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Hi chaps, I had the gas fitter round today to inspect the composite marble (marfil) fire surround I fitted prior to him fitting the gas fire on Saturday and was really pleased that he said I did a good job fitting of the surround. He has given me two options for securing the fire to the...

Doing a little rewiring for a friend earlier today I had just lifted a couple of floorboards and was sifting through the T&E to see what was what when I got zapped by a light switch run. Powered down and removed the offending cable - Photos below. The choc block was tucked up...

Hi chaps, I'm helping a pal to fit their limestone fireplace next weekend (decorative only ... No fire) and this is totally new territory for me I'm happy with tile adhesive and restraining brackets for the legs and mantle but what should I use to bed in the hearth? I've been doing...

Hi chaps, I'm helping a pal to fit their limestone fireplace next weekend (decorative only ... No fire) and this is totally new territory for me :? I'm happy with tile adhesive and restraining brackets for the legs and mantle but what should I use to bed in the hearth? I've been doing...

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A friend had a problem with one of her ring circuits which I sorted out quite easily (pinched neutral was tripping the RCD) and she wanted one of the spare ways connecting to a radial for a freezer on the non-RCD side ... All okay. Whilst sorting this out though I thought the configuration of...

On a TT earthed system is there an easy way to ensure the integrity of the earth if you cannot locate the earthing rod? The system has a split load CU with a 100mA time delayed RCD protecting the whole installation and a 30mA RCD protecting all 4 ring mains so I'm relatively happy that the...

I moved the cooker out today to clean behind it (and retrieve all the cats toys which had gathered behind it). Had to disconnect the hose from the self-sealing coupling and dropped it on the floor getting it covered in dust ... Aaaargh. Cleaned it prior to re-connecting but I noticed that...

Hi all, Just had a new kitchen fitted and have a question about the electrics. All of the services (elec/gas/water) run down one corner from above and have been boxed in/tiled over etc. All of the sockets have been neatly fitted and vertical chases take the wiring below worktop level...