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Ive got an american style tumble dryer that must be hard wired. The instructions state minimum 2.5mm cable from a 30 amp supply. It is 4.5KW, can i have it from the 32 amp MCB that i have spare to a 20 amp Fused Switch? I can find any 30 - 32amp fused switch units so the next one up is a...

I have one of those shower enclosures you can get off ebay. The shower is not electric but the enclosure with the LED lights and radio / steam unit etc is. The shower comes with a fixed RCD plug .... how should this be wired? I cant have a plug socket in the bathroom!

I should have taken a photo but it's dark now and there's no flash! My kitchen sink waste flows into an old cast pipe about the diameter of a rainwater pipe, this was on the external wall of the house. The cast pipe then disappeared under the ground where it connected into the drainage by...

I'm having one of those days where you stare at something for ages but to no avail. I have one of those 'all in one' shower units that you get off eBay and we had it installed before with no 's bend' or trap as it discharged into an open drain. Still not ideal I know but it was temporary...

Putting in a new shower room upstairs, all was going well untill it was time to put in a waste pipe for the shower Arrrggghhhh! See the picture ... Blue lines are the stud walls The room is all built now these are old pics! Original plan was to put a hole (number 2) in the floor and run...

This probably sound more complicated than it is lol. In the new upstairs bathroom, the soil stack runs horizontal through the eaves for about 2m before it turns 90degrees through the soffit and directly down to the drain. Can I add the boss connection for the shower along the horizontal...

Am about to rewire the bedroom which is a ring main. I'm putting en extra socket on the wall behind the TV to hide the cables. I want to put a switch for the TV next to the light switch, similar to whAt is in the kitchen for the washing machine etc (socket hidden underneath with 13a fused...

Hi all, i am getting ready to install a new soil stack and vent which will connect to an already installed ridge vent. My question is on the installation of the ventilation part and the use of flexible hose /pipe. Are ther any regs on the type/quality/ distances of flexible pipe i have to...

Hi all, I have managed to snap the head off the plastic control screw on the filling loop of my Worcester Greenstar 37 CDI. Does anyone know where i can buy the screw on its own or will i have to replace the whole filling loop? If i have to replace the filling loop, can anyone give me a...

OMG I am about to rip out my soddin sink and throw a fit!!!! I have been through two different mixer taps on this sink in the past year ... i just can't seem to install them properly, they always leak at the tap/flexitail connection. I have tried connecting very tight ... tried using PTFE...

Hi all, I am about to wire in my hard wired tumble dryer in a couple of days. Just want to double check before i get started. I have a new consumer unit (professionally installed) with two 'banks' of mcb's RCD protected (see photo). The tumble dryer istructions ask for it to be run...

Hi all, I have a tap for my bathroom basin (tall mixer) every time i fit with the supplied flexi tails i get a leak around the connection somewhere. Have used plenty ptfe and still no success. I have now went and bought a new set of flexi monobloc tap tails as i burst the supplied ones...

This has driven me mad for the past two hours! Whistling noise started all of a sudden, my initial thought was give the rad a quick bleed! To no avail I then thought check t'internet .... all the answers are there. After two hours spent trawling sites for similar problems and solutions...

I am wiring in a new one way lightswitch .... where does the earth cable go? Its a plastic back box. thanks

As the title suggests ... i am installing two mains smoke alarms ... can i interconnect these to the other existing battery smoke alarms in my house. Same make (DICON)

Is it worth putting my living room sockets on a seperate ring (complete rewire). With larger loads these days i.e tv dvd vcr surround sound p.c hifi etc in living room as well as downstairs bedrooms. Its only an extra hours work ... is it worth doing?

As the title suggests ... i am in scotland and am wondering. I am aware of the new build regulations 350mm from any corner ..... 450mm min height for a socket and 1200 max height for a lightswitch. My question is, i am currently renovating (right back to brick walls) do i have to comply...

I understand the regs regarding routing cable through joists underfloor. 50mm min depth for hole. Is there any reason i can't just clip the cable to the underside of the joists?

Hi all first post so be gentle. Have stripped back all internal lath and plaster off the external walls (back to the brick) after repairing damp problem. How best should i batten, insulate and plasterboard these walls? Whats the best combination? A friend has said batten from the roof...