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Hi. We are going to be excavating our drive to create more parking. We have located the main supply cable as it enters our drive, from the public foot path. It is getting higher out of the ground as it nears the house. In my mind, the cable will need to be extended (by around 2 metres) in...

I currently have a normal radiator in the bathroom and want to change it to a towel rail when I replace the suite. This radiator is fed by 10mm pipes and the new rail is 15mm fittings. My question is, is it better to convert the 10mm to 15mm under the floor and then bring it up the wall in the...

I am wanting to have a shaver socket installed in my bathroom. I asked an electrician I work with about this and he said you can usually feed one easily as long as you have a permanent live cable in your light fitting. I Unscrewed the ceiling rose but only have a switched live, neutral and...

I have recently built a shed and have a 6mm armoured cable running to a consumer unit in the shed. I now want to add 4 lights, two on the left and two on the right, on a double switch, working individually (left and right) the consumer unit is one end and the switch will be the opposite. So I...

I am looking to change my old thermostat for a new one but am struggling to understand the wiring difference. The old type has 3 wires coming in (red, black and Earth). The new thermostat doesn't seem to be compatable as there is no mention of the earth cable on it. Anybody able to help?

I recently had to fit a new double light switch, with a light and extractor fan going into it. I noticed that when you operate the switch (mostly when turning it off) there is occasionally a blue flash, like a spark, behind the bottom of the light side. The extractor doesn't seem to do it. Don't...

I am looking to install a new light fitting in my hall way. I just wanted some advice on which wire goes where, The new fitting has a connector block for live, neutral and earth. In the past i have fitted them, but there seems to be an additional neutral wire in this ceiling rose. Previously I...