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Thanks for the replies everyone! Unfortunately we're about 3 hours drive away from the house, so taking more photos isn't really an option at the moment!! Do you think that it's something we would want to replace the fuse box if we bought this place? And given that the wiring is probably...

Any idea how old this fusebox is? Its in a new house I'm looking at buying so trying to work out if it needs replacing and the attached wiring. I know an independant inspection is best but just trying to get a rough idea of what needs doing :)

Thanks for your help john. The sockets ring goes over the bathroom (bungalow) so runninmg of the sockets is no extra hassle, I was intending to run of a switced fcu. The shaver socket itslef was going to be a crbatree one from screwfix, it says its for use in the bathroom so hopefully that...

Thanks for that. why does it have to be on the light circuit? I would prefer it to be on the socket circuit as that is rcd protected but if it definatly needs to be on aa lighting circuit then it should be easy enough to change. Also does a shaver need to be onm a triple pole isolator?

Good afternoon all, Im looking at installing a shaver socket in the bathroom. We currently have a fcu unit mounted near the ceiling which did have an electric heater wired into it before we fitted central heating and I was wondering if that would be ok to wire the shaver socket into? its part...

Not 100% sure, you think they might be disconnected both ends then? That would probably have made the most sense I suppose, not something I had thought of. Shouldnt be too hard to test either, will test it tonight and see

Bit of a strange question, I had an electrician in to move some sockets in the kitchen and revove the electrics for an old water heater and storage heater circuit. These were both on 16amp mcb's, the mcb's were left in the fuse box and the cable was taken out the sockets and walls and...

Thanks guys, it seems to me like a car that started with full choke then switched off straight away - you allways get a wiff of petrol, Ill get the service engineer out a little early and get him to check it. It only happens when the hot water tap is turned on only very breifly and the...

be warned that yours may be like ours, the outside stop cock turns off half the street! (7 houses) not too mention the wildlife that had made its home around the stoptap....

Hi guys after a little bit of advice to either put my mind at rest or get the gasman out! Had a new central heating and hotwater system fitted about a year ago, was previously all electric and I now have a gas combi boiler fitted in a utility room. When the hat water tap is turned on and...

they will be coming out tommorow :)

Hi guys not sure where to put this but im after a little advice. how would you suggest I deal with a wasps nest, it appears that the little blighters have decided to make a home in out wall cavity just behind a vent. The vent is at the top on the wall so the nest could be in the loft (havnt...

we found it helpful to use a piece of masking tape on the tile and mark on that where you want to drill as it stops the drill bit slipping on the tile. Just keep the drill straight and the hammer action off :)

thanks for that :) just clarieifed things for me We used a little diversity as we have about 1450w in a bungalow, only if every light had a 100w bulb in it (which of course they dont) not to mention that there are two outdoor lights and 2 lights in the loft :) couldnt ever imagine every...

Seems a similer issue to me, I take it part of the post will below ground level? what are you doing about the fence? iss taht all above ground level? and the land drops after the fence? if thats so wont the ground move leaving an increasing gap under the fence?

little confused by this, I understand radial to be a seperate cable toeach light from the consumer unit. All lighting I have seen has been from consumer unit, to 1st light, then 2nd, then 3rd etc etc. Just wanted to get some clarification on this so that I can confim if I understand it...

get one with a humidity sensor :) they are pretty common

we just used a chainsaw on our hedge, the hedgetrimmer wouldnt touch it a year later and it looks great :) and a much better size too

two sets of plaster and wooden slats already? what sort of beams have you got? that sounds like a lot of weight :?

as a thought I have some unused cabling near where I would put the booster in the loft. The cabling goes back to an unused 16amp MCB in the CU, Was previously used for the water heater. any problems running the socket of that? If i did would it be worth using a smaller MCB? If not It...