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There appears to be an intermittent problem with my 2 year old Potterton Profile 80eL boiler, in that the pilot light has failed to light twice recently, and sometimes seems to take a long time to light. Normally, it lights after one or two sparks, but recently, can take up to a minute of...

I have just subscribed to broadband, and am just about to run the wires from a telephone socket to the computer, and have the following question: The instructions state that each piece of telephonic equipment should have a filter installed to prevent interference with the broadband...

Is it acceptable to have the cooker switch inside the cupboard next to the cooker?

Just noticed the new CU in my parents' house, and the meter tails go in at the top straight into the 100A breaker. Is this OK, as the tails could be pulled straight out of the top, although I guess if the terminals are correctly tightened, this would not happen? The reason I ask is that the CU...

two quick questions: 1) Is there any difference between a garage consumer unit and a 2 way consumer unit? 2) Does the consumer unit for a detached garage have to be in the garage, or can it be in the house? Thanks.

When I moved into my house, it had 2 consumer units, each with its own isolator. In other words, in order to isolate all of the electrics, you had to operate 2 switches. I pointed this out to our electricity supplier, and they have fitted an additional 2P 100A isolator upstream of the CU's...

All of the plumbing to the bathroom in my house is plastic for the sink, bath, toilet and radiators, although some of the pipework within the bathroom is in copper (radiator tails and some of the interconnections between the bath, toilet and sink). I am looking to having an electric shower...