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Hi to get a landlord safety certificate does the consumer unit have to be a modern one containing RCDs. My current one looks about 15 yrs old and has MCBs. I have an RCD socket for garden/outdoor appliances but think that maybe all the circuits need protection otherwise it will fail ?

Hi I am about to get the houses first periodic inspection for landlord purposes. I am sure many faults will become apparent but there is one that I am fairly sure will fail so will look to get it done before the inspection. There is a spur coming of the ring to a fused outlet for a sanilflo...

Hi I have a Glowworm sxi boiler, the whole central heating system (closed system) is just 3 years old. The boiler used to run at about 64C and was constant at that temperature when there was demand for heating or hot water. Now as soon as it gets there it cuts out, the pump still goes, it cools...

Hi if I put low voltage downlights in a new kitchen extension do they have to be fire rated downlights. It is a flat roof with insulation above the rafters so no problems there. Thanks

Hi I am planning on laying some central heating copper pipes in a screed floor that isnt laid yet. What sort of potection do I have to use for the pipes. I know I have to lag them but do they also have to sit in some sort of ducting as well. The screed will then be laid and tiled over. Thanks

Hi I hope to install a new ring circuit for a kitchen extension. The cables will run behind dabbed plasterboard walls. After doing some reading on here it appears that I have to protect the cables or bury them below 50mm. What is recommended for protecting them, pvc channel/conduit or metal ...

Hi I am about to build up a concrete floor on an extension. I intend breaking up a mountain of old bricks and concrete for the hardcore. What size should I be looking to break them down to. Also once laid does it need to be compacted afterwards by machine or is it possible to do it by...

I am about to build a flat roof and my building regs drawings which passed stated 147x50 SW at 400 centres. The span at one part of the roof is 4m. I have just seen some tables for timber sizes and it states that the max you can do with 147x50 at 400 is 3.08m. So it appears my building regs...

I noticed in Wickes that they do a premixed bricklaying mortar. Does anyone have any experience with this and is it workable for a single storey extension.

I have been digging trenches for foundations. They are getting flooded as there is water coming in from a small localised area. This area is beneath next doors extension so I am guessing there is burst pipe somewhere beneath their extension. The problem is the house is let and the owner...

Hi I am digging a trench for a single storey rear extension. Next door has already got a similiar extension and my foundation will go to within 50mm of theirs, brickwork 150mm. How do I prevent my concrete joining onto their foundations, I have been told to put a board between them, what type of...

No not porn spam !! I have a question on what can be used as hardcore on a concrete slab floor. I have knocked down some outbuildings to make way for an extension and wondering if I can use the old bricks that are in good condition as hard core. Lay them down side by side ? Does anyone know if...

Hi, I am building a new single storey extension. It is a terraced house and at the moment on one side there are outbuildings including a WC that run along the wall, this is mirrored next door. So the party wall of the house basically continues outside to where these buildings are. For the...

Hi I want to change all of my sockets and light switches upstairs. They are surface mounted on lathe and plaster walls. The only way I can think of doing this is possibly with dry lining boxes. Would this work ?

Hi everyone. I have just added a larger hot water cylinder, about twice the size of the old one. It is a vented system, does not contain any air blockages but there is practically no flow coming out of the top, it is just a trickle (0.25 litres/minute). Have tested flow up to cylinder feed and...