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Can low voltage downlighters be put in a lath and plaster ceiling? I already have downlighters in a plasterboard ceiling and they get very hot and realise they would be a fire risk in lath and plaster as well as most probably unacceptable. Thanks in advance.

I want to change a fan in the bathroom from a normal pullcord one to either one with a timer or with a humidistat. Which one is better and why or is it personal preference? Do both need three core and earth cable and does this mean they will need a permanent and switched live? Anything...

I have a light in the hall which is on a pendant where the pendant also acts as a junction box for the circuit ie loop in and loop out. I want to replace the pendant with another light which does not have the loop junction box and only sufficient space for the live neutral and earth for itself...

I have a bathroom where the ceiling is 2.2m tall and an en suite shower room where the ceiling is 2m tall. As I understand it the bathroom light must be Zone 1 and the en suite shower room light must be Zone 0. I am struggling to find anything suitable. Is there a reasonably priced domed...

What difference will it make to travertine if I seal them after they have been grouted? Is there a good and a bad way to seal travertine? Do's and dont's? I have had a travertine floor laid in a kitchen. The tiler hasn't sealed them saying I can do it which I am not really comfortable...

I am fitting a shower and have been given contradictory advice by two plumbers. One says run it in 40mm and one says run it in 50mm. From the shower waste is 1m to to the first vertical drop of 100mm. The next run is 3.5m to the next vertical drop of 2m into a WC waste. What fall would I...

I would like to have the fusebox changed to a split load RCD. Does all of the wiring in my house also have to be updated?

Do fire rated downlighters need smokehoods? Understand lighting is subjective but if installing mains voltage GU10 downlighters in a galley kitchen 2.6m wide what from experience is the best/sensible: distance apart lengthwise? distance from wall above worktop? wattage and spread...

I have had all of my radiators replaced at the same time and having done some research tried to balance the radiators because the Acova Radiators I had fitted are cold in the middle bottom and hot at the top, left and right. Don't think its sludge because the boiler was replaced maybe a...

Read an interesting post here about RCD's v RCBO's but it was so technical it went way over my head. When would you only install a consumer unit with RCD's and why? When would you only install a consumer unit with RCBO's and why? When would you only install a consumer unit with RCCD's...