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Hi all, I wanted to ask why metal back boxes need to be earthed? I ask as on all of my sockets, I have an earthing cable leading from the earth terminal on the back of the socket to the back box in the wall. However, each back box is already earthed via the screws which hold the socket face...

Hi all, I'm in the process of buying a new house which was rewired in 1987. It had a new consumer unit installed 2 years ago however and I've been told that when this was installed, the cabling was checked and all was fine with it. The sockets are located just above the skirting boards and...

Hi all, I have 2 lamps which are plugged into 2 different ring final circuits. Both are plugged into timer switches and were switched off. On Sunday, one of the lamps gave a big flash of light and tripped the corresponding mcb. I changed the bulb and switched the mcb back on and all was fine...

Hi all, This issue has been on-going for a while now but with the weather getting colder, I really need it sorted. I have an Ideal Classic FF250 boiler. It's worked ok'ish for the past 10 years that I've lived in my current house with the odd problem here or there. The CH pump was changed...

Hi all, My parents have had a new extension built by what can only be described as a total cowboy builder. He has built them a wet room in an extension at the end of their house but put no radiator in there. It's extremely cold in there and he's refusing to ad a radiator at this stage. I...

Hi all, My parents are having an extension built and as part of this, the contractor has been asked to lay electric underfloor heating (under laminate flooring). My mum called me to tell me that this part of the work had been completed and that it was working and so I went over to have a look...

Good evening all. My mains water pressure seems to be quite low in some parts of the house. On flushing the 1st floor WC, the cistern does not fill up by itself to illustrate this. On turning on and off the bath cold water tap, the cistern seems to then fill up The ground floor pressure seems...

Hi all, new to this forum but it seems the best to find out about stuff. We had the road resurfaced just before Christmas and during this, the engineers opened the hatch to the roads water supply valve (if that's what it's called) and used the water for their work I'm guessing. When they left...