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Could anyone advise me on any regs relating to proximity of mains cables to metal radiators and metal skirting radiators. My local school have just had work done to increase the number of power points but they are located in such a way that the mains cables make contact with the rads/ metal...

In my infinite wisdom I removed a Rad from my study room to renovate/ decorate and marked the flow and return pipes. Give yourself a pat on the back Matt :D . At a later date I decided I would fit skirting heating so cut the pipes down and got rid of the cut ends WITH THE MARKS ON. Give...

Hi- removed downlighters in the hall and landing so the ceilings could be replastered but am now struggling to refit the downlights. They are the standard design with the pair of clips (each clip consisting of one long and one short component) but there is no tension in the clips to work...

Please advise on trouble shooting why this has suddenly started tripping the consumer unit after 18 months use. My thoughts are it could either be a short or increased load drawing too much current. Have cleaned filters etc, had top off and no obvious wires loose etc. Plug, however, is one of...

Would appreciate any advice anyone can give me b4 I get the plasterer in to fill in a chase that had to be made for polypipe central heating pipes coming down into the living room. If they are just plastered over is there a risk of a crack developing? I was thinking that maybe encasing them...

I seem to remember reading somewhere that Hardwax oils are particularly prone to the 'fake tan' effect on pine floors. I was therefore thinking of using osmo pine wood wax transparent colour on my pine floors to eliminate this effect- anyone able to advise me? would this give a better result or...

I'm about to buy a hardwax oil ( Osmo or granwax- anyone know if they are of the same quality?) for recently sanded parquet flooring and wondered how good this would be for untreated oak veneered doors. I was going to use a granwax granglaze satin polyurethane but wondered how a hardwax oil...

The guy at my local timber merchants reckoned that the cleaners for hardwax oils are just glorified fairy liquid. I was looking at getting either the osmo wash & care or dr schutz cleaner but was a bit put off on hearing this. Anyone got an opinion on these products, are there any better...

I'm replacing an old 2 gang 2 way switch (used as 1 way however) and am slightly confused to the way in which it is wired. All the connecting wires are sheathed in red and there is a short connection between the 'com' for switch A and the 'L1' of switch B. Dont understand what the function of...