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I'm looking to update all my internal doors, but have no idea where to look. I'm looking for timber doors relatively cheap (under £60). Should i be looking in timber merchants or places such as B&Q? Cheers

I have access to a meggar, but if the results of the test are below 0.5Mohms, what would be the steps in finding the location of the fault?

I changed over the MCB to a spare one to no avail. I don't understand how i can be overloading the circuit given that i have not added any additional fittings, and have no bulbs in any of the fittings

I can reset it it and sometimes it will trip after 5 seconds and sometimes it will take 10 minutes to trip but its never lasted more than 10 minutes

And what is the most efficient way to fault find this?

To update this, I now have all lights working with the RCD now not tripping. I traced the fault to an unused light switch for a porch light that was joined into the circuit inside a junction box. The cores inside the blanked off light switch were touching the back box so in turn tripping the...

Can anyone shed any light on why i only have 1 neutral, but 2 earths at my top hall ceiling rose?

I don't have any lights outside, and having checked all fittings for water ingress, i can eliminate this. I've removed the front plates of 2 switches but haven't disconnected any cores

The connections that i posted where the ones i wrote down when i first disconnected the lights. Once i find the fault i'll re-terminate white (switch live) to live of lampholder and black to the neutral of lamp holder Thanks

Since my last post i have disconnected the main neutral in the CU to ensure the RCD isn't faulty. With the main neutral disconnected, the RCD still trips so this would say the RCD is fine, but i probably have a neutral fault somewhere I then started to disconnect every neutral in turn, then...

They are run in steel conduit, they are all single core cables as far as i can see at the switches. They are insulated, hence red and white cores, and they are not sheathed. There are 2 earths at each switch connected to the back box I dont understand how a conducter can become loose...

When the front bedroom and top hall are completely disconnected, and the back bedroom the ceiling rose cord disconnected, the MCB still trips the RCD. I dont have a multimeter at hand but could get one for tomorrow. Thanks

At the front bedroom switch i have 1 red core in common and one white core in L1. At the back bedroom switch i have 2 red cores in common and 1 white core in L1. So from this i assume the white cores are my switch wires, the red cores which aren't visible at the ceiling rose, are my loop and...

Yeah i took a note of which went where: Front bedroom - 1 white core in red sleeving connected to the blue core of ceiling rose - 2 black cores in black sleeving connected to the brown core of ceiling rose - 2 earths connected in the earthing terminal Back bedroom - same as front...

Its a split-load CU so an RCD protects the upstair lights, kitchen sockets and central heating. The upstair lights breaker had tripped. Now when i try to put the breaker back on, it forces the RCD to trip. Does that explain better? Thanks

When i got up yesterday morning i noticed the upstairs lights had tripped. I put the breaker back on and after half an hour or so they tripped again. As a total coincidence i was planning on changing all the ceiling rose's as the excisting ones are old, so seen this as a good opportunity to...

My boiler is a Worcester 24LE, but as i said Scottish Hydro were out and looked at the boiler and said it was fine. I had an old storage tank in the loft which has since been removed, although the pipe run still goes up into the loft before entering the boiler meaning i have a 20-25 metre run of...

anyone?

I suspected i had a problem with my boiler as my hot water takes 3-4 mins to become warm. I've since been told that since my bathroom is downstair and the boiler upstairs, that the boiler is fine, it is infact a dead leg. My main pipe comes into the bathroom, through to the kitchen, then...

Thats all and well for using the toilet, but the same problem occurs when the washing machine or dishwasher is on aswell. So basically your saying i need to put washes etc on around about the times i go for a shower?