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Hello, just wondering if you fine people could give some advice. my partner elderly aunts car has completely broke down. went to have a look (as do most other stuff around her house) and could not get her car into any gear. Clutch completely broke! The clutch itself only comes up about half...

Hi, hopefully one of you fine people can help me and tell me if I am correct in my thinking. My Boiler was making strange noises the other day and now it wont ignite and therefore i have no hot water or central heating. I read through the manual and have checked a lot of the checks that are...

hi, well after a lot of hammering, swearing and everything else, i have managed to get me alternator off (as well as the whole tensioning spindle :roll: ), unfortunatelly it is now stuck in the bottom engine comaprtment and cannot be removed upwards :cry: i guess the only way to do it is...

hi, wondered if anybody knew how to open a vauxhall astra bonnet from the outside. i pull the lever from the inside but nothing happens and i am seconds away from smashing the bonnet open. if anybody has any tips but cant post on here please mail me at loonytoony1 @ hotmail . com cheers

Hi, just wondered if anyone can point me in the right direction. Just been outside and my alternator is well and truly dead. Just had the AA out to confirm. so question is, does anyone know the exact model I require, I have seen on the net and there seems to be a few different types? also...

Hi, I am going to be visiting a friend of a friends house shortly to replace there CU (old fuse wire type) with a new CU. My question is shall I replae it now with what will be the 17th edition style (all circuits basically connected to RCD) or is it still acceptable to replace with a normal...

Hi, was just wondering what kind of jobs the people that frequent this site are currently working on? domestic? commercial? industrial? fingers in all the pies? just interested

Just a quick question and hopefully some information of some of you sparks on here. I am going to be fitting two security lights to my property running from a FCU from the ring main. Main dilema is how to wire them both up. with not wanting to destroy the IP rating of the lights I can not run...

Hi, I am wiring in my friends new oven that he has bought but his cooker switch is directly above where the oven will be sitting, approx 0.75m. his kitchen lay out is strange as there is a door directly to the left of the oven and then to the right is the incoming supply and CU in a cupboard...

Hi, Just wondering on which way you prefer to fit security lights as have been having discussions and constantly disagree with my Colleague. My way is to run the light straight from the lighting circuit with some 1mm 3 core cable, through the wall and into the Security Light. the light MCB...

Hi Just a quickie, I am planning to run mains into my garage, from a 50A MCB using 10mm cable to a junction box and then SWA cable underground to a new consumer unit in the garage. Problem been is that I want to use the junction box under the floor and then tile over the floor. I understand...

Hi Guys, I am hoping someone can give me some advice. I am trying to fit some french doors to the rear of my property. The main problem I have is that I have to move the doors by approximately 6 - 8 cm's to the right. so the question is what is the best way of filling this gap? the original...

Hi Folks, I was wondering if anyone had experience of using a seaward BS6761 all in one tester? How did you find it? did it do everything necessary? is it value for money? any advice would be appreciated. Cheers

Hi, I have been rewiring my house which also made me want to install new BT sockets, since the old BT sockets were the style that were mounted on external boxes i wanted to have them flush fitted like my wall sockets. The main BT wiring came down to a box, the link below is the only image i can...

Hi, I have been looking for a diagram with the new 3 core and earth wires for wiring a extractor fan to the isolator switch in my bathroom. There is a lovely easy to follow diagram in the sticky pages (if your unsure how to do it) but this is with the old wire colours (red blue and yellow)...

Hi, can anyone tell me if the correct way of achieving supplementary bonding in the bathroom with a radiator with 8mm micro bore pipe ran in will be just connect an earth to the radiator? I can not find any earth clamps that go down to the 8mm. Cheers

Hi Lads and Lasses, as the title says, another question about bonding, and thats bonding and not bondage for you short sighted peeps :wink: . if you only have a radiator in your bathroom with metal pipes and the rest of the installation is plastic (bath and sink) and the lights in the...

Hi, I am installing a seperate oven and hob into my new kitchen. as well as trying to keep my bases covered for future upgrades. Therefore I am using 10mm T&E ran from a 40A MCB. Problem been my oven has a 13A plug attached and as usual says warranty is void if you remove the plug. I want to...

sounds like a nice easy question, and im sure everyone who is great at building will think its straight forward, and i guess it is really. but the main point is, when it comes to putting the final bricks in and sealing up the hole, what is the best way of getting the bricks in and having a good...

Hi, I am currently fitting my new bathroom and I am using plastic pipe for all plumbing. However since i have all the earth clamps etc. I am still going to run all the bonding to all the pipes and then connect to the main earth terminal in the bathroom light. main query here though is for my...