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How do you successfully remove deadly nightshade? It seems to have taken over our garden and I want to get rid of it. Is it a case of finding the root and digging it up or can I stop it some other way? Cheers.

Anyone Know where I can get Legrand MCB's from? I have a Tenby unit that has them. I need to upgrade one but I cannot find them anywhere.

I'm rewiring the kitchen next week and am thinking that 2.5mm cable is too small. Appliances running will be, although maybe not all at the same time: Kettle - 3000w toaster - 1000w fridge / freezer - don't know but I suppose the average. freezer - don't know but I suppose the average...

If a bulb blows when I turn on a light the MCB trips. Why is this? Is it because of the speed in which the bulb blows? Or a surge?

I want to become a qualified electrician. I understand that when this Part-P thing comes in diyers won't be able to do their own electrical work. But I want to become qualified anyway. 1.)What's the best way to do it? 2.)What qualifications do you need? 3.)Anything I should know? I'm...

My house is no longer on gas but it still has a gas pipe with a leaver on it (valve?) sticking up through the floor. Can it be safely removed? I'm pretty sure the gas is turned off outside the house.

This isn't a project as such (re-wiring my home is though) but I just thought I'd share it with you. Has anyone else done this course or is doing it? I gotta say that it does seem to have thrown me in at the deep end a bit and some of it is going a bit over my head. I am on the first module...

I installed an intermediate switch into a two-way switched light thinking that I could turn the light on and off using all three switches. This isn't the case. When used alone the switch acts as a one-way switch. When it's off the two two-way switches work as normal but when it's on it keeps the...

I am going to rewire my house (well my mums) and want to put a downstairs ring main in. The trouble is that the front room has floorboards which is fine but the next room has a concrete floor. I want a socket (only one) in this room. 1.) Would it be a better idea to have this socket as a spur...

I intend to wire in an Extractor fan, Shaver socket, Fan Heater and a heated towel rail. 1.) Can I take both the extractor fan and shaver socket from a junction box on the lighting circuit? 2.)Do the fan heater and heated towel rail have to be on separate circuits or can I connect each...