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I've raised it with Boxt who are assessing it based on photos I've submitted. They'll have him back out to sort it out I'm sure.

It's through Boxt so already paid for.

External is totally bricked up so no issues there. The inside is bricked up too, but the cavity wall insulation (polystyrene balls) are still finding their way out somehow and onto the kitchen counter. Just need the inner skin patched with something to stop this happening (and preferably not...

I've sent a message so I'll see what he says. The priority was to ensure he hasn't left the boiler in a compromised state with the cardboard, etc. first.

Sorry I can see that you meant the cardboard isn't an issue as I've already removed the kitchen roll! What's best to use to fill the gap around the flue? Fire rated expanding foam?

@polesapart Thanks mate. And the cardboard behind the jig of the boiler? Is that okay too?

Hey guys. Had a boiler conversion last week and now have a Worcester Bosch Greenstar 4000 combi boiler. Got a quick question about the old flue hole that's left behind by the gas engineer. It's been roughly bricked up internally but we still have cavity wall insulation dropping down. I noticed...

Thank you so much. So I can stop fretting over nothing then. Much appreciated

Sorry, I might be getting my terms mixed up. I know when our consumer unit was replaced in 2010 a big earth cable was run from the consumer unit to the rising water mains. I thought this earthed all the copper pipework so that if it went live via a fault it would trip out the RCD? I was just...

Hi all. Last week we had our central heating converted from a standard system to a combi. The piping is copper throughout our house. As part of this the gas engineer used plastic push fit on 3 or 4 joints as he'd ran out of copper fittings. A couple of these plastic fitting were T's above the...

Cheers guys. I might try the heat gun and see what happens but I am resigned to the fact that it will be cr@p and will need replacing anyway. I've got a guy coming round tomorrow to give me a quote to replace them. I can't be bothered to hang them myself. I was just hoping for some miracle...

Hi guys, I have 5 interior moulded doors (like the cheap ones you get from the sheds) and they've all got a bad paint job. I figure I've got two options - replace or strip. I can't sand them as it will take the (fake) grain off them so would a decent chemical paint stripper work, or my...

Sorry correction....main fuse is re-wireable and is 30 amp.

I've been looking at some figures for cabling and found out that running a cable in brickwork, plaster, etc will have a capacity of 27 amps. In insulation above 100mm then it's 17 amps, but I've only got 75mm of insulation under plasterboard and therefore the capacity of the cable will be 21...

So what do I do from here then apart from rip down the wall which I just can't bear to think about? I may be wrong about the yellow crimps but I'm pretty certain they were. And as far as the stud wall being insulated - I did also explain this to the professional who didn't seem phased by it...

Sorry Adam, I just saw that you're Lincolnshire based. I'm coming to the Christmas Market this weekend...perhaps you can give me a crash course in crimping whilst I'm there?! Worth a shot!

Hi Adam, I'm in Arnold, off Plains Road. It's definately conduit, not capping. I've had to break this open to actually get at the cable. I've terminated them for the time being, and worked out that as long as we only use one heavy appliance at any one time then we will come in under 20...

I'm trying to get the missus to learn to iron and do her hair at the same time so until she does there's no risk of two heavy load appliances being run at the same time! If it was to happen would it blow the fuse in the (old style) fuse box or would it overheat the cable itself? I need...

He did offer a certificate and he said he'll come back and put the sockets in and test them for me. For all I know he did crimp them in the blue jaw, I didn't see that part. Should I bring it up with him when he comes back? It's not fixable without ripping down two brand new & plastered stud...

Many thanks for your reply. I know it would be best to replace the cable and if I get brave enough to tell the missus that I need to lift the carpet and floorboards then that's what I'll do. However as we just want to get the lounge done I think I will give a local sparky a ring and see what...