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I’ve a new build house where the garage is not connected to the house. The builders ran a cable from the front of the house to the garage underneath the driveway. It is not a straight run though. Length about 15m. The cable is a 16a and I would ideally like to replace it with a 30a (or similar)...

Very grateful for advice please I have a 2 year old UPVC double patio door. The primary/first opening door is presently on the right. The second door is on the left. Both sides have handles and locks. I would like to reverse this. The locking system is Yale lock master. On the left hand door...

I have a bathroom mirror with a sensor to activate a dimmable light that is cool white and warm white. I have not done a huge amount with LED strips. The strip is connected to the controller with two black at W-, two red at Out+ and two white at C-. What I want to do is to remove the...

I’ve a new bathroom cabinet - led type with shaver socket If I connect this into the lighting circuit in the bathroom I won’t be able to properly use the shaver socket on the cabinet (and the light wouldn’t be on without the bathroom light on). I do have an extractor fan which has a permanent...

Hi I have a nearly new oak dining table from a famous brand oak furniture supplier The top has a few deep scratches in it and scuffs on the edge. It’s an oil finish on the top. I’m not looking for a perfect finish as it will be a family table but do wish to improve on what I have. My immediate...

I have bought an MK outdoor socket I am wiring it to a 13amp socket Ideally I would chase the wall and run a cable to it But that’s a lot of work. Is there any reason I couldn’t run a (suitable) flex to the socket and fix a 13amp plug thus avoiding the need to chase the wall please? Thank you

I have a Logic ESP1 35 Combi Boiler and 2 Honeywell T3 thermostats (T3H110A). I wish to install 3rd gen nest and have purchased two. I have read a lot on these forums of other installs. From what I can see I need: 1. To run a L&N from the wiring centre to the HL 2. Put a jumper cable from L to 2...

I have a remote control ceiling fan with inbuilt light. There was a basic ceiling rose with a single connection to the light switch. The fan replaced that. The light wasn’t bright enough so I installed some down lights as well, running from the same feed and switch. I realise now that I can’t...

I have a Deta intermediate switch with L1 and L2 at top and bottom Brown in L1 and Black in L2 from one cable Black in L1 and Brown in L2 from a different cable The grey are connected together in the back box I have purchased a new Crabtree switch which is intermediate but with L1,L2,L3 and L4 I...

Hi I have inadvertently purchased two different types of Nest - one ‘standard’ and one professional. I have a split system so will need to fit two. I cannot work out what the differences between there are but primarily whether there would be any issue in installing two the two different types...

Please may someone very kindly assist me with the wiring of the twin alert directly into the alarm board. The instructions for both are less than clear and the twin alert guide doesn’t correspond with the connections in the main board. Many thanks indeed

I asked an earlier question about power to my loft. I have found a way of getting a cable from a socket to spur into the loft. I need to fit a towel rail which has a fused timer - I think this amounts to a FCU. If that’s the case it seems to me I can run a cable from the socket to the towel rail...

I have a led loft light and twin socket for use with low voltage transformers to install in my loft. I can only find a 6 amp lighting circuit I can spur into. That circuit has an extractor fan on it and also a shaver socket where they have actually installed two feeds. I am hesitant about...

Hi, I purchased a ground floor flat in August 2008 which was built in 2004. I have a domestic electrical installation certificate. In each of the two bathrooms there is an electric towel radiator with a 150w element on, I believe, a switched spur underneath each radiator. There is also...