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Is a 240v system safer with MCB's and RCBO or a 110v system? Just trying to get my head around building sites insisting on 110v and i would like to gain knowledge of why when as i understand all CU units of late have MCB's and RCBO's ? (please correct me if wrong here) On a building...

[/url] Thanks for the suggestion. To a "normal" person then great, but how do i put this? ummm, 99% of what im trying to train are not normal. Young kids that are really deprived of common sense and retractable leeds would end up with kids trapped in them. Hence im trying to find a...

Thanks for replies, im asking the questions as i dont know what to ask for and what does what. Im trying to get knowledge of different systems, products etc so when the sparky is next in (next week as it happens) i know what to ask for rather than go on one persons advice of what they think is...

O.k ! the answers are getting a little over my head here LOL. So the verdict is that yes we can have some sort of system fitted, but i get the idea its going to be expensive and possible specialist ? (in other words if i purchased what ever was recommended would a normal sparky be o.k...

O.k ! the answers are getting a little over my head here LOL. So the verdict is that yes we can have some sort of system fitted, but i get the idea its going to be expensive and possible specialist ? (in other words if i purchased what ever was recommended would a normal sparky be o.k...

Its a flooring training centre. So the sockets will be mounted in the students training bays. Problem i have is a lot of the specialist tools are 110v as normally used on building sites. We at the training centre can use 240v but that dont help me with 110v tools. The problem i have at...

Hi, I would like to have installed 110v sockets. Require minimum 11 of them but ideal would be 21 of them depending on cost etc to my next question. I dont want to be using one of the yellow box transformers in each location so would like 110v sockets on the wall. Is there some sort of...

Would the size of house and amount of radiators make a difference on how long it will take to heat if its maxed out? Its only very cold days when the heating has been low for a weekend etc that it takes a while. The house has 11 radiators i have just counted.

Hi all, I need a new boiler, i currently have a heatline vizo 24kw. I have had issues over the years of the Heatplate clogging and have had power flushes, filters etc fitted. The heat plate blocking problem now seems to be cured but its broke down 3 times in the last month. Basically all the...

simple, if you have a carpet fitter that cant then you dont have a carpet fitter in your house.

Should i have to empty it every 3 months? Every other house i have lived in the boilers have been many years old and run without issue or a filter. So its normal then for the filter to be full of crap every 3 months and i should clean it out sooner like every month maybe? How come i have not...

Hi, sorry for the delay replying. Powerflush done twice. They connected a large cylinder to it and left running for a few days. Been done twice by two different firms.

just to add to the above, why dont you ask your question on a forum used by proffestional carpet fitters / retailers. They should give you a idea of what quality you should expect and decide for yourself if you are being mugged. www.theflooringforum.com

when they plan the carpet out they should allow for the pattern match. That is bare basics. If you was on a budget they should put in writing that you dont want the carpet to match on the stairs as you are on concerned with getting carpet on the stairs and not for matches. As for the spare...

Figured i would give you floorlayers a heads up - http://www.diynot.com/forums/general-discussion/christmas-photo-fun-competition.385592/#2959553

Hi everyone, bit of fun on another forum with a competition going on for a free course or discount vouchers of tools provided the U.K's largest floor-coverings training centre. You simply have to post up some funny Christmas pictures to be in. Easy ! Hope you all enjoy your Christmas...

Hi, i have a Vizo boiler. It around 7 years old now at guess. Problem is every 6 months the heat exchanger keeps blocking and the water goes hot and cold. I kept having them replaced but for the last couple of years i have been removing and cleaning every time it blocks. Yes im now doing it...

a high moisture content in floorboards will not be fixed by changing them. there is something causing them to have a high moisture content. ask the installer what the floorboards MC is along with area Humidity and temperature to end up advicing you to change floorboards.

Im surprised that the regs dont cover concrete sub-floors with what i read about how strict they are on other items you come across. As you say, the regs are wrong here then. Also being a little stupid by the sounds of things.

so who is at fault here? (which i think the op is trying to get at also) Builder / sparky has burred cable in what would be a daft place and its got no protection either (not that i can see the logic behind some thin metal protecting it as you will drill through without realizing anyway)