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Zambezi In all sincerity, is there something wrong with the way I have done the wiring, if so I would rather be told so that it can be rectified or if dangerous, torn out! Don't pull any punches!

I have had a 5' upright freezer in a hall cupboard in my flat for over 30 years and it has been perfectly safe. I would recommend leaving the door of the cupboard slightly ajar to give the frrezer room to breathe. It will also burn more electricity if air can't circulate freely around it I...

I thank you for your assistance, but I could find no terminal strip in the ceiling rose. Also there is no junction box in the loft. As advised here I traced the switch wire with the red sleeving from the landing ceiling rose, and it only goes to the landing light switch I checked the...

I intend moving into this house out of a 4th floor council flat as my wife has a severe heart condition and very bad arthritis and finds it very difficult to climb all the stairs!

I would say in recollection when I slackened off switches to allow the plasterer to get under them when covering artex that I have "loop-in" at the switches, as there was a maze of wires which I have never seen in a light switch before! I can remembering thinking "I wouldn't like to have to...

Please excuse me if I don't reply to any response you might make tonight as I have to close the PC down just now. I will try to log on early tomorrow morning. Thank you for your help!

I thank you for your prompt reply to my question! This is an ex council house property I have just bought and have no knowledge of how it is wired, but I can tell you that it was completely rewired not so long ago by the council or their contractors. I am back in my own house now and...

Following the instructions given on this site I have been trying to fit a light in my loft by taking a connection from the ceiling rose on the landing adjacent to the loft hatch My problem is that when I try to follow the instruction below my wiring is different. There are no wires connected...

I would like to partially floor my loft for storage, but am hindered due to the fact of this ex council property having been rewired which means there are tentacles of cable sprouting from the ceilings in each room, not to mention thick insulation. I have two questions to ask if I may. Would...

The company doing my new bathroom installation told me to go to a tile supplier and choose the tiles I need and they would pick them up. I went to "Tile It All" and they were extremely unhelpful, so could anybody tell me the easiest way to work out how many border tiles I will need, and how...

bengasman I had thought of taking my British Gas contract with me when I move house, as it covers me for pipework and TRVs. I only got a new boiler and 5 new radiators. I didn't get the pipework renewed. My Worcester Bosch 27 boiler is actually guaranteed for FIVE YEARS provided I have...

I thank everybody who replied to my post. I think I'll settle for the mixer shower run from the boiler, (if that is the proper name for it). One more question please before I make up my mind. Are these boiler-run showers reliable, is there much that can go wrong with them? I have a...

Could somebody tell me which is better and cheaper to run. I have just had a Worcester Bosch 27CDi condensing combi boiler fitted and am now having my bathroom done completely from scratch. I have been offered a shower that would be run from the boiler or an instant electric shower...

Is WD40 suitable for lubricating a rim cylinder lock please? A tip I learned was to use graphite dust from an ordinary pencil which certainly does a very good job, but it isn't very easy to get it into the plug and pins. The last time I did this the point of the pencil broke in the lock...

"it is probably acting as the by-pass for the system too" Do you mean the radiator without the TRV is acting as a safety device for the boiler; something like a relief valve to allow a continual flow round the system?

Excuse delay in replying. I was out. Yes it is!

I have an eight year old Worcester 24CDi LE combi boiler installed and have been told it is essential that the only radiator in the flat without a TRV must be left on all the time the central heating is on. What is the reason for that please, and what could happen if this radiator was turned...

I know the PRV vents to atmosphere as I was outside with an engineer when he checked a new one he had fitted when we were having pressure problems 3 years ago! Thank you for your input.

"Put a label insde the boiler that says "Mains Power switched off from behind Tumble Dryer" or words to that effect so that the next time someone goes inside, they know." I did as you advised I've also sent a letter off to British gas to let them know, and asked them to amend their records...

Please excuse the delay in replying. I had it the wrong way round. The unswitched spur is for the controls to the timer and room thermostat. I can tell by the way it's wired up. The electrician looped it in from the wiring in the timer switch that supplied the immerser on the original...