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I have a new cooker hood/extractor which is fitted with a moulded plug and a 7 amp fuse, the motor is rated at 85w and I'm wondering if the fuse should be smaller, why I'm querying the manufacturer is anyone's guess; just looking at fuse ratings didn't ring true so better to ask and risk a...

Ok so after many years of putting up with scruffy t&e cable coming out of the wall below kitchen wall cupboards which fed the under cabinet lamps: I decided it was time to route it behind the plaster board to exit above the wall cabinets and be out of sight. The cable (marked red in the...

Have a new monobloc kitchen tap and ceramic sink; have fitted plenty in the past and never had a problem until now! Fitted the tap and tightened as much as I'm able and the tap body turns fairly easily in the sink; seems like the rubber o ring in the tap base just doesn't grip the ceramic...

My relatives recently fitted a dimmer switch and have intermittently been plagued with the ceiling mounted smoke detector being activated; it only happens when the dimmer is switched on and not all of the time. Of course it may be nothing to do with the dimmer at all and I'd be grateful for any...

I hate the cheapy plastic connector boxes which come supplied with metal ceiling and wall lamp fittings (pic attached). I would, before fitting, ideally like to replace the connectors with a wago 221's for ease of connecting. Probably being pedantic but I would prefer a lever type connection. I...

Hope someone can shed some light on this please. My daughter runs a dog grooming van and has an issue with a 13 amp 'heavy duty' 3 pin plug getting hot and sometimes blowing the fuse. This tends to happen when she is using a dog drier which has a rating of 2400 watts. The van has the circuit...

I am installing (diy) a 'back to concealed cistern unit' toilet pan. All of the plumbing is done and I'm ready to fit the pan. My concern is with regard to securing it to the floor, the pan has screw holes in the side. The concern is that the floor is a concrete base with underfloor heating...

Doing some work (not electric) in my Daughters house which involved lifting the floor. I noticed that there was a 2.5mm T&E spur coming from a double socket on the ring main which goes to a 13 amp FCU, from the FCU to two double sockets, from the second socket to another switched FCU which has a...

This post didn't seem to fit any forum category so aplogies if it's in the wrong section. My daughter bought wet wall for hwr bathroom and muggins has been tasked to make it work! I'm not particularly happy with the wet wall as it is the hollow pvc type (pic attached) however, it's what we've...

Got a few question out of interest please. I have a detached garage about 10 metres from the house. There is an electric supply which is beneath the ground and I remember that there was a duct in place for this purpose as the house/garage was being built. I was never entirely happy that the...

Volunteered to fit my daughters bathroom as she doesn't have the money to pay a tradesman and as I had done similar quite a few times my name was in the frame! I have come up against something a bit confusing and I'd be grateful for some opinions please. On removing the wet wall and (apart from...

I know this has been done to death but I have read so much conflicting info that I just have to ask, so I apologise for that. I have fitted 3 smoke detectors and one heat detector which I have interlinked and run the cable (1.5mm 3 core and interlink) to the consumer unit ready for connection...

Had a read through most of the forum and I'm still left with a question please. Log cabin with roof 12.8 deg pitch & 19mm tongue and groove roof boards. I have a bitumen underlay to go down onto the boards and my question is with regard to laying the hexagonal bitumen shingle tiles in not so...

I had a 4cm deep 7x4 metre concrete base laid to erect a log cabin and they laid damp membrane between the type one and concrete. The log cabin floor bearers go directly onto the concrete base to support the floor boards and I am wondering if there would be some benefit to covering the whole top...

I have some posts with steel supports going into the ground where I assume they have been concreted in. I've searched the web but as I don't know the name for them, I'm hoping someone might be able to tell me what they are called please? Planning a couple of garden jobs where these or something...

I have searched previous posts and can't seem to find the answer so hopefully someone can enlighten me as to what might be the issue here. I have a 2g dimmer where one switch controlled a ceiling light and the other a pair of wall lights. I want rid of the dimmer so replaced it with a 2g 2way...

Tiling my kitchen so had to remove electric sockets and I have a quick question regarding my cooker connection unit on the wall. I noticed that the cooker connection unit is connected to the 20amp mcb in the consumer unit via an above unit double pole isolation switch. The cable is 4mm. What...

Had a scour through the forum and I'm a bit bamboozled by the varying opinions and rules etc, so forgive me if this is answered elsewhere. Just decided to gut and replace my kitchen and took interest in the electics as the house was built in 1983 and still has the old fuse box which I will be...

I have a problem that the heating to my radiators does not switch off despite the wall control unit indicating the CH is off, the heating also does not go off when I turn down the room thermostat. The only way that I can get the heating off is to cut the power to the control unit by switching...

Going to have a go at making a coffee table from railway sleepers and I would be grateful for any suggestions at to how best to join this size of timber together so that it is strong and secure. Clearly whatever method I use needs to be neat and out of sight, but also very secure. I did...