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I'm planning to install some 3 core 6mm/sq armoured cable ready for the electrician who will wire up my EV charging point. I need to run it along the side of my house, along the inside of my fence and accross the front of my garage. Based on BS7671 AMD 3, what are the main points I need to be...

I will be getting a new car soon, its going to be an Electric Vehicle. I can get a free PODPoint installed, this requires a 32a supply. My house is on a modern estate (12 years old), with the garage adjoining a couple of others in a shared car park (for 4 cars) at the end of my garden. The...

Hi all We have an outside wall that we built 3 years ago. It's 6" concrete block and rendered by a professional. We painted it with a latex paint suitable for outside. The side walls are fine, which have soil and plants behind them. The rear wall is partly soil and partly hollow. Each year we...

Morning All We have a Ideal HE15 boiler that's around 10 years old. Recently I have noticed that the pump in the airing cupboard seems to be running continuously. Looking at the boiler it has 'c' on the display which means 'boiler is active for central heating'. Currently the wall timer...

I'm currently planning a narrow gutter for a M (double hip) shaped roof over my decking. I will need to install gutter in a W configuration where the gutter from the end runs across the front and down the other side. The gutter from the middle of the M then joins the gutter running across the...

Hi All We have 10 year old house with a gas boiler. I'm currently planning a lean-to on the back of the house, across the kitchen area. The lean-to will extend the width of the house which is approx. 4.8m, however the flue from the boiler would end up under the lean-to. It will be...

Hi All I'm building a 4.9m long and 3m deep lean-to over the decking on the back of my house. Planning on constructing it from 4x2 timber with a stronger 6x2 along the front supported by a pair or 6x6" posts. Initially I was planning on using 10mm twinwall with white rafting glazing bars...

Hi All I have recently built a couple of small retaining walls, one is a raised flowerbed. Having considered rendering them or perhaps modern pebbledash, we have finaly decided to mozaic tile them. We would just buy some cheap white glazed bathroom tiles and break them ourselves. I...

Hi Guys I have standard outside tap plumbed in under my kitchen sink. Drive and garage are around 12m away from the house. This time of year its a pain to keep the cars clean and to remove as much salt as possible. I would like to use some of the hot water stored in my hot water tank...

Hi My recent house has an ICOS HE15 boiler with a Santon Premier Plus pressurised system. After problems with 'L' 'F' flashiong I have removed and cleaned the condense trap which has now fixed that. However just above the boiler in the pipework is a pressure gauge and release valve...