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hi all,, basically have an old house and am aware that the wiring is not to 17th edt regs... had the kitchen movved and a sparks came in and installed a new distribution box and ring for it all which is cool but the problem is now i have a distribution box for that. another large one for...

would i need to remove the a certain amount of soil underneath??? if so how much and what do i need to put back ?? thx

floor boards have been lifted,,, ground below is very dry,, just again a hint of that smell,,,

after having the entire bottom 1m of house plaster removed and company in to damp treat the walls, thought all was good, but rear of the house still, damp/murky type of swamp smell.... found out an old toilet had been removed but piping still contected to outside drain, ie:sewage smell...

have not decided yet,, could do either. just need to know whats bext practice wrt wiring

#ok, how long can the flex safely be using 1.5mm

sorry,, start again.,. am moving 1x storage heater from wall wall to another, the original cable from the cb box is not long enough,, so am assuming i need to rewire a cable from the cb box...

lenght will be about 5m from heater to the breaker. then like 50cm from socket bit to heater itself,, ohh and the "16amp" cable is 1.5mm2

cool, thanks for the reply,, i went to wickes and asked for advice, they offered 2 types of cable, heat resistant suitable for night storage heaters. and like you said, it says 16amp 3840 watt.. so take it that one is ok if the breaker ratings are B16. just the heaters have no...

hiya,, the reason the indicators and 4 ways are both affected is becuase they share the same relay. so the cables from the stalk go down through the relay, and also the cables from the 4way switch go through the same relay and through the stalk, most indicator problems affect the 4ways the...

most of my circuit breakers for house read B16 on the front,. is it right that B=type of protection and the 16= 16amp.. ?? so B32 would be type B 32amp.. my storage heaters are all B16 on front of their cicuit breakers. just wondering coz am moving an old storage heater and the...

i removed all wiring and connections, and sockets and everything including the kitchen sink and i have rewired everything brand new as per regs, and all is certified. i am an electical and electronical engineer and have studied electricity for many years, no i am not a "sparky" thus had to...

house is 1886, semi, brought a year ago for a good price, due to needing alot of work,, damp was the main thing, now we got a damp specialist in who inspected everything then we had 1m high all round plaster chipped off and lots of "stuff" injected into the walls, brickwork,, also had to remove...

i have alot of new wire as it is,, had to redo most the house,, basically your saying wire them in series, so from 1 light to the next, to the next,,,

they are 240v,,, they dont come with wiring apart from 2 terminals on the light unit themselves, basically, i could disconnect original room light and put 1x spot light up using the wiring in the cieling already,, the electrician is already getting a fortune out of me, so dont want to have to...

to all those that have help over the last few months on this forum a massive thankyou,, my garage/workshop has come in at £3500 total due to doing most the work myself, gaining advise on base, to blockwork, to roofing, most builders came in at £10,000 for the size and type i needed, also had...

i had exact same issue, but with a smaller ceiling, plasterer quoted £300, so i decided to bye board and screws, approx £60, covered over and now, he is coming in for £140 to just plaster.

ok, so having the kitchen moved from back of house to front, thats all booked for mid march, with an electrician to sign off for main appliances etc. my question is, the room has a normal 1x light in the middle of the ceiling, but wife wanted spot lights so she went out and brought them...

in this case a multimeter may not have enough time to react and give an immediate read out to you.. not sure i fully understood the question,, but wipers not parking is 9 times out of 10 the wiper relay at fualt.

i think you need a haynes manual to see if the brake thing is normal.. the mirror,, i take it left one turns off but right one stays on??? thats is very strange,., perhaps worth checking that again,, try posting as much info as pos on here...