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This is blatent profitering-opportunism by the retailers that are "proudly leading the way" here. Yes there's the environmental side of it. But it's gifted the retailers a golden opportunity to stop selling low-margin high volume items and replace with high value items. Even if the margin...

Hi - Hoping someone can give me some advice on a problem with our CH system, which is struggling to heat our 2nd floor loft-conversion room of our victorian terrace. - Boiler is only a year old and heats the rest of the house OK. - The rad in the loft room is blead and gets an even hot...

Wow. Living in similar era property where someone previous put in uPVC (and appear to be very cheap ones at that), I'm dead jealous --- both of your craft skills & the fact you're putting in modern versions of the lovely sash window.

And also contrary to the urban myth it wasn't "DIY electrics" (in the sense of home owner, an "electricians screwdriver" and some advice from a mate in the pub) but an organisation paid to do the work (as part of other building work). Shame there isn't a term for "Do it to someone elses...

I'm not an electrician so this is a customer's POV: How about giving the option? If the customer wants the dp fitted (after you explain the advantages of it vs the disadvantages of not) then can you offer the 'service' of co-ordinating it for the customer? [I'm assuming that you could...

It's a shame isn't it? The intention is good but it has the effect to deter the competent (small c) and careful DIYer from doing something properly because the LABC will often charge an-arm-and-a-leg to certify notifiable work even if our DIY work was comparitively small. [yes, I know it still...

Reading the different views that practicing electricians have of interpretations of particular regs can also be useful for us DIYers in understanding the reasons for (sometimes seemingly bizarre) rules/regs. Okay, so not everyone wants to read these discussions... so long as people keep the...

Dimming seems to be the achiles heel of so-called energy efficient lighting. Depending on how many rooms you want with dimmables, maybe it's worth just doing the "non dimmable" rooms for now and the "dimmables" later ... in the hope that real dimmables might be available one day soon... Or...

I never really liked the idea of a water meter but have changed my mind in the past year: My wife and I moved from our flat where we didn't have a meter to a house where the previous owners had had a meter fitted - so we had no choice but to be metered. Our experience is that we now pay less...

Take the full stop off the url: http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z145/buslane1/jbox3.jpg

Ah yes I see where you mean. Good. Though of course "may be considered" leaves room for others (LABC) to consider otherwise... !

ISTR a discussion on here previously being about 3m from the sink. I remember because I promptly went and measured my kitchin/diner and found my dining area end sockets more than >3m from the sink. :D But I also remember reading on here or elsewhere that some LABC (including mine - ealing)...

Takes me back a bit... First elec shock I got I think I was 7 or 8. Parents gave me a battery & some wire and some bulbs/bulbholders (IIRC, it was to go on top of a model lighthouse). Looked nice but I wanted the bulb to glow brigher so I wired the bulb to a 3-pin plug. I got a belt just...

If that happend then you'd be even more grumpy cos ALL us DIYers would be forever having to go to your trade electrical counters, slowing you guys down by asking numpty questions to the staff :-)

Another non-spark having a guess at this one: I'm wondering what the choc connector is achieving? I mean there's a live and a neutral... or at least red and black... connected into separate 'ways'. But nothing connected to the other side. What's the point in that other than to "safely"...

Key/Lock/tool acces... the thing has a louvred door so - regardless of definitions - common sense suggests it'll be nearly as damp & steamy on the inside of the door as the outside. I'm not trying to argue it's not in the bathroom.

A key always in the lock ? :-) Seriously, I thought it was probably part of the bathroom. On that basis the zones would apply, yes? I think it's zone 3, looking at the diagrams - but no sure what the ip requirement (if any) is... To securespark, there is a specific reason why I am...

I need to install a small (6-8M) DIN rail enclosure in the airing cupboard, which is off the bathroom. I'm sourcing the enclosure so need to check if the requirement for the location. Is the airing cupboard classed as still "part of" the bathroom (ie making it a special location). The door...

Thought I'd post an update on this... First, a mate gave me a top tip to finally check the pipes were empty -- drill a small hole in each pipe near the bottom. He's learned the hard way apparently. Anyway, I drill, got nothing so was more confident they were empty. The copper at the...

Seems the concensus is the cast iron pipes can probably be removed with caution .. after checking the lead pipe isn't feeding either water or gas to the probably-removed back boiler. Thanks all...much appreciated.