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I have young kids who play football in the garden. I encourage them to be careful but it's inevitable that the ball sometimes hits the fence at the rear of the garden, which belongs to my neighbours. As it was quite old it was starting to cause damage. I discussed this with my neighbours and...

I recently had an engineer round to fix my Glowworm Economy Plus boiler because the pilot light kept extinguishing. He claimed it was overheating and fixed the wiring (I think this was to fix pump overrun) and replaced one of the sensors (sorry don't know which one!). Well, the pilot light...

I would like to install a boost switch on my water cylinder's immersion heater, allowing me to put it on for just 30 mins or an hour. However I'd also like the flexibility to turn it on for longer with a normal switch (20A DP). Could I wire them like in this diagram? Thanks!

Obviously the 16A MCB won't be sufficient if both cables come off one fuseway. I recently asked a very similar question (//diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=130292) and the consensus was that two dedicated radials would be best but that a ring with 32A MCB would be acceptable (although...

Thanks John but I've ordered one already at less than 3 quid from TLC (delivery was free as part of order over £15). It probably would have cost you that much to post it!

Thanks RFL and SeanT as well for the offer - I've order one from TLC. And thanks to all other posters who offered positive and helpful advice. Cheers Dan

Let me preface this question by saying that I will be getting a PIR done but I'd like to do as much simple DIY work beforehand rather than afterwards. So let me ask a question on continuity: Let's say there's only one socket on the ring, with Cable 1 and Cable 2 feeding in. If I remove...

You're quite right - my mistake, I meant 13A - they do sound the same though so at least my poetic reputation is intact :lol: Is testing things like insulation resistance and continuity beyond the scope of a DIYer? Regardless, given the state of the of the electric work the builders did...

Why 30amp? Surely 13 each is sufficient?

There used to be a normal hot water cylinder in the bathroom. A while ago the bathroom was redone and the hot water cylinder was removed and replaced with an unvented system comprising two cylinders in the attic. The builders did most of the job fine but neglected a couple of things, one of...

I have no doubt that you're correct although this isn't the advice I was given last time. Regardless of the regs, ans appreciating that it's not a great design, is it dangerous? I put a bigger load than that on the other rings so why not with Immersion Heaters. Not trying to be awkward...

Thanks for the respsonse. I haven't opened up the CU to see if there are two cables coming off that point but at the plug socket in the attic there are definitely two cables hence my assumption that they are a ring. I'm suprised that you say that each immersion heater heater must have it's own...

I've posted previously because I have two HW cylinders in my attic which are usually heated via the gas boiler. Occasionally I would use the electric immersion heaters to top up. Each heater is 3kW and at present they both plug into one double socket (I don't switch them on at the same time...

I had a bad experience with some builders recently and being that I was pretty inexperienced and a little naive some aspects haven't gone entirely according to plan. The work is complete, ostensibly to an adequate standard, but I put more trust in them than I should have. However I am trying...

Thanks for the useful advice JohnD!

It is very much exposed to weather, but I don't know what it's been treated with previously - it was there when I bought the house.

Bit of a basic question I'm afraid, but I've not done much decorating before. My front door is a kind of reddish brown colour. It's in decent condition but I wanted to make it a darker, maybe walnut colour. Do I use stain on its own, coloured varnish, or stain and clear varnish? Does it need...

Interesting - not sure I've ever seen this before but will give it a shot, thanks! I'm sure seen a sort of plastic/metal attachement on a tap once, I think it also asjusted the spray pattern.