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Bear with me.... Chrimbo eve there was a lot of action with the cooker. 5 ceramic hobs and the oven. Missus did a lot baking that day, so oven was always around about 230-240 temp. Worked out about 33 amps. Have not accounted for diversity. There is a 32amp breaker. The breaker kept tripping...

Have a shower mixer from indirect system. When put the hot water on for a couple of hours. Still cold from shower but hot from taps. What is the problem here?

No plans yet and no planning permission as yet. We live in a semi detached 3 bedroom house. We are looking to extend hopefully creating 1 bedroom + 1 box room/office. We are looking to retain the driveway leading to the garage so essentially having a 1st storey extension over the driveway. A...

we have just bought a 120 year old house. externally insulating id imagine would be quite expensive. is there a website i can go to that would show me how to insulate it internally. one thing to bear in mind is that house has retained some of its old features including the cornicing... would...

...upon having a good look at the CB there are left to right.. 1st RCCB 63A.. lights 1st floor 6A.. lights ground floor 6A.. central heating 6A... (hmmm).. 2nd RCCB63A then mcb for one socket i believe @ 16A although haven't checked... cooker @ 32A... sockets @ 32A then the main switch. 1) the...

Hi, i currently have gas hob and electric oven. the wife has decided to go all electric. she has bought all electric range. do i need my gas supplier to come and cap off the gas or can it be one of my fellow tradesman, he is gas safe. cheers

Lost key many moons ago; haven't been able to access back garden for many moons either. Got the handles off exposing the barrel. Have another barrel just with the "turn knob" so hoping to install that, but how do I get the old barrel out? Can I take the glass out and access the barrel that way...

is there an easier way to remove the nut. monobloc spanners don't work because there is not enough room for the spanner to be pushed fully up to meet the nut. the problem is the protruding gargantuan plastic fittings.... :evil: Any solution would be great.

1 bedroom apartment. Needs a full redec, walls, coving, ceiling, all woodwork. Needs a deep clean and completely degreased: everything. The removal of a few items of heavy furniture and laminate flooring : and to top it off : carpet the lounge, bedroom and hall : grand total £887.94. I think...

...Is it possible for a "handyman" with say, 5 years experience and to be both experienced practically and be knowledgeable about the 17th edition; but i emphasize not a qualified electrician; to become registered with one of the schemes and be accepted?

Bear wih me on this one. Back in 2001, we had a new boiler installed, and a radiator moved upstairs. Now next to the timer - for the central heating etc - there are 2 fused spurs. One for the boiler and timer, and the other I haven't got the foggiest. Now all those years have gone by with that...

I have mentioned this before as to why the fibre gaskets I change keep breaking down??? In a dwelling, I believe one of the major reasons for the gaskets breaking down is the over tightning of the two components - the float valve stem and the incoming. Now, I manage a block of 72 apartments, 5...

I am really quite sick and tired of people using Part P as a qualification. "Part P registered - (where?) Part P qualified - (so; you weren't a qualified electrician before?) And so on and so on; you get the point; (i hope) What is it? On my business card I have put - amongst other trades...

I have searched high and effin low to find the answer to this question. Doesn't even tell you in the manuals or even on the Creda website. However, as far as I can tell it is a discontinued model; but still. Model number 70305S. SFHAW Sensair Fan Heater. Question: what is the rating or...

I have lost count of the amount of times I replaced Tenby FCU's. I replace them with MK's...anyway; tell me, when they fail I always carry out a post mortem on all FCU's, and one common fault they are all victims of and that is -not sure on the anatomical names for parts in an FCU - the two...

pull cord's been off for a while now so went out and bought a new fitting. The new fitting has L2 terminal at top left. Top right is an empty terminal. The next one bottom right has COM on it. Now on the old fitting it has the live going into COM and neutral going into 1 WAY. Confusing? Present...

In my house as there are in most, the loop system, I would like to replace the ceiling rose with a flush circular light but it only has a terminal block to only L N E. What do I do with the 4 red cables in the middle terminal? :?: