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Hi I'm looking at installing some more zwave network controlled switches which i've done many of in the past, but i've come to the latest light that I want to enable and come across some wiring that i'm not entirely sure how it works. I'll try any explain the best I can. The switch I am...

Hi I have recently moved into a new house and it has an old 80s lean to conservatory that is basically falling apart anyway. I want to remove it this weekend and I think that should be fairly straightforward but my main concern is the guttering that will remain. Please see the picture of the...

Hi all I've bought a load of wooden venetian blinds to put up at home, all have gone up successfully, drilled mounting holes for the brackets into the brickwork around the windows, mounted brackets, and fitted blinds - easy. However when I came to do the window in my front hall, I hit a...

Hi All I'm after some advice and pointers for what to do for the small job I need to do soon. I have just had my lounge replastered and decorated, but there is a small understairs cupboard that I now need to finish. The cupboard has 3 wall as you'd expect, 2 are brick and one is a stud wall...

Hi all I have 2 outdoor lights which have recently been installed, with a separate PIR sensor controlling both of them which turns them on after dark etc etc. This is controlled by a switch indoors which turns the whole lot on or off. Pretty standard. I want to now, for a particular...

Just had a delivery of a new oven, its rated 16A. My new electrical work that I had done recently gave me a cooker circuit with a 32A MCB > 6mm T+E > 45A Cooker Socket > old oven wired directly to back of this with 1.5mm heat resistant flex. I take it that I cannot use this so what do i...

Hi all I have recently had the new house rewired and as part of that I have installed a lot of AV/networking etc. This is all terminated back to a central cupboard. The cupboard in question is in a bedroom as is actually the cupboard above the stair case. So the cupboard is raised off the...

Hi after a little advice. I have built a false chimney around an existing chimney to house a recessed tv and a second recess above the tv to be used for ornaments and so on My question is that I have built the stud work intentionally too far apart height wise for the top shelf. The...

Hi I have just had my back boiler removed and as part of that there was a asbestos flue. That was removed and caused no problems. My plan has been to dismantle the old fireplace by taking it back to bare brick before building a stud wall around it for recessed TV etc. While removing the...

Hi All I have been trying to decide on a new boiler system for weeks now since moving into our new house. We are having the electrics done next week and would like the boiler done not soon after to minimise the upheaval so that we can move in properly and unpack. So many engineers have...

I am having a new Bosch single oven delivered tomorrow. Currently, I have a 32A MCB feeding a cooker isolation point. From there, there is a direct wire to the electric hob and another wire to a 13A FCU which the old oven was connected to. I purchased a new hob and oven with the intention of...

Hello all Need a little bit of help to work out what I need to do here. I need to replace our oven and electric ceramic hob. I have a 32A MCB supplying the cooker circuit which is connected to a red-switched cooker isolation point in the kitchen. From that, I can see 2 T+E cables. Once...

Hello guys, im hoping I can get some advice from you knowledagble bunch regarding some things that I have done recently and some things that have happened since. Apologies if this turns into a long post, ill try keep it as short as possible. First some background. I live in a flat which is...