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Hi all, I need to make repairs to my house wall, I'll be removing an old vent and will need to replace around 10 bricks. I'm having real trouble trying to identify the bricks to use, the house is of an age and construction where it could be a mix of anything! approx size is 2250 x 650 x 110 mm...

Hi, just after a bit of advice.. I've visiting a friend in Aberdeen next week, a long way from me in Kent! Their Amica oven has stopped working, it has a combined oven and grill. The hobs are still working and no circuit has tripped. I'm guessing the element needs replacing but i only get...

hi all, I have a triton shower (not electric) fitted in my bathroom, it was installed before i moved in so have no knowledge that would come from installation. The cold tap has never worked, I'm sure its plumbed in and is available but nothing comes out. The tap is quite stiff and...

Hi, I wonder if anyone can shead some light on this for me! I have a planning application submitted to register a 1 bedroom house as a house for residential purpose. The work to convert this from a garage was carried out many years ago but has only ever been registed as a garage (rather...

Hi All, I'm having trouble finding the answer to this... My father in law wants to have a new 10.8kw shower installed, I have offered to buy and run the cable, breakers etc. but am not sure what to go for.... The cable will be run through a loft (not insulated now but will be) and the...

Afternoon, I bought my bungalow a few years ago with an existing loft conversion. The original surveyors report before we bought wasn't any good, you could cut it into squares and hanging it next to the toilet. I have had other areas surveyed again after I noticed myself a chimney wasn’t...

Hi, Just a quick one, is there a reasonably cheap electric water heater available that would be able to feed a bath, kitchen sink and bathroom basin (not all at once). Obviously the bath is the main use for the heater. I ma taking the Hot water tank out to fit a bath in our bathroom and...

Hi, Just after some advice! I've never worked on a L&P ceiling, and have always avoided doing any plastering but I need to tackle this one myself. From some previous water damage, the ceiling has been damaged in the corner of the room. I have removed the old rotten plaster from the slats...

Hi, not sure if this is in the right section. I completed the c&g 236 part 1 a good few years ago now, under the 16th edition. I am hoping to complete my training while keeping the full time job I have now (nothing to do with electrics). I did hear that you can now train in an...

Hi, Can anyone point me to a website where I can get an alarm? I need one similar to this: http://www.screwfix.com/prods/83767/Security/Alarms/Intruder-Alarm-Kits/Honeywell-Accenta-G4-Wired-Intruder-Alarm-Kit-4-PIR - but it needs to be cat friendly, and still have the features...

Hi, Long shot I feel but if anyone has any idea's I'd appreciate it! The heating / ventilation has completly packed up in my Renault Laguna, driving it yesterday with the cool air on setting 3 - didnt seem to be up to much so turned to 4 and it cut out. Hasn't come on since. I have...

Hi, I need to remove the hot water cylinder from our bathroom to make room for a bath, currently we only have a shower. The problem is that being in a bungalow the hot water tank cannot be positioned anywhere else and be below the level of the cold water tank. I had heard that you can get...

Hi, I'm hoping to wire up a couple of bulkheads to a pir sensor on the front of my bungalow. Just a couple of questions: Can I wire these onto the existing lighting circuit? easy to do as its all on one level and in the circuit, does the pir just take the place of the switch? so I can...

Evening, sorry if this is widely available on the forum but I have not been able to find it! I live in a bungalow with a small bathroom, my wife is pressuring me to put a bath in as currently we only have a shower. The only way I can swap this shower for a bath is to remove the hot water...

I've got a quick question to throw in here, I completed the c&g236 part 1 some years ago (16th edition) Is that worth anything now? How would I now complete the course - I didnt complete part 2 at the the time as I got into comms cabling and never went back!

Hi, I am planning to install a small storage heater in a loft bedroom. I was wondering what would be the size of cable I would be required to install. I haven't bought the heater yet, I just want to get the cable in place now, also I need to work out the size of breaker required. Is...

Hi, I'm having issues with the guttering on my detached bungalow. I'm off work in a couple of weeks so thought I might try to tackle this. Down one side of the building is a pitched roof and a flat roof next to each other, the pitched roof is about 8 metres wide and the flat roof is 7...

Hi, I need to modernaise an en-suite toilet that I have in my bungalow. The current set up has a toilet (that will be replaced) and a handwash basin. Currently the waste pipe from the sink goes through the wall to the garden, runs along the wall and empties onto the floor along the wall...

As the title suggests! I have a citroen saxo, works fine unless I'm on the motorway. When approaching 70 mph the car judders and wont go any faster. Also - not sure if this is related, but when taking corners at a bit of speed (not too much 20mph +) there is a knocking noise that sounds like...

I bought a Skoda Favorit estate as a run-around a few months back, just needed to get a new tax disc and have taken a look at the MOT cert. It said an advisory note was provided, but not given to me at the time. Looked it up online, and found the following details that mean nothing to me, is...