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Is this a job I can do myself (medium/good diy skills) or does it have to done be a corgi registered plumber ?. If the latter, is there a special type of plumber (i.e who specialises in a certain area) that I need to contact ? I note the point about getting the building regulations dept to...

The soil pipe from the downstairs loo goes straight down into the floor.

I have a pokey little upstairs bathroom with no window which puts everybody off buying our property. I would like to convert a bedroom at the other side of the house into a bathroom but it is not near a soil pipe and I dont like the idea of using a Macerator. It suddenly dawned on me that this...

Tme to connect my new Hob. New Consumer Unit. Dedicated Circuit/Breaker. 5.8KW Rating. Nice thick 6mm Cable running up to HOB via dedicated Switch. Question : The Hob does not come with a plug and you obviously have to wire direct into Hob connections. This is all o.k but the 6mm cable is...

I run a short term apartment letting business and some apartments are nice and light and some are a bit gloomy due to small windows. I purchase indoor plants from Homebase (probably not the cheapest option !) but some just die after several months in the apartments that do not have much light. I...

I have just completed all my new kitchen wiring and had an electrician fit a new Consumer Unit/RCD and had him check my DIY work at the same time. Everything was o.k but for two mistakes on the halogen downlights. - I connected the lights with connection strips and the electrician tells me they...

I received a nice little brochure from our local building control dept and it explains things very well. It does not section out NICEIC at all, so the person on the end of the phone to me the other day was incorrect to say that the electrician must be NICEIC registered. I could get this scanned...

My god, what a can of worms this is !! Just phoned my local buildings control dept and apparently I have to make an application for the work i'm doing and it MUST be a NICEIC registered electrician that installs the consumer unit and he then issues me with a certificate for his work and then...

The new cable colours I believe are brown and blue but I have an old 50 metre reel of 2.5mm which has red and black. I have starting using this but before I start the major work on my kitchen I thought I'd better check if this is legal to use and compliant with current regulations ? Can I still...

I have wired up kitchen ceiling halogen downlights (qty 12) directly from the original light feed in the ceiling and have run the connecting cables down two of the walls as it would have been a major task to get the upstairs floorboards up. The cables are protected by metal caping above kitchen...

I was incorrect to say the 45 Amp fuse had a 2.5mm cable....it just looked like it. After tracing this wire through I found it was 6mm and went to the old cooker socket in the kitchen, which of course makes perfect sense. Anyway, this cable went to the wall between the old kitchen and the dining...

I am installing a new kitchen which previously had a gas cooker and hob. The new kitchen is being delivered with an electric hob (5.8kw) and electric double oven (5.5kw). Better half has decided these are in seperate parts of the kitchen. According to my calculations both devices will draw about...