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Hi there, I recently had my garage reconnected to the house fuse board by a spark. This is on a dedicated 30A circuit using SWA. The garage now has a four way RCD protected board. From there, one circuit is for the garage lights, and another circuit provides the feed for the sockets inside...

Hi there, In the process of renovating the back garden which involves lifting the old driveway (runs the length of the side of the house) and re-laying it with new slabs. In doing so, I’ve come across a bit of an issue with the rear drainage. This grid takes a mixture of gutter rainwater...

Hi there, Our house has an external garage in the back garden that was recently built by the previous occupants. It replaced a much larger garage that was supplied with power via single cable of T&E from the house fuse board (cable looks thicker than 2.5, and the wire cores are not solid...

Hi there, Following my recent success at installing some porch lights off an FCU, the missus now decides that she wants the porch on the side of the house doing in the same way. Why she couldn't have told me this before, I have absolutely no idea... but I digress. Anyway, because of the...

Hi there, I'm wanting to install three downlights in the wooden ceiling of a fairly substantial front porch, controlled by a PIR detector. The lights and the PIR will be recessed into the ceiling. The interior of the porch roof shows no sign of moisture or leakage and has been vacuumed to...

Hi there, Had a look through the wiki but couldn't see anything of direct relevance, so... Moved into a property about four months ago (first property I've owned) and the previous owners had a kitchen fitted about 18 months prior. I've removed one of the socket faces to have a look at...