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Hi, I've seen lots of answers to questions on this topic, but can't find a specific one for my situation. Our house was completely rewired professionally about 10 years ago. At that time the electrician installed low voltage halogen down lighters in the bathrooms. they were pretty poor quality...

Hello My neighbour recently extended their property (work not yet complete) and in the process installed a Rayburn in the new kitchen area. We did have a quick look at the plans during the planning stage but either didn't notice or hadn't realised the implications of the Rayburn (not sure it...

Hello I've read through related topics on the board but none seem to fit my problem. Just under 3 years ago I had a Firebird Combi boiler installed as part of a complete refurbishment of the property. From the very beginning we had problems with pressure dropping over a period of a few days...

Can anyone give me a tip on the best way of fixing / sealing a weatherproof box to a wall (externally, but in a covered space). I assume that the simplest thing to do is to coat the screw that fixes the box to the wall with a silicon sealant. Is that correct? Is there any particular sealant to...

I am planning on running armoured cable from an rcd protected fused spur out to a shower proof area housing pumps etc and weatherproof switches for a pond. The pumps do not draw much (max 3 amp) and the length is about 3M from CU to spur (internal) and 5M from spur to pump (external). This seems...

As part of refurbishing a house we have had a complete re-wiring by a qualified electrician. He didn't do much in the garage, except re-use an old consumer unit and connect the few appliances in the garage to a couple of circuits on the CU. The garage consumer unit is supplied from the main...

Does anyone know approximately what sort of length of run provides acceptable pressure from LPG bottles to an appliance? Does it change if the same bottle is used for 2 appliances (IE cooker and fire)? Does it also change with any turns in the pipe? Thanks Ian

We have a builder fitting new windows into walls that are very thick stone. As part of the renovation work a new lining wall has been built inside with a standard cavity between the lining wall and the old stone wall. The window frames have been put in and placed in the cavity, which as I...

Hello, We are in the middle of a large project and have been told by the building inspector that we cannot leave ceiling joists exposed due to the need to protect from fire. We were planning on putting ceiling boards between the joists (as originally) due to the fact that it is a very low...

Does any one know how many handsets can be run from one master phone and over what distances? Is it possible to have two phones plugged in to phone sockets and run the rest cordless? tia

I would welcome any views on a problem we have made for ourselves in building a new kitchen. I will say upfront that our knowledge of plumbing really only extends to being able to join pipes, taps etc together and (clearly) not in understanding how the whole system works. The kitchen takes...

I will be getting much of my house rewired over next 18 months, however in the short term I want to add a couple of fluorescent lights into an attic space. A lighting circuit already runs through the attic so I thought this could be extended. On further investigation it turns out that too many...

Does anyone know whether it's possible to get a water tight bung for a soil pipe? Having just removed an old outside toilet I want to continue to use the wash basin which has a waste pipe running into the soil pipe. Obviously without being able to make the end of the soil pipe water tight...

Because of the peculiar way my house is set out I want to be able to trigger 3 or 4 bulkhead lights (relatively low wattage) from 2 different PIR's, one at the top of some steps and one around a corner. I want all lights to come on whether the top or bottom sensor is triggered. I assume I...

Advise sought please. Following advise from Breezer last week went to my local electrical shop to buy some earth cable and clamps to cross bond items in my new kitchen. The man in the shop said that the new regulations required all metallic objects (electrical and non-electrical to be cross...

Following on from recent posts I would like comments about the best thing to do with a junction box. I have been putting in a new light and found that all lights and switches for one particular lighting curcuit were run out of a humungous junction box with a 12 way 5 Amp terminal block. Each...

I've got a feeling you are all going to get bored of answering my questions as every time I solve one puzzle a new one appears. I am converting what was a normal room into a kitchen and am currently sorting out the lights. There were sets of lights operated by 2 switches. I have replaced the...

Whilst I have been mooching around the website I noticed an article about wiring standards. It stated that cable should no longer be run through cavity walls due to the possibility of damp breaking down the insulation and the dangers this can cause. I am currently rewiring part of my house...

Can anyone confirm what I hope is correct please. I have some steps which lead around the side of the house and my house normally exists in near complete darkness as there are no road lights etc. I would like to fit 3/4 external lights (60w/100w) to light up the steps and I would like...

A few months into a major project to convert what was a cafe into a home we are now re-siting the kitchen. With limited spare wall space in the new kitchen I wondered if anyone had any novel ideas for heating the room. We currently have an oil fired boiler and a number of radiators in the...