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Hi all, My daughter just moved into a rental property in Uxbridge that had an EICR done in June. There are a couple of things that I am concerned over. 1. There is a bathroom pull-switch that is cracked such that the connections are exposed. This is mentioned in the report with a C3...

Hi, My kitchen mono-block ceramic disc tap starts to drip and emit a high pitched wine when an upstairs tap is opened. It doesn't drip at any other time! Can anyone suggest what may be going on? Thanks in advance. Richard.

Hi all, I'm designing the runs for my ground floor lighting circuit. Some lamps are GU10 fittings with 11W CFL in them. They can only have a maximum of 50W GU10 bulbs. Do you still have to assume 100W per light fitting? Regards

We're going to run 9" skirting in our lounge and TV room. Because of the rubble stone wall issue (see other thread) I am considering mounting the sockets at skirting level in either metal pattresses or dry-lining boxes and running the cable up to them from the floor. I have just taken the...

I started rennovating an old farmhouse in 2004, most of the rewire of the upstairs was carried out before 2005 (old colours etc), we've since added an extension with permission under building notice. The main bathroom and kitchen are complete and are on their own ring, so are the upstairs...

I've tried searching on this topic but haven't found any specific answers. I am currently re-wiring a very old stone farmhouse (there's another story here for another topic, but anyway...) the wife wants the walls in the lounge to be pointed (with lime mortar). They are all random rubblestone...

Hi, I'm DIY rennovating an old farmhouse in Wales. My current job is lifting the badly installed ground floor and installing a new floor with insulation, UFH and flagstones. My dillema is, having dug out to approx the right depth to accomodate the various layers, I now want to pour a level...

I am installing a thermal store from DPS heatbanks and an oil fired central heating range cooker from Redfyre. The installation instructions from the heatbank state that the electrical supply to the boiler should come from the wiring centre on the heatbank and not from a separate supply. I...