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Just had some plastering done and the plasterer has very neatly joined one ceiling skim to another. To make this easier he has painted the edge of the existing plaster with watered down PVA. My emulsion does not seem particularly interested in covering the PVA'd section. Is there anything I can...

Hi, easy question for you pros - Spark has wired up some grid switches with multiple earth conductors in a single sleeve. Is that ok? There's quite a few earths so I reckon he's done it to hold them all together out of the way. Looks a bit shoddy where the earths initially gather together to...

Hello all, Having some cables routed to window reveals to allow powered roller blinds to be used in the future in a big open back room. Electrician is putting FCU close to each window but the route the spur then takes concerns me! The cable needs to appear in the top corner of the window...

Hi all, wanted to check my electrician's heating scheme with the experts... Our boiler is in bathroom and controls/wiring centre thing is downstairs in kitchen. The fused switch for boiler and controls is in kitchen in nice accessible place... but obviously nowhere near the boiler. Is that ok...

Hi all, after a bit of advice here. My builder's 'electrician' is in the process of adding lights to a new extension. I want to check what he's doing is ok (I don't quite trust him for various reasons!) We have a radial serving about 24 GU10s in a large room (intention is to use 1W to 3W...

Hi, I want to fit 18mm solid flooring to old house with suspended floorboards and could do with some advice. The original floor is flat and I've been told to directly secret screw the boards (oak) down. I have also been told to use 3mm underlay between as it adds thermal insulation, but it...