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Thanks. Brand new ceramic tiles on the floor. My life wouldn't be worth living if I cracked one...

I'm installing a worktop in the utility room. I have 1 x 60cm unit for the sink, next to a washing machine, which is in the corner. I would normally support it with a batten on the end by the w/m, but that wall is a sliding pocket door. I don't think I can screw anything into it without...

A while ago a kitchen fitter put up some nice floating shelves for us using solid wood worktop, and I am trying to replicate this in a house in France. He used chemi anchored threaded rods into the blockwork behind the plasterboard. What I don't know is whether the PB was dot & dab or stud. They...

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Well I've installed the consumer unit and the feed to the junction box too. I'll take out all the neutrals and add them one by one. If they all trip it then I'll assume it's upstream

Thanks! I presume that means it's downstream of the junction box?

Installing some lighting in a new extension. The RCD is tripping, and it's doing my head in. I can't work out if the problem is upstream or downstream of my junction box. Basically I have 1 in and 7 out via wago connectors. L, N and E. The live feeds go to various switches, If I remove both...

I'm in France. The house has a new hot water cylinder (heats via immersion/heatpump), with PEX cold in and hot out pipes, connected to copper piping after a few feet. There's no cold tank, it's fed directly from the mains in. The rest of the plumbing is a muddle of different sized copper...

Thanks for your reply. I've just turned the power off manually, and yes, that trips the RCD plug. So it's not necessarily the freezer. Electrician, then.... cheers

One of the trip switches in our consumer unit keeps tripping for no apparent reason. The switch in question controls lights and sockets upstairs, the oven, the immersion heater and the garage. It often trips out when no-one is home, when the water heater was not being used (it never is). The...

Hello everybody, I have a problem with a built-in (behind the wall) shower/bath mixer tap. It's been working fine for 2 years in a house in France. There is now a leak from a little screw on the main block (in between the top two controllers - see picture). It seems to be some sort of...

Merci monsieur. Yes, I've always been amazed at that polarity thing. It's a bit like not being too bothered which side of the road to drive on. Just to confirm - you'd recommend a double pole switch just for the new circuit? There is a double pole switch in the main CU already. Will that not...

Hi all, I have a workshop in a house in France. It has been sorted out electrically by a very reliable local sparky, and is all safe and up-to-date. What I want, though, is some UK sockets, because 99% of my tools have UK sockets and it's a pain having to use adaptors all the time. Ideally, I'd...

Thanks. I've done it now. I found an IP65 rated box in Toolstation and wired it in. The original work had no plastic cover, just a bit of polythene which was tiled over. Re bathroom sockets in France - they seem to be totally fine with them. there may be zone restrictions (all of our are...

Hi all, I'm renovating a bathroom in France. I've taken some tiles off the wall, and this has exposed some embedded wiring, which supplies a socket (you seem to be allowed sockets in bathrooms here). I'm intending to plaster the wall. The wiring itself is fine - it's still covered and...

I'm planning a bathroom renovation where part of the back wall above the bath will be tiled. I quite like the idea of rendering the wall so it's flush with the edge of the tiles, rather than having a lip. Is this possible/advisable? It's an old French house. The existing wall is stone covered...

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Can anyone answer a fairly basic question about router jigs, please? I am planning to fit a kitchen worktop. I have a router jig (quad rout pro) which cuts up to 700mm widths. The worktop that I need to cut is 640mm wide. There are are post holes in the jig for 600, 624 and 650, but not 640...