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I have stripped the plaster off a 1930's London house and found these, my guess is old electrical cables. Please can someone confirm? I want to rip them out really I am guessing it would be safe to do so?

So I am going to take this rad off the wall but it has a locksheild of a style I have not seen before. The screw is for the plastic top cover. Then there is a cog, if you will, which I am guessing turns off the water. Has anyone worked with these before? What tool do I need to shut off the...

My house seems to have a mix of 4mm cable for the ring mains. It is a 1930's house but I am thinking the electrics are maybe 1970's/80's? Now last week I switch a single to double socket downstairs and the T&E looked like (4mm?) Copper Clad (I am no expert but it was stranded and silver...

We are in the process of having the chimney removed. So the builders have just put in two RSJs (152x152x23-5350mm). They sit on engineering bricks and steel plates at both ends. One end was chamfered to fit the roofline. The RSJs sit on 10mm steel plates at the roof side and 15mm plates at the...

I am looking to swap out an old ST699 Honeywell programmer for Drayton LP522. Now I am confident with most electrics but have not done a boiler programmer before. I am attaching some images of new and old for general consumption. Now to the wiring... Here is the current setup. With 5 wires...