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In a new build, we have a 9.5kw Mira shower connected to the consumer unit via a 40amp MCB and what looks like 6mm cable. When we use the shower the MCB in the consumer unit makes a buzzing noise. The builders have sent out an electrician to look at this three times now. The first time they...

We have an EICR done a few weeks back. One of the items marked as a C2 on the report was "Insufficient overload protection" on the oven/hob circuit in the kitchen. I'm wondering what sort of thing would cause that? For context, we have a regular integrated oven/grill, and a separate glass...

We've got someone coming to do an EICR tomorrow. After having a different electrician out last week who pointed out a load of failures, I have some questions about the EICR. - We have a 4Kw solar installation which is wired into the consumer unit via a 32amp MCB. The previous electrician said...

We're selling our home and the buyer has requested an EICR. We booked someone to do it, who turned up last night but just had a look around. From walking through the door, all he did was pick faults. "That's a fail", "Those need changing", "That consumer unit is a fail". He didn't do a report...

We're looking at replacing our 4x9 lawn with artificial grass. We've had someone out who has given us a quote to remove 100mm, put down grade 1, a weed barrier and granite dust, then install a timber boarder along with a pressure treated timber frame to fix the grass down to. The grass itself...

I'm trying to find one of these https://www.directplastics.com/guttering-downpipes/white-gutters-and-downpipes/square-white-gutter/square-gutter-angle-90-deg-white but one that's a little more slimline but I can't seem to find any online? I've got some guttering to fit, but the problem is I...

We've had some rendering done on the house and I need to buy some extra bits to make the guttering fit again, problem is, I have no idea who the manufacturer of the guttering is as there's no name or logo anywhere.

We had a decorator out last month who painted all of our varnished woodwork white. He used Zinzer B.I.N, then a primer and finally some Armstead Vinyl Matt. It all looks great but there's a couple of issues. The first is after three weeks the pain is tacky to touch. It doesn't come off in your...

We're having a 4kw solar system fitted to our home this week. I'm in the process of chasing a run down a wall ready for the cables from the inverter to our consumer unit to sit in. Does anyone know roughly what the total thickness of this cable is likely to be, just so I know I've made enough...

We've come home tonight to an error on the keypad, it seems all PIR sensors and door sensors are no longer communicating with the system. I'm assuming that the RF module could be knackered, is this common, and is a straightforward fix? I have the engineers code and have previously moved the...

We have a home office and I want to build a full length desktop out of plywood, and ideally give it a nice flat gloss white look. I'm unsure as to how I would go about doing this? The office gets used daily (I work from home), so whatever I put onto the plywood has to be durable. I have a...

We'd like to put the colour changing LED strip lights in our kitchen, both on top and below the wall units. The problem is there are three different sections to our kitchen which make it more difficult. We could achieve what we want by buying 6 LED strips off ebay, but it would mean switching...

I know this isn't strictly DIY but was hoping someone would be able to help. We have a 6v kids rid on car which we've lost the plug for. I have a number of similar plugs in the garage but none that seem to charge the car. The battery in the car is 6v 4.5ah, could anyone tell me what I'm...

We have a garage wired to it's own RCD which is rated to 16amps. A few years back we had an extension built behind the garage and it's wired to the same RCD, so the extension and the garage are wired to the same RCD. Anyway, we've bought a treadmill to go in the garage and we can't use it...

we have an ex ADT alarm system installed. As its no longer monitored And the system doesn't have an external bell box, I would like an easy way to know if the alarm has sounded when armed. I have a couple of raspberry pi and wondered if anyone had wired one of these up to receive notifications...

We had a Honeywell Galaxy G3 wireless alarm system fitted by ADT around 7 year or so ago. We have the engineers code but not longer use ADT's monitoring. The control panel has started to display "+BAT MIS" and after a Google search it seems the battery will need replacing. We've had this done...

We've had this combi boiler fitted for the last 7 year or so and never really experienced any issues. However a few month ago we started seeing some problems. The first, we have a mixer tap in the bathroom which when turned to hot no longer gives off any hot water. The boiler simply isn't...