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OMG! Its so obvious now you have mentioned it. I been pulling my hair out attemtping it. You're quite right, screw the damn bolts in first.... Thanks, will surely get it sorted 2mro. Cheers, Nagsy

Hello all, I have completely refurbished the bathroom, ripped out all the old pipes, bath, toilet, basin and tiles etc etc. All has been fitted with minimum issues apart from the basin: Basin has two nuts/bolts to fix to the wall. Holes have been drilled and plugs fit snugly. If I use a...

Just checked all the backboxes - it appears none of them have a connection for an earth wire. Does that mean I will have to get all the boxes replaced? :(

Thank you for your reponses. I guess all the MI cables going into the fuse box will need earthing as well?

Hi, I have just bought my first property in which I am looking to change a few sockets, light switches, and ceiling lights before it is rented out. None of the above mentioned have been earthed - it seems that live wires from the fuse box are encased in copper and not earthed. I obviously...

Hi, I still haven't got round to starting this. There is no shower in the bath. Can I fix battens straight onto the brickwork and then attach the aqua-panel and get a decent tile job done on top? Ta.

Hi, Thanks for your replies. The area is a clean straight 6ft * 3ft (and an adjacent 2ft * 3ft) so I think straight joins and dab on board is possible. I have never done dotndab (seems straight forward though) - would it be advisable to split the large area into two pieces and then...

Hi, We recently moved into a new place and decided that a new bathroom suite is needed. The tiles and grouting (floor to ceiling) are in pristine condition so we opted to keep these. I ripped out the toilet followed by the sink. I carefully removed two rows of tiles (chisel job) from...

Can someone please answer my question..... Ta.

Yes u have a point....I'll have to check the piggy bank and see if I can get it sorted. Regarding my question, I still do not have a definitive answer - will the 6mm cabling (previously used for an electric shower) from the smaller fuse box (45amp) be enough to power a new range gas cooker...

Thanks for the reply JohnD. I managed to get a kitchen on the cheap and I am only doing that up, then the house goes on the market. We moved into this house quite a while ago and never even had to look at the electrics - following your thorough analysis it does appear that a total re-wiring...

Here you go... http://www.call2talk.co.uk/images/FuseBox_all.jpg Ta. PS Yes, that does appear to be black sticky tape. it was like that when we moved in.

This is the main fuse box... http://www.call2talk.co.uk/images/Fusebox1.jpg and just below it is the 45Amp fuse box with the 6mm cable running from it which was for the shower..... http://www.call2talk.co.uk/images/Fusebox2.jpg

Sorry, maybe I did not explain correctly. I have two fuseboxes - the main one is for the usual house electrics and the second one was solely for the shower and is a 45Amp one. Pics to follow......

Hi again, The consumer unit ("fusebox") is a 45amp one, the old shower cable running from this is 6mm. Can i use this cable to power my cooker (requires min 32Amps) or does it need to be 10mm cable? Thanks again, Nagsy

Hi, Yes its a gas cooker but the ovens are electric (belling 100DF) and in the installation guide it says that it needs a requires a double-pole control unit. Th old shower cable is about two feet too small: can this be extened? Thanks for your help. Nagsy

I have a 'thick cable' (with own fuse, black and red wires only) that previously was used for an electiric shower - can the electrician use this? It is slightly longer than required but I am hoping this can be increased in length - is this possible? Thanks, Nagsy

Hi, I do not have a cooker point in my kitchen at present, and its a gas cooker that I'm having fitted - range type. Cheers, Nagsy

Hello all, Currently I have 4 double sockets and 3 single sockets in my kitchen (all on the main ring). One of the double sockets is already situated near to where my new cooker and cooker hood with be placed. The cooker hood requires Live (brown) and Neutral (blue) connections and the...

For my light/extractor fan jobby I will be connecting a 3amp spured fuse to the standard 230v power supply . From the fuse spur I need to connect a live wire to the pull-cord switch and a neutral to the joint box. I have a few rolls of 2-core earth wire - can I simply just split and use the N...