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The water is coming in: – inside the bungalow from the top of the French doors around the centre, notably where this small piece of loose cut block with holes is, so I don’t think that piece is OK; and – inside the conservatory on the other side, from the juncture with the bungalow where the...

Hello, I am looking for advice about a series of jobs that need doing on the back of my bungalow. Initially, I was thinking of getting the rendering renewed where there is still old rendering on my bungalow. However, it occurred to me that one particular corner of the bungalow was worse than...

In that case, I probably need to figure out what my Indian stones are made of first!

You seem to know what you are talking about! Will brick acid not damage the Indian stone, and do you have examples of specific products that would be good to use?

Will that go straight onto the render, or will I need to put a barrier coat as a base layer beforehands to stop the rust coming through the masonry paint?

The source of the moisture is probably water going up into the wall from the ground below. Is there a way to address that without doing some demolition? The wall was only built a couple of years ago, and the rendering was done last year. Also, I don’t understand why I would use a metal paint...

Hello, I have three outside areas on my property that I am trying to clean, but it appears that they need specialized cleaning products or methods and I don’t know how to go about these jobs. I am posting here to seek advice from fellow members of this forum. The three problematic areas are...

In response to recent questions and comments, I don’t know what the overload was on the circuit when it tripped and I can’t remember what equipment was being used, but it was heavy equipment and, at the time, the workers using it told me they were not surprised it made the circuit tripped. There...

Yes, that’s a good idea!

It’s a B16. Is that the information you were asking for? Maybe that was too low for the landscapers’ equipment in my garden, and that’s why the switch tripped.

Thank you for that suggestion! I have now found what the problem was. Something had tripped in the consumer unit. I didn’t realize it, but the electrician who installed my socket appears to have wired it to its own circuit from the consumer unit. When he came, there were two circuits covering...

Here is a photo. The X marks the point where the cable goes through the wall to the conservatory, the socket being on the other side of that same wall. Where the cable is visible, I have marked lines alongside it. The interruption between the bottom line and the top one corresponds to the length...

Yes, there is some other electrical equipment in my conservatory, but it was already there when I bought the bungalow. The double socket is the only item that was added afterwards.

I have just gone back to check that. This cable goes through the wall behind the double socket, then it goes up along the other side of the wall behind the panel that I mentioned before, where the space is tight and where there is plenty of equipment fitted to the front of that panel. I can then...

I’m a bit lost in the technical details here. As for contacting the original electrician back… yes, I could do that, but I don’t think it’s the best option. He fitted the socket about seven years ago and it has worked all this time, so he is going to say it is no longer under guarantee. Plus, if...

For the record, this is the website of the electrician I used: https://kb-electricalservices.co.uk/

Yes, I think he was qualified. I got him from a website that checks builders’ qualifications, and he put a sticker on my installation after checking it.

Yes, it is ancient, but I had it tested by an electrician when I moved in (the same guy who installed the socket that this post is about) and it passed the safety tests, so I don’t think I need the place rewired. Now wouldn’t be the right time to do that anyway, because I have already had all...

I don’t think I mentioned it - but I did do it.

I was wondering too about a potentially hidden FCU, because I don’t remember the original electrician telling me he had installed one, plus the inaccessible space I mentioned is behind a panel that has always been there. I can’t remember the electrician tinkering behind that panel either, and it...