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Thanks all. The builder sorted the LABC side of things when the job started though I paid the charge obviously - can't remember what was specified regarding this though, I have to admit I spoke to the LABC yesterday and they didn't ask for test results. The only thing they listed as outstanding...

Hello again. I've just had a new extension built and the spark has brought my test certificate around today for the new circuits etc after a bit of badgering by me. Will I need a separate building certificate regarding this electrical work (he is registered) organising by him or will the...

Thanks guys. I suspect i'll never match the colour just trying to find the best place to buy the same size tiles if anyone has any suggestions? Thanks :)

Pretty much as the thread title says, i'm trying to locate some similar paving to so that I can easily replaced that damaged by a building project. It doesn't have to be the same colour although similar would be better obviously. But getting the same sizes would be really good as I can then...

I like what you've done here! There's already a light switch for the room so perhaps i'd be better with an unswitched FCU? But yes it is a 32A ring final circuit he's installed on the 32A MCB. I've not come across maintenance free junction boxes before but guessing from their name that they can...

Hello. I have been having some extensive building work and one of the final parts of this was to build (rebuild really) my porch on the front of my new extension. I noticed this evening that the lining paper on my living room wall has started to come away. When I felt the wall here inside the...

This was my view really though I felt that it could still could have been done better than it has been . It doesn't look great - there's no tape on it but the earths are terminated outside the box I think. It looks like the earth core from the t&e has been 'tied up' with one of the SWA cores...

Good point. I think it probably could be done...with a bit of a wiggle. But as already mentioned, the whole set up is a mess. I went back under the floor to see if I could locate the SWA & twin and earth connection at the junction box. Here it is...:rolleyes:

It's suppose to have. Still waiting to see any though... Not particularly accessible to be honest. It's a suspended floor and I crawled under to run the Cat 6. That's when I came across it. But no it's not been particularly well installed IMHO. Not sure when it dates from though. I'd rather...

Hello. I've recently had a garage conversion. The spark has removed the old sockets/lighting and has rewired the new sockets and lights back to the existing garage consumer unit. The consumer unit is fed from an old metal fusebox, which goes direct to the main CU in the house. The cable run...

Thank you for the replies chaps and apologies for taking so long to respond! I've taken another couple of pics - the first shows the pipe going up the wall. It's appears to be old cable trunking and has got two cables running up outside (can't quite work out what they're doing but it's...

Thanks John. You can see from the pics that the gable end isn't looking great. However there is no running water/waste pipe that runs along that side and no overflowing guttering either! I'd also add that the worst bit of the outside of the external wall (to the left hand side of the window)...

Evening all. I recently had the walls on my stairs re-plastered (within the last two months) and a very fine job too. The walls had been drying out fairly nicely but when I went to paint yesterday I noticed some damp areas on the inside of the external wall. They also have a white substance on...

Thanks all. Really useful!

Thanks guys

Thanks SFK that's really helpful. I'd not considered it for a TV as well but yep that will be going in the garage conversion. I'd thought maybe I'd also need to run some coaxial for an aerial but not considered cat6 too.

Good evening all. I am currently having side extension built and it seems like a good idea to install some Cat 6 (or 5e?) around my house while I have easy access. The Wifi signal in my house is terrible and so i'd like to install a couple of Wireless Access Points - one upstairs, one in the...

Evening all. I am having an extension built at the moment and I need to have the boiler moved. When this done I'd like a smart CH timer/thermostat installed in place of the current rubbish remote version I have (it constantly loses connection with the boiler, despite being only 50 cm away)...

Thanks for the response guys.

Afternoon all. I have a capped gas pipe in my living room from where the previous owner disconnected an old gas fire. It's capped a just above floor level but I would like it to be capped below floor level so I can put a carpet down without having a gas pipe sticking up through it! Are there...