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Hello I wonder if anyone could advise on a query for me. I am looking at installing a dishwasher, however it is not next to the sink. I was intending on purchasing a drain hose extension and have measured the route the hose could take under the kitchen units then over the hardboard back of...

I am currently in the process of buying a house built in 1976. I looked at the consumer unit and it is a grey metal box with bakelite circuit breakers in it. There was no sign of any RCD protection. I am wondering what are the chances of this property having aluminium wiring? Or is it...

I have a Legrand / Tenby CU which has a Legrand 80A 30mA RCD protecting the sockets. I am looking to replace the RCD as i believe it may be faulty. Lots of nuisance trips etc. I seem to be having trouble sourcing a Legrand/Tenby one. Is there another manufacturers RCD i can use which has the...

I need to replace this part on my Ideal boiler. Is it just a case of draining the system down, unfastening the pipe that leads to the outside and then unscrewing the valve from the rest of the boiler??? I am also replacing the automatic air vent. Does this just unscrew from the plastic...

I wonder if anyone can answer me this question. If, as an electrician you where contracted to attend a business and disconnect something like a heated towel rail then test it and re-connect it how much would you expect to charge for this. Roughly. Thank you.

We are going to be having a small extension built to the rear of our property. We currently have a gully that the kitchen sink and washing machine drain into that will be inside the new extension. What would be the best way of leaving this gully with an inspection point/cover as it is going to...

When i fire up the central heating, the boiler lights and runs but only for around 10 -20 seconds then the burner goes out. The pump sounds as though it is still running. Hot water seems fine but i think i do need to replace the flow limiter as it does whistle a bit. Could this be related...

When i run the hot water i am getting a high pitched squealing noise from the boiler. It doesn't seem to be doing it on the central heating just the domestic hot water. The boiler is an Ideal Mini and has been installed for about 6 yrs. I would really appreciate any advice on what this...

Going to use some 18mm plywood to stiffen up a floor in my house. In the past i have used bog standard 18mm interior ply but i wondered if exterior stuff was stiffer? If not what is the best (stiffest) type of 18mm ply i should be going for? Thanks

One of the bedrooms in my property seems to have a bit of bounce in the floor. The room is approx 4m by 2.5m Across the 2.5m nearly every joist has been notched to allow the pipes from the combi boiler (in airing cupboard) to be run around the property. I am thinking that this has lest...

Hello, i am hoping someone on here can give me some advice. Under the floor of my house is a void. Ie i have wodden floors with a crawl space underneath. The problem is that there are puddles of water underneath the floor. I first noticed this when we had to go under the floor to do a...

Hello, i am new to this forum but hoping some of you guys can give me some advice. The problem is this, pretty much all the floors on the upstairs of my property have some sort of slope. Some are more noticable than others. This was picked up on the survey of the property before we purchased...