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I have recently noticed there is no earthing on my oil pipe which feeds the boiler. Am i right in saying that i need to run a 10mm earth cable from the oil pipe to the consumer unit? if so do i attach the earth cable on the oil pipe on the inside of the property or on the outside of the...

With regards to building regs, how far from a bedroom should they be fitted?

Was recently painting a newly plastered wall which contains a upvc window. I used masking tape on the upvc windows but i left some of it on for a few days, when i tried to remove it it just keeps ripping in tiny bits, is there some chemical that could be used to help me remove it, tried hot...

My father has just had a one room extension added to his lounge to be used as a garden room, he intends to put a 1g 1w light switch in there and also a few sockets. he intends to tap into and extend the downstairs ringmain for the additional sockets and likewise tap into the downstairs lighting...

I have recently split 1 large room into 1 via a stud wall. I now want to put a light in the second room with a switch. Am i right in saying that i run a cable from an existing ceiling rose to the new ceiling rose (does it have to be the last one on the lighting circuit run) and then run a cable...

I want to put a lighting circuit and ringmain in my garage. The consumer unit is currently situated within the garage itself, i intend to put them both on their own breaker and the total run of cable for the lighting is approx 20 metres(1.0mm t&e) and ringmain about the same(2.5mm t&e). My...

i have a combi boiler to heat my hot water requirements, its a firebird 70, the problem i have is that no water comes from the tap when i turn the hot tap on, the cold tap works ok, sometimes if i turn the cold tap on and off a few times then try the hot water, ocasionally this gets the hot tap...

I have a combi firebird 70 running 2 rads, shower, bath and sink. The problem i have is when hot water tap is turned on sometimes hot water comes out and sometimes not. If hot water doesn't come out first time i sometimes turn cold water tap on and off then try hot tap again, this usually gets...

I am just about to install a new kitchen, but when i have offered up the wall units some don't fit fully flush with the walls. The gap ranges from 2mm - 5mm. How do i overcome this problem? I am not bothered about the middle units it's just the units at the end of the run where the decor end...

I have just finished laying a new laminate floor, i am just about to fit new skirting but i am unsure weather or not you are supposed to leave a gap between the floor and skirting, i think it will look better fitted flush but is this correct?

I have just installed a new ensuite shower and am trying to figure out how to connect the 40mm shower waste into the current soil pipe. The current soil pipe runs inside, across the wall in my garage, the shower waste pipe that i am trying to connect comes out from the floor boards directly...

I currently have a concrete driveway wich is approx 15 metres x 3 metres, it has lots of cracks in it, and has many different colours of concrete where it has been extended in the past. I intend to extend the area again but this time put gravel down instead and also cover the exsiting driveway...

I plan to install 2 bathroom extractor fans, one in the main bathroom and one in the ensuite. I hope to run the ducting up into the roof space and then vent it outside, is it ok to connect the ducting from both fans together via a T peice so i only have one vent on the outside wall or do i have...

I am about to start tiling our new bathroom, the floor is 18mm WBP plywood on top of 25mm chipboard, the walls are plastered plasterboard, which is the best adhesive and grout for me to use, the tiles are ceramic 30cm x 30cm both on the floor and walls

Could someone please help and explain how i wire downlighters together, the downlighters in question are 230v 50w each and there are 12 of them they are on there own lighting circuit. At present i have run a length of 1.0mm t&e from the c/u to the first downlighter and then run a second length...

I have bought some down lighters to replace my existing kitchen lighting, however the new downlighters have no earth connector inside the fitting, i was told i must follow the earth through, how is this done? and where does the earth terminate, incidentally the downighters are on there own...

when bonding all pipework and circuits in bathroom, could someone tell me if i have to bond the cold water feed for the shower as well as the shower itself or is it just one of them. Many thanks

I am intending to replace my existing kitchen lighting with 9 downlights, each down light has a 12v transformer and a 50w lamp, the first light on the cable run from the consumer unit is to a ceiling rose which is 7 metres, it then goes to the first 12v downlighter which has a run of 5 metres...

I have a switch at the bottom of my stairs and a switch at the top, these between them control 1 light( can switch off and on at either end) i want to add another light so the switches and the bottom and top turn both on and off together, could somebody direct me to a diagram on how to do this...

I am wanting to install a shaver socket and extractor fan in my new ensuite, the ceiling currently has 4 downlighters with are all powered by 12v transformers, do i get the feed from the first downlighter to the extractor and then from the extractor to the shaver socket. I know this work is...