4 full and lay warning tape then cover over. Don't forget to insert a draw line for the cable - something pretty substantial too. For the duct you can use pretty much anything - 110mm soil pipe, 40mm waste pipe or you might get away...

Space cat, have a look through this thread for information on how to upload and insert a picture into your post. If the image is already uploaded then you just have to copy the address for the image and put IMG tags around it like this:

Are you copying the 'quote' tags from each post? And are you sure you are not pasting them inside other quote tags? Eg To quote your first message followed by mine I would end up with the following code: [code:1] [/code:1]

Click the quote button of the first post you want to quote, select it all and copy it (CTRL+C). Click the back button and go to the next post you want to quote from. Paste the first quote wherever it needs to be (CTRL+V) and then repeat the process as many times as you want.