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Hi i am currently thinking about converting my detached double garage for the rental market. The garage is roughly 7mx7m and through the middle is a block wall approx 2m long each end between the 2 garage doors which acts to support a catnic lintel which supports the roof timbers span. Is this...

Hi i was just painting my ceiling and unscrewed the ceiling rose to cut in and noticed that the wiring doesn't look quite right. there are 3 cables so i assumed 1 in, 1 out and the switch. There are 3 reds in the centre block, 1 black in the 2 gang block with the neutral of the light, and 2...

Hi i want to lay solid oak flooring to an upstairs bedroom. Its 18mm flooring and wanted to know the best way to fit it? The underfloor is weyrock type 8'x2' boards and so do i nail straight onto it with secret nails or do i use underlay and float it? If i do the underlay and float then do i...

hi was asked to quote for new supply to garage. No ways on board in house so i quoted for switchfuse off tails then adaptable box on outside wall. 6mm swa overhead on catenary wire to garage approx 10m total distance. garage rcd protected 2 way board for sockets and lights. 4 double sockets, 2...

hi Do you think there's any reason why an electric heating element cannot be fitted to a towel rail which is acting as a heat leak in a system with a thermal store?

Hi i have a friend that has a 3 bed house.She had new rads and boiler from warm front. They converted it into a 2 zone system.They fitted a rad in the main bedroom with lockshields and fitted the room stat in the landing. She had no rad in her bathroom so got a local plumber to fit one...

hi Can someone explain why a double check valve is not acceptable for protection against cat 5 fluid risk? Example in question is a shower wand hose which can fall into bath so cat 3 but its also next to a bidet.

Hi i friend of mine said to me a couple days ago that the niceic are taking over building control from the councils. I wondered if anyone know about this?

hi i did a level 2 tech cert a couple of years ago. I was looking into the fast track method and almost went down that route before calling my local college who convinced me that their way was the way to go and how could i possibly learn everything in 6 weeks etc etc. So i did the college...

Hi i have a friend who has just moved into a new house and he has found a problem with the heating. He has a loft conversion and has 2 zones for heating (downstairs and loft conversion) and says that it is a pretty new installation probably 12 months old or so. He doesnt know who installed the...

got a new twin immersion unvented direct cylinder and customer wants to use economy 7 for heating through the night on the bottom immersion and another circuit for boost as needed on the top immersion. got a horstmann electronic 7 programmer and connected up but it keeps tripping the rcd when...

I am currently doing my level 2 tech cert 6129 in plumbing at a local college and want to progress onto the NVQ to be fully qualified. Trying to get work with local plumber for the assessment on site side of things but am finding it hard as so many do. Im 42 and have been in the building...

hi i have megger test equipment and wondered if the leads will work with kewtech plug in testers i.e the r2?

hi i got a downstairs kitchen ring which has no continuity when testing r1. i have opened up all the sockets to check that they are wired correctly. is there a surefire method to test where a break may be in the cable? eg between 2 sockets?

Hi my pc has just become very loud! Was working fine and then started sounding similar to the sound that a toilet cistern makes when filling up!! Was thinking that maybe its the cooling fan? Any help would be appreciated cheers si

good idea or not? an advantage would be more cables allowed disadvantage would be stripping everything down what do you think?

Starts up but will open limited programs for about 5 minutes but then wont open anything. Clicking on anything after this does nothing at all. Tried to run a virus scan but it runs but wont check any files.

hi i just had my quartely bill and on average im using £3.20 per day. my gas is £3.70 for the same period. Seems a lot! £48.30 per week for both. Can anyone else post what they are paying because i feel that im being stitched! Anyone know for instance what usage would be consumed by things...

wood glue or silicone?

am i right in thinking that it should always go back to the main board and not to any sub main?