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Electrician has now been called. @Rocky333 - I looked up the toroidal transformers and get the gist of it along with current insurge. Hopefully upgrading the MCB will do the trick. Thank you both for your help. N.

Hi and thank you very much for taking the time to reply. @Rocky333 = I am afraid I don't know anything about toroidal transformers but I will look it up and hopefully that will help make sense of what you are saying. understood that the inrush current can 've a factor. would these issues not...

I have installed a set of led wire and track lights however since installing them the circuit breaker trips 1 in 5 times or so that the lights actually get activated (the circuit breaker only started tripping after these new lights were installed). At first I assumed there was a loose...

Ok so I live in an old semi detached cottage (circa 1860s) and the loft runs straight through from my house into the neighbours. I want to build a stud wall using fireproofed plasterboard but was wondering whether this needs to be run past building control? Many thanks for any suggestions N.

So I thought this would be a relatively straightforward job. It would appear not... A vertical crack has developed on the face of the house from the windows sill on the first floor down to the porch. It is mirrored on the internal wall in the bedroom. I am pretty positive it is caused by...

I have just posted one question about working on my floor, but this is the second conundrum which is of a different vain and so I thought I would post it as a new topic. So, my lounge and kitchen is open plan wiht the kitchen being tiled and the lounge will eventually be carpeted. I have...

Hello all, So I have embarked on what can only be described as a naively ambitious project in my damp ridden cornish cottage. The end however is in sight but before that I need to screed the floor. My question is, I plan to put in 70mm screed and then finish off with a SLC. I have read...

Hello all, Still researching installing UFH in my lounge area. What I wanted to know is if anyone had connected up an UFH manifold to a combi boiler and just how tricky this is? I have a combi boiler and radiator system, so the UFH heating will be integrated into the existing system. I...

Hi Stephen, I haven't started the work yet, the last quarter of the year was taken up with lime rendering the back and gable end of my house (took a while as I had never done it before so there was a bit of a learning curve). Now I am away with work but have been spending my time...

Quite a broad question I know but... So I am in the planning process of digging up my lounge floor and installing a concrete slab and insulation etc. I have decided I may as well install UFH at this point (as I currently have radiators already in situ) however I wanted to know what makes or...

Thanks to both of you for your replies. Not read the link posted by Tipper just yet (just about to), but if as you say you lose half of the output, it would seem rather uneconomical to install the UFH. The problem is we live in a cold damp cottage with only the hall way carpeted, and the...

Hi I am planning on replacing the living room floor with a concrete slab and insulation etc (we are renovating the house). The wife wants to carpet the area (16m sq) when all is done and I just wanted to know if anyone had installed underfloor heating in a carpeted area and whether it was...

The exterior is now lime rendered -spent the last four months doing that so looking forward to starting work indoors now! Makes sense about not plastering down to the floor, does skirting board not act as a bridge for moisture though? Guess I had better check the bc regs and start looking at...

Thank you very much for taking the time to reply. I should expand, we intend on using lime plaster or some modern type of thing with similar properties, all to try and provide breathability (the current state of the render etc just locks moisture into the home). With regards to your point...

Hello, So I am in the midst of what has now turned into a renovation project of a cornish cottage and am looking at doing up the lounge area. We are planning on taking off all the internal concrete render and plaster from the walls, re pointing everything in lime mortar and then re...

You may well be right that my SDS drill will not be powerful enough, haven't tried it yet so shall just have to wait and see. I had thought about using a Kango however as they are very expensive had pretty much discounted it. As to your question about the cork insulation, there are...

Ok well as the title suggests we want to remove the internal concrete render that has been put on all of the internal walls of our 1860s Cornish cottage. The wall itself comprises of a layer of plaster, then about an inch thick layer of cement render, under which is a rubble wall with...