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Hi, A few weeks ago my Diplomat 3940 oven tripped the RCD, the oven came back on after I reset the RCD but fan element wasn't heating up. The oven still worked on every other function so I assumed the fan element had blown. I bought a replacement element and fitted it (the old one was visibly...

Hi, I want to put up 2 layers of 12.5mm plasterboard on a party wall. I'm not sure if to/how to, stagger the screws. Do I screw the first board in every 20-30 cm and then do the second one on top the the same frequency OR do I put enough to hold the first in place then then screw both layers...

Hi, I've got a timber-frame property, (ground floor external is brick, first floor uPVC cladding) and I want to upgrade the insulation behind the plasterboard on the external (and party) walls. I've read about membranes in insulation literature and I can see what appears to be plastic sheet...

Hi, I need to get someone in to change lights in zone1-2 in the bathroom. I've deliberately delayed from laying new roof insulation to make it easier for whoever does it. 2 questions. First, how do you guys deal with cross-layed insualtion when asked to do these sorts of things? Second, given...

In one room of my house I'd like to remove the plasterboard on the party wall, add some Knauff insulation panels and put back a double thickness of plasterboard. Are there any regulations preventing me doing this? and do I treat the two layers as one, and screw them with longer screws? or do I...

Hi, Bought a house. Found rot and damp in the spare bedroom, traced it to the shower (we never used cos it looked gross). The bathroom backs onto the bedroom. Finally ripped the shower out and found the guy had used the corner of the room and tiled straight onto the plasterboard. The problem...

Hi, I've found a hole in my roof felt in the loft. It appears to have been caused by birds. The hole is bigger than a grapefruit but smaller than a football and the edges are pushing inwards - as if an object had punctured from the outside into the loft. There's no evidence of leakage. The felt...

Hi, My house has only four fused circuits. One for lights upstairs, one for lights downstairs, one for all sockets (up and down) and one that was for the immersion tank (before it was removed). The house is timber frame with drywall construction and hasn't had it's wiring updated since it was...

Hi, The previous owner of my house extended the bathroom and fitted a shower area. He used a room corner and put up the third solid wall for the fittings. So, anyway when I looked at the wall in the adjacent bedroom there was considerable damp. On investigation and removal of the shower (which...

Hi all, I want to completely redo my bathroom, the floor is vinyl tiles stuck to thin sheet of pliable fiberous board (not sure of the correct name) which are tacked to plywood that is nailed to the joists beneath. I have to get the boards up to allow plumbing access, so I wanted to replace...

Hi, In Part P, it says that the cable of a single circuit can be replaced if damaged by impact, fire, rodent etc. I have a lighting circuit that is wired with 30+ year old non-twin&earth cable. Can I replace that cable without notifying a BC or do I have to drop something on it first?

Hi all, I've just started looking at the electrics in my new home. It's late60s, early 70s and has the original (I assume) consumer unit. Only 4 cartridge style fuses. 2x5amp and 2x30amp. The lighting circuit wiring was certainly unusual, the wires were seperate, red, black and green and...

Hi, I've bought a house and almost had a cooker delivered, the delivery guy who was due to install it said that because the old cooker control switch is above the intended location he couldnt install it. I had an electrician on the competent person scheme in look and he said that a new switch...