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Lets just stick to trying to help me........if you've got too much time on your hands go and bore someone else. That's why Facebook was created don't you know. Any genuine help greatly appreciated thankyou very much

I am in the middle of building a false chimney breast for my flueless coal fire, have already put up the fire resistant plasterboard, just need the fire connected so I can get the chimney breast plastered and put in the Limestone firplace surround, I have already put in a new vent as advised by...

Hi Have just paid out for new windows and doors, I have fixed the entrance door alarm contact as surface mounted but on the french double door I have hit a snag. I do not want to fit the normal rectange surface mounted contacts as the profile on the doors is rounded so the contact will look...

Hi We have a Smeg A1-1 range, just noticed that the little neon bulb behind the temperature disc is not working, I have managed to find one on the web, just wanted to know how to replace it. Any help would be great. Thankyou in advance

I followed your instructions and took feed from junction box.

Success all working perfectly. Thankyou all for your valued advice.

I used a junction box as was advised to rather than wire into a rose. The feed i think is from the junction box. If there is an easier way im up for that cheers

Right here goes....I am after having the 2 bulbs in the loft on a switch, they are currently turned on by plugging the flex into a wall socket in a bedroom. There are 4 light roses in the loft from the bedrooms below. Here is what I have done so far: (All earth cables connected everywhere)...

Right here goes....I am after having the 2 bulbs in the loft on a switch, they are currently turned on by plugging the flex into a wall socket in a bedroom. There are 4 light roses in the loft from the bedrooms below. Here is what I have done so far: (All earth cables connected everywhere)...

I have a 6 week old Baxi Platinum combi boiler with a Siemens RDH10RF wireless thermostat attached via a Siemens RCR10/433-gb receiver. I decided to upgrade to a wireless programmer Siemens RDJ10 that uses the same receiver as my old RDH10RF. I know this to be true as when you buy the RDJ10...

Hello I have a Siemens RDH10RF/SET-GB Digital Room Thermostat already installed on my Baxi central heating boiler along with the Baxi integral mechanical programmable timer shown here in this link: http://www.screwfix.com/p/siemens-rdh10rf-set-gb-digital-room-thermostat/89164 Could you please...

Just decided to go and buy 1.5mm after all......only £13 from Screwfix!!!!

I have 50mtrs of 2.5mm twin and earth on a reel in the shed, now I am going to extend some of the lighting cable via junction boxes in the loft as am having new insulation fitted and this time want my cables above the insulation as advised. My question is will there be a problem with me using...

I have an Indesit WIXL163 washing machinem a bra wire has come out of a bra and fallen through the drum, I can hear the wire catching everytime the drum rotates, how can I take the drum out to get to the wire, is it easy?

Hi I have a light in my loft that when I when I go in the loft I have to have the light lead hanging down from the loft hatch and plugged into a socket on the landing. What I am after doing is to have a switch just inside the loft so I dont have to have a lead hanging out of the hatch. How...

Haha yeah after checking that gas was in fact coming out through the flexi pipe by disconnecting from the range found out that you do in fact have to hold the knobs in to get gas out to the hob!!!! Another question is that the oven part is electric but it is powered by a 13amp plug. To be...

Hi Purchased a refurbished Smeg range a while ago with the intention of swapping with our old cooker, never got around to it as decided soon after to move house. Now we're in our new house and had a new kitchen fitted so it's time to connect the range, plugged in the flexi gas pipe into the...

Thankyou for your help....all done now.

Yes for the kitchen appliances to be easily isolated, well actually it is going to be a new ring main just for the kitchen, on this ring main is going to be 4 above cworktop double sockets, i'd guess a kettle, microwave and toaster will be plugged in at most...oh yeah we have a tv too. Under...

Hi, I have extended a ring main to a new grid box with 3x20A double pole switches. My idea of connecting are: 1. Connect the earth cable from the incoming ring main to the grids yoke.....then onto the earths of from the appliances. 2. Connect the neutral cable from the incoming ring main...