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Yes, the boiler is the only device on the 20A connection - but there is a separate fuse local to the boiler. I take your point about even loading - which is why I was thinking of changing the circuits. If I put two bedrooms, lounge and dining room on one circuit and the kitchen on the other...

Good morning all. I want to add some extra sockets in a 1930s two-bed semi that I'm renovating down in Bideford and had a query regarding cable size. At the moment, the consumer unit connects to two mains circuits - one labelled "downstairs sockets" and the other "upstairs sockets". These both...

Phew! Wasn't expecting my question to cause such a stir. But, moving on... Thanks for the various suggestions and observations. Yes, point of the post was that there is some signs of damp coming through - nothing major but minor stains on the inside wall. It's previously been tanked with some...

Hello I'm after some advice on some external air bricks at the base of a bay window and whether I need to remove concrete around the base of the bay. We've just bought the house and it needs quite a bit of improvement. There's a bit of damp coming through on the inside of the bay. There are...

Brilliant. Thanks very much for explaining.

Thanks for that - I may be being a bit slow but what's "quarter sawn"?

Hi We're doing up an old cottage that has some low and narrow doorways (most are barely 6' high). We can't buy ready made doors from a DIY store or builders' merchant as they would all be too big to cut down so I've been thinking of trying to make some ledge and brace doors. I've read through...

Hi... And happy New year We're renovating an old property and I want to reinstate the phone socket, which had to be moved due to walls being pulled apart There's a junction box where the phone line comes into the house. First pic below. The phone line then went into what I think is a BT NT5...

Help! My Biasi boiler is not firing. Was working fine yesterday but nothing this morning. Gas and electrical supply are fine and I could hear water being pumped around the system when the central heating came on but there's no pilot light and nothing happening. I've attached a picture of the...