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Hi All, Can someone clear up some confusion for me please? I'd like to install a 4.2 Kw oven and grill. I calculate that this will pull a maximum of 17.5 amps. As I understand it (...and I'm willing to be corrected), 2.5 mm twin and earth is rated at 27 amps in conditions where it is clipped...

Hi All, Quick one - I've got the inside of an exterior wall with a large patch (about 1m square) that needs patching. The bare brick is sound, but the edges of the lime plaster are a bit crumbly. I really don't want the job to turn into anything too big. As such I've brushed it clean and...

I think I know the answer, but I need confirmation either way... I employed a builder to remove an existing timber floor in my 1890 terrace. This decision was carefully considered following some serious damp issues. Drains have been installed to remove water that tended to accumulate under the...

Hello All. I have a two up two down built circa 1890. I've just stripped the wallpaper from the main bedroom to find something strange. There's a wooden wall behind the door. It looks to be made of floorboards or similar, and judging from the wallpaper that was on it, it's an original, or at...

Hi. I have just purchased a terraced house. Built circa 1890. It's in a row of 24 houses built on a relatively steep hill. The houses are built in pairs. Each pair is lower than the pair before as they step down the hill. I'm near the bottom. I'm situated so that, looking at the house, the house...