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I am not doing the work, I am being told I have to do it by the contractor. I have recently had other work done by another contractor to rewire the upstairs house lights. He did not ask me to replace a CU. My solar PV suppliers is. I get different rules from different contractors. One must be wrong?

I am installing a new minimal solar PV and Tesla Powerwall battery installation and provision for an EV. To recharge the Battery on a night tarrif and the EV at the same time will require a larger supply. If uinstalling a cable you might as well put a big one in as a small one. Its a 25m run. It...

I need to run a SWA 16mm2 cable eiher in the ground at the footings of a garden wall next to a lawn or clipped direct to a north facing wall. The cable will need to come through the cavity wall and follow the edging a footpath and similarly at the side of a tarmac drive. I am happy with 500-600...

Do we now have to replace a Plastic consumer Unit to add attach a new circuit to a spare circuit breaker? Having replaced an old wired fuse unit a few years ago with a new split board for Power and Lighting with ELCB protection I am now told that to add a new circuit I need to replace the...

Is it cost economic to use a EV Car Battery or external for home supply outage, use a backup generator or Solar PV. To cover a standing load of 0.5kw and cooking Maximum demand of 3kw it seems a small generator or 15Kwh battery might suffice. What would people suggest as there is no money any...

This is appearing on the outside of a wall below the DPC. It looks like water oosing from the inside. It is adjacent to a embeded wall sink in a toilet and shower tray in a bathroom the drain cover is seen on the left. There is no sign of damp inside the house which has a concrete tiled floor...

The cause is quite simple people put too much fat down their sinks and fat builds up at right angle bends. The riser pipe is vertical and inside properties depends on installed pipework. I can see two right angle bends in the Garage area and suspect this is where the problem lies. A NRV may...

I live on the ground floor of 4 storey block of flats. When the waste water drain blocks I get backflush water from the flats above into my sink and appliances. To solve this problem For fitted a non return valve in the waste water outlet. The Managing agent has said that if every flat does...