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just aquired a rental property i did not organise last years gas safety cert but do have one The gas pipe through the wall is not sleeved, i presume it was like this last year,i beleieve current standards say it need to be sleeved. Do i need to get the gas pipe sleeved or will i get a...

my bathroom is piped in mainly in plastic the plastic is connected to copper pipes which then feed the basin taps then same with the toilet, a peice of copper runs from the plastic pipe to the cistern Do i need to cross bond theese copper pipes ??

Having a new spa bath installed it comes with about 2m of normal 3 core flex this is not long enough to reach the fused switch i have installed in the adjacent bed room i have run some twin and earth from the switch into the bathroom i need to join the cables together somehow prefrably...

My plumber has just installed my new bath He has used plastic pipes straight to the taps Do i need to earth the taps and if so how I cannot see any way to connect an earth to them. To make thing worse its a double ended bath and the taps are in the middle at the back asgainst...

i need to carry out some earth bonding in my new bathroom the plumber has used plastic couplings in a couple of places, i presume i need to bond across them is there a max distance the bonding can be away from exposed taps ie can i do it under the floorboards the shower and the...

just put up some new tiles they have had some sort of protection sqirted horizontally across each one ( for protection in box) top and bottom. It is proving almost impossible to remove completely the top layer peels off, but leaves a thin residue that will not shift i've tried...

My landing light bulb blows on a regular basis ( 2 weeks) it takes the MCB out with it Could this be due to a problem in the wiring or some external event or is that i am using crap bulbs ( the light is left on all night so does get more use than all the others ) i would expect a bulb to...

Hi i have an old Crabtree Consumer unit fitted with type 1 circuit breakers i need to fit a 40A or 45A breaker to it. Can you still get type 1 breakers or equivalent from anywhere in the 40/45A size or do any other breaker fit this CU what would happen if i put two 32A in...

i need to secure some loose floorboards in the bathroom is it better to screw or nail ?

Hi i have just had the bathroom ceiling re plasterboarded and skimmed i have also had a couple of walls skimmed How long do i have to wait before i can paint ? do i need to seal the fresh plaster, and with what ? or do i just slap emulsion on ?

i would like to relocate my consumer unit i need to extend the meter tails by about 2m whats the beat way to extend them ? i guess i need some sort of large chocloate block !!

we are having a new bathroom the plumber has no electrical knowledge is he responsible for earthing the system ? i know all the copper pipes need cross bonding to earth can i run the earth cable to the earth of the shower cable or does the earth wire have to be a seperate wire back to yhe...

can i get away with 6mm cable for a 9.5 kw shower will only be buried in the wall for 1m the rest is under the floorboards and cliped to then wall to the swith

i am just about to replace our bath with a spa bath can i use the cable that used to supply the emersion heater as it is no longer used ( combi boiler) i can put it on its own MCB on a split load consumer unit Do i need to fit a separate switch outside the bathroom or can it go straight to...