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I have an Ideal HE15 boiler and have drained the central heating system to remove the rads for decorating. I bunged the feed and expansion tank and used the drain valve to remove the water, have capped the radiator pipes and now removed the bung. the Radiators will be going back on in a week or...

I am not a qualified electrician I have laid under floor heating (UFH) in my kitchen and have now tiled on top, and i now need to wire it in. The UFH came with a Thermostat, so i need to wire the wire into the thermo. I was planning on running a 13A switched fused spur from an existing...

please could someone tell me the names of the electrical bodies electrician need to be registered with? cheers

please could some one inform me what the minimum height for a kitchen extractor is above a gas hob, and would this need to be fitted by a gas safe person? thanks

Is it legal and safe for an electricain to fit under counter lights in a kitchen using simple electrical connectors (the sort that come in a row of ten and you break apart) and leave that on top of the cupboards like that? I thought that those connectors had to be covered to be compliant...

Hi we have a fairly modern fusebox but not RCD on it, it tripped when my husband switched a ceramic heater on, we have unplugged the heater and switched everything off in the house, and brought them on one at a time, but still no power to the house, any suggestions? cheers

can i just check that what i am doing is correct. I am fitting LV lights taken as a spur from a socket via a FCU with a 5amp fuse, (2.5M twin and earth) then from the FCU to a junction box via 1.5 MM T&E from the junction box to a transformer via the transformer wire and also to the next...

I have some underfloor heating (electrical) for my kitchen which i am planning on fitting myself, the instrutions say to run the power from a fused spur, via the thermostat. as part of the the instructions it says to test the heating (loose cable) with a multimeter or to use a fused plug for a...

Hi I am looking to install underfloor heating in my kitchen, Electric type) this looks fairly easy to do wire up - I understand electrics at a DIY level. the heating i was looking at is either http://www.theunderfloorheatingstore-onlineshop.com/100-watt-heating-mat-kits-8-c.asp or the mats...

I am having a new Kitchen fitted and my electrics are in good order kitchen is RCD protected. There is a chance that i will be charged £200 to improve the earth bonding in the kitchen - is this not something I can do my self? I understand the basics of electrics and have done a DIY electric...

Hi I have just bought a house and the consumer unit is full - it is a new unit with an RCD protecting half of the fuses. Is there a way i can extend the unit, I want to add an electric Fire on it's own fuse for safety reasons. Thanks in advance