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I have got a garage attached to the house. About 20 years ago, the roof covering was replaced with a rubber membrane.. It has been fine all these years. Now, I need to put a vent for a tumble dryer through the roof. I see you can get specialist vent pipes, are there any potential issues I need...

I have had my 25y old open ch system converted to a Combi system. The guy that quoted the system said it would be flushed before doing anything. Anyway, the guy who tuned up, ( i think he left his horse tethered to his van) did not flush the system, amongst other things i wasn't happy with. He...

I am looking to replace my 25y old gloworm vented system bolier with a combi. Looking for pluses and minuses for the following choices: ATAG IC Economiser 27 Plus Viessmann Vitodens 050-w Ideal Logic Max 30Kw (have i missed any?) The house is a 3 bed semi, one bathroom. Reliability is an...

The house next door has been bought by a developer who wants to extend it up to the boundry. I have no objection to his plan. He mentioned that a party wall agreement will be needed. What should I expect from the PWA? Will it cost me anything? Regards Rich

I am looking at changing out our conventional boiler for a Combi. When we had the drive done a few years ago.....we had JCB incident, which resulted in Transco fitting a plastic pipe inside the existing broken metal service pipe under the drive. It was mentioned that we would need a new...

I am looking at getting my plastic consumer unit replaced by an 18th Edition unit as I need some more circuits adding. One thing I am unsure of, is how to seal the cable entry holes. The meter tails would enter a single circular hole and I believe you can buy a gland that will seal this...

My kitchen has a ring main, in 2.5mm2 cable. It was installed in Pre Part P days. The appliance loads on the ring are: Dish washer 2.4Kw Fridge 0.25Kw Tumble Dryer 2.5Kw Microwave 1.3Kw Toaster 1.6Kw Clothes Washer 2.3Kw Kettle...

I have got a mains powered smoke alarm, which has three connections: Live, Neutral and Interconnect. Does anyone know what signal is sent out of the detector, to other interconnected detectors along the third wire? Is it high voltage or low (5V) voltage. I would like to use the detector to...

I need install a new circuit to an out building. The outside cable will be 6mm2 SWA, about 26m long. I am looking at a max load of 8Kw / 35A current max. I need to fit a cable from the fuse board, to a junction box on the house wall where it transistions to SWA. This section will be in 10mm2 or...

I am planning to install some 6mm2 SWA down to my workshop. It will be run outside, but in 50mm Square Metal trunking, for 5m then in plastic trunking, buried 400mm down. Does the cable rating need to be de-rated in this circumstance? Regards, Rich

I have a straight path, about 16m long and 1200 wide. It has been down about 23 years and is now looking very uneven in places, due to tree roots pushing the slabs up and down. As I need to lay a cable, I thought I would take up the slabs and resurface the path with some thing which would be a...

I need a cable to supply my new garage. Part way it can be buried at the required 400mm min depth. However it must then come to the surface, be routed along the edge of a patio and along a wall to the cable entry point on the house. What do i need to do to protect the cable to comply with the...

Is it permissable to run circuits inside plastic trunking and conduit using correctly sized individual cables, rather than T+E? Rich

I have a new workshop nearing completion and i need to plan the lighting. I will be using LED downlighters, but the question is how many do I need? Is there a formula to follow or guidelines to look at? Many thanks. Rich

I have a new building, concrete block construction, which will be finished off in smooth render. For the back wall, which is out of sight, is there any alternative to conventional render, ie can you get sheets of plasterboard, which would then just need a coat of paint to protect the building? i...

I need to install a new electric cooker in a kitchen. It just needs a short cable from the terminal box on the wall, to the cooker. Do I need this to be done by a Part P qualified person? Rich

I am building a garden workshop, about 10m * 3m. I am planning a concrete re-inforced slab, about 150-175mm thick with a block outer. I am told i could probably get away with 100mm concrete plus one 215mm block to the surface and then another block on top to the floor level. However, everyone...

I am planning a garden workshop, bullt half single skin and half cavity. I'm looking to use Toplite standard blocks for both the inside and outside walls, but I have seen some adverse commects about rendering the outside over the toplite blocks, which i plan to do. has anyone any experience...

I am planning a 10M * 3.5M workshop in my garden. I have read lots of posts on here and there but I would prefer to have a detailed design done for the building. What type of building professional should I look for, to create a detailed design? I am in the West Midlands. Rgds Rich

I am looking to replace two kitchen radiators. They are Ferrolli 600wide and 900wide by 700 high, single panel with fins. The current Ferrolli data on their web site does not mention the same exact size of my radiators in their heat output tables. So I have taken the figures for current...