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Is it acceptable to run T+E cable in conduit along a fence to a shed? The alternative would be burying it but the route goes through mature flower beds and would be very disruptive.

We've had some pretty sideways torrential rain the last few days and at some point the RCD for my EV charger tripped. I went to reset it today and noticed that the inside of my meter box is absolutely sodden. Not dripping wet as such but the cork backing board that everything is screwed to is...

The house we bought has 3 lighting circuits with 16A MCBs, most of the loops are done with 2.5mm T+E but I’ve discovered as we’ve been decorating that a lot of the spurs, drops and internal fixture wiring is either 1.5mm or 1mm flex/T&E. This is inherently unsafe right? The consumer unit is...

We moved into an old school building (built circa 1880) that was converted by turning the each of the 2 high-roofed halls into 2-storey accomodation. The roof spaces have been left with the original timbers. At the end of each of the halls the gables have these old fashioned ventialtion...

Please help. I cannot fathom these instructions for this free-standing bath filler https://images.victorianplumbing.co.uk/images/PDF/TRAD03D-FS-nEW.pdf It seems to assume you are able to get under the floor to attach the supply end of the feed pipes to the hot and cold supply after you have...

Hi all, Renovating my bathroom at the moment and discovered that the previous plumber had put the waste pipe for the sink/bath/shower into the vertical sewage pipe above the floor level (meaning all of the wastes were ultimately flowing uphill - which explains the poor drainage in the room!)...

My new property has an TT earth but at some point someone has put block paving over the earth spike location making it unservicable/uninspectable, although it is within acceptable impedance limits currently. The property also has a PME supply which is currently not connected to the installation...

Hi all, When installing a 3-core SWA cable on a single phase installation where one of the internal cores is being used as the CPC, is it still required to earth the SWA armour layer? Thanks!

Hi all, We're looking to buy a house at the moment. The property is generally sound but even to my partially knoweldgable eye there are some serious defects with the electrics, including: - Undersized conductors for circuits - Inappropriate MCB specification and circuits for applicances -...

Hi folks, What should I repair this with? Is it just standard brick-laying mortar? cheers

I am fitting a video doorbell for a friend, what I thought was going to be a simple job turned out to be more complex as despite the chime box being 60 cm from the fuse box, it turns out the chime doesn’t contain a bell transformer at all and is in fact battery powered with C cell batteries...

Hi all, I selected Pod Point to do my 7kW EV charger installation. I've paid upfront, they've done all the paperwork and want to schedule the install, but they are being strangely difficult about how it's done. They consider a 'standard install' to be when the supply runs directly from the...

Folks, When my boiler was installed, the installer was 50/50 on whether I needed a plume kit given the location of the boiler. In the end we opted against as none of the neighbours had installed plume kits on the row. Recently in the cold weather the plume steam is sending the motion detection...

Hi folks, I want to run supply pipe to an outdoor kitchen sink. There is already an outside tap about 6 yards from there the sink would be, supplied from inside via a double check valve and isolater to turn the outdoor segment off during winter. My plan is to take a spur off this, into 20mm...

Hi All, I'm baffled by a problem I'm having with some audio equipment. I have two active speakers (with built in amplifiers) each takes a two-pin mains connection and an unbalanced RCA input. I have these connected to a laptop, through a 3.5mm jack to RCA breakout tail. There is no earthing...

What are the earth-bonding requirements for exterior CCTV cameras? I've just got into doing a big project and there is a lot of confusion out there because different countries have different rules. On one end of the scale are people saying there must be a lightning strike rated surge...

Hello folks, About a month ago, unrelated to any changes to the system or any new appliances in the house the consumer unit RCD (that covers the ring-mains, cooker and shower) tripped randomly while we were watching TV. It then happened again later that week and once again just now (3 weeks...

Hi Folks, I need to move the Sky satellite feed from my dish. Sky want a lot of money to do it as it's outside of a normal installation and frankly, given the absolute mess the last sky engineer made of the render on my house, I'd rather do it myself anyway. Can anyone help me out with the...

So I borrowed a heavy duty SDS drill off a buddy to cut a 6” core. When I went to pick up the core bit the rental chap reminded me to check that the drill had a torque safety clutch else I might ‘break my arm’. I asked my buddy and he isn’t sure. The manual for the drill says nothing of it...

Hi folks. Got a slight problem with the tap I've purchased for the kitchen. The better half chose it a few weeks back and didn't mention to me the one she chose has a retractable hose. Since then I did all the plumbing and waste for the new sink and needed to keep it 'low profile' so a 1/2...