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A new stairlift meant the hall radiator had to come out and be replaced by a one with a smaller width. The pipes and radiator valves are now too far apart to reach. The gap is about 25cm Can I use one of those flexible braided hose connectors such as this...

My word isn't the internet bostin I should have got hooked up years ago. :D

I've been doing minor home electrical jobs + repairs since I was taught home electrics in CSE physics back in the 1970s. but I'm realizing that things have moved on considerably since then, but my knowledge of home wiring has not, so sorry if these questions are dumb or really obvious, but I'm...

My cheapskate 'friend' :wink: has since replaced his melted plastic kitchen sockets with the more expensive stainless steel variety.

I've been reading the stuff on circuit breakers and residual current devices. A friend (not me honest!) recently put some new sockets in kitchen. The kettle was left switched on with no water. No steam to switch it off - eventually the plug/socket got so hot it melted, before someone...

Nothings ever simple these days. :( I had an electrician quote me for a new socket for the top of the stairs. When he saw the fuse box he advised a complete rewire of the house, (over 2000 quid) and said if he onldy did the socket he wouln't be able to guarantee the work on it (for 175...

Thanks for all the information. In reply to points raised. The Shed is only about 5metres away in a straight line, but to route a cable, keeping to the edges of the patio, and along the fence the cable length would be about 11 metres. I have been using an extension cable, but its a trip...

Now its getting dark in the evenings, I want to route power to my shed. I could take a spur off a wall socket in the kitchen - as this is the nearest point to the shed. But what is the best way to get the power cable through an outside wall? and what kind of cable or conduit would you...