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    Top half of New Rad Cold despite repeated bleeding

    Hello I have just replaced a working radiator in our lounge with this one http://www.screwfix.com/prods/37557/Plumbing/Designer-Radiators/Oceanus-Duplex-1800-x-445mm-White installed horizontally. Having refilled the system I have found that the bottom 3 bars heat up fine but the top 3 are...
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    Location of Bathroom fan

    Hello I have read somewhere that i should install the extractor fan opposite the door to the bathroom to get the maximum airflow, however the door to our bathroom is always closed, surely I should locate the fan in the ceiling opposite the small bathroom window and leave this open shouldn't...
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    Wiring for an outside light

    I am going to install a porch light outside to illuminate the front path. Can i take the feed from a ceiling rose on the interior lighting or do I have to have to take any different precautions for an outside light? Thanks for your help
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    Why do the fuses trip when the power is off?

    I have been putting some extra plug sockets in a bedroom upstairs, so switched off the upstairs ring main at the fuse on our split load fuse box. I checked that there was no power at the existing plug socket with my meter and removed the wires. However, when I touched the live and the nuetral...
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    Real fire no chimney

    The chimney in our house has been knocked out from the bedroom upwards, so we only have a chimney breast in the lounge. We would like to put a real fire or a wood burner in but want to know whether we would need to rebuild the entire chimney, which we assume would be expensive. Is there a type...
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    Plastering around a bath

    I am replacing my bathroom suite and moving one of the walls back to accommodate a longer bath. The plaster has come off of the walls with the tiles and so the room will need replastering. What i want to know is whether the new bath should be put in place and then the plaster put on the walls...
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    Bath Pipes

    I am installing a new bathroom and need to replace some of the plumbing. The pipes coming from the mains and the combi boiler are 15mm. The bath however branches off of this in 22mm. What i want to know is can i use 15mm up to the bath tap and then use a 15mm to 22mm connector to connect to...
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    Lighting Wiring

    I have a loop in ceiling rose lighting system. For the upstairs lights , I have a cable coming up from the fuse box which goes into a junction box where the cable is divided into two separate runs, one of which takes power to two lights the other takes power to four lights. My question is, is...
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    Two Lights one switch

    I have recently knocked down a partition wall to restore the main bedroom into one room. There are two lights currently in the room but they are run from different switches. How do i wire two lights into one switch?
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