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Thanks for the replies folks, it was pretty much what I expected to hear mostly. I guess I will have to give it more thought. Love the tube driver thing, made me laugh out loud!!!! I read all about that myself last week, £50k, that's unbelievable. Even better when you consider the deal they have...

Hello all, I'm looking for some advice with regard to which trade offers the best prospects and earning potential in the long term. Also, the best way to go about getting trained. I am currently facing the prospect of being made redundant and need to make some decisions about where I go from...

Hello all, Just a quick note to anybody considering using one of these. Have no fear, they are an excellent little tool, if used correctly. I have just used one of these to cut a tap hole in a sink and having read a few reviews online beforehand, I was more than a little worried. I kept...

OK, thanks for the replies. The cooker is rated at 5.1kw and the fuse that goes in the consumer unit is 30A. One other thing, at the cooker end of the circuit there are no sockets because I have had a stand alone gas cooker until now and during the refit the old sockets got binned, which I...

Hello all, Does a cooker have to be connected by a "Part P" electrician? I have a new kitchen now and the old circuit for the cooker is still in place and I need my new cooker connecting. I am getting conflicting advice. After some digging I can see that a new cooker circuit would need to...

Hello all, I am currently fitting a new kitchen and will soon be on to the part where the units turn into the room for a run of 2m. I am looking for advice on the best way to secure this part that will not be run against a wall. I am thinking that I may fix some large timbers to the floor and...

Hello all, I'm asking this question for a friend but I am keen to know the answer too! My friend has had a damp problem and has had it fixed. No problems there. What he asked me was "What is the board for in the wall?". I had no idea apart from suggesting that it could be for a dado rail to...

No idea, what's a TT supply?

Is there a reason that my RCD is 100Ma. Is it due to the CU being a bit ancient? Maybe I should just get a whole new box fitted. I've replaced 2 of the MCB's on this board already and they ain't cheap as a result of there not being much call for them!! Peadee

Sorry, MCB! Here's a pic of my consumer unit The MCB in question is 3rd from the right Peadee

It has a 32amp RCD

The socket that I am going to spur off is part of a ring main and there are no other spurs, is this ok? Peadee

Hello all, I wonder if any of you can offer me some advice. I have a plug socket close to my kitchen window. I want to put 2 lights on my patio. I believe it's ok to take a spur off the socket for the lights, is this correct? If that is correct do I need to put a fuse between the spur switch...

Well, it's a bit odd the way that it's laid out so the light thing isn't really a big issue. I will lose some but not too much because the work that has gone on inside the house has now given me an extra window in the room that the conservatory is attached to. I have no intention of doing...

I just want to be able to use the space all year round if possible. I'm trying to learn to play guitar and I want somewhere that I can slink off to on my own and pretend to be a rock god!!! I'm just in the process of installing a new kitchen and the conservatory is off that so it just seemed...

Hello all, Could anybody tell me of there is a proven method for insulating the roof of my conservatory. I have found some company's on the net that do it but the prices are prohibitive to say the least. I have some ideas of my own but these are kind of based around the way that you would...

Hello all, I am currently planning out my new kitchen but I may have a slight problem. Due to obstacles and requirements, my plan currently has the gas hob 40cm from the sink. I am using the Ikea planner and it is telling me that there should be 50cm either side of the hob, even though it...

Hello all, Could anybody tell me the correct way to calculate BTU's for a conservatory?I know the formula for calculating for rooms in general but, given that conservatories lose heat much quicker, is there a different formula? I live in Manchester and my conservatory faces south east and...

Hello all and happy xmas, I've just had a new boiler installed but I have a problem. The boiler is a Remeha 28c and the room stat is a Salus RT500 Rf. All seemed to fine until I turned on the hot water tap and no hot water came out! The hot water is delivered if the stat has called for heat...

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