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I've been replacing some terrible crumbling rubber cable in the upstairs lighting circuit of my new (to me!) house. I didn't mean to, but on replacing a broken light switch found this appalling wiring - odd because all other wiring in the house is more modern pvc (ring main is white pvc and...

Since buying my new house, that needs a fair amount of renovation, I've been doing a lot of reading up on DIY projects and there is one thing I just don't get regarding the way in which houses are wired. Wall sockets are wired on a 'ring' and as I understand it you start with a wire coming...

In our recently purchased house, the CH system is open vent (pumped) with gravity feed to hot water and bathroom radiator. Last year, so I m told, the previous owners had TRVs fitted to the two main bedrooms, and the two living room radiators. This leaves the 3rd box/bed room, hallway and...

I recently purchased a 1920 built end terrance house. The external end wall - which covers the hallway - is very cold (but not damp) so I am thinking about taking the plaster off to the brick and using Gyproc thermaline 27mm plasterboard which, from what I can tell, you simply glue to the...

I've just been looking around an old house with a view to buy. The agents bumph says it hasn't been lived in since 2000. It amazes me that even in 2000 someone was using electricity surging through this.....

I have just purchased a house builtin the 1920's. The CH system was apparently installed in 1987 - although a new-ish boiler since then (Ideal RS55). The system works like this: There is a header tank in the loft, the main radiators are pumped but the hot water and bathroom radiator are on a...