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Quick question, I'm in the middle of chasing out holes making way for an underfloor heating thermostat. There really isn't room to have an FCU on the same part of the wall where the thermostat is going to go due to there being light switches next to it. My question is does the FCU have to be...

Probably a stupid question but the girlfriend has got me thinking it isn't. Is there any issue with running a ring main cable through a cavity wall next to the gas main?

Hi, I'm wondering whether our mains water needs to have equipotential bonding on it. The water main enters the property from the front and there is around 10 metres of plastic pipe before it hits metal pipe at the stop cock. The consumer unit is then 10 metres back towards the front door...

Hi, We recently had a leaky rad valve which caused the pressure on our Worcester 30si to drop to 0. The hot water still worked fine during this period and it wasn't until yesterday the boiler started making some strange noises. Today I fixed the leaky valve and repressurised the system up...

Hi, I'm in the middle of re-wring our upstairs sockets and have come to the last room which has already been decorated. There are 3 sockets in here and I don't want to pull the skirting board off and hack away at the wall to get 2 new wires to each socket. Unfortunately the old single wire...

Hi, Due to a leaky rad valve the pressure on our combi has dropped. The valve has now been fixed and I need to top the system back up again. My plumber did show me how to do this when it was originally installed but its been a while and I can't remember exactly how its done. Does anyone have...

Hi, I'm undertaking completely re-wiriing my 1850's house in stages as I renovate it. The last re-wire would have been done in approximately 1970 I think. I was going to just leave it as it is but with the amount of junction boxes under the floorboards with 10+ wires going into each and the...