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Hi all, I have a rear patio which is made up of concrete, it slopes towards the house and there is no drain. The water pools outside of the rear door. I have confirmed with the waterboard that we have 2x drains, 1x foul sewer and 1x surface water. The plan was cut out (using a grinder) a...

I was thinking of 4.00mm, however will face issued with 2x 2.5mm and 1x 4mm cables in the back of a socket. Any ideas? Could go with 2.5mm I guess, but its not best practice. The socket may have a dryer plugged into it. Un-Sw Spur will be used to reduce to 5A for an outside light, the socket...

Red 2.5 mm cable within the Consumer Unit which has earth tape on it, this needs to go into the 16A breaker. The cable is not long enough to terminate into the MCB. This is an old immersion heater cable, which is now a dedicated supply for the alarm. I will fit it we moved the order of the...

17th Edition Lighting Reg's - Is it still okay to use 1.0mm? Local wholesaler had a shortage of 1.0mm compared to 1.5mm, offered 1.5mm for the price of 1.0mm. I remember 1.0mm was 6A MCB, 1.5mm was up to a 10A MCB (if required)/longer legs. The house I live in has a lighting circuit in some...

We have a dorma bungalow which is about to have a new boiler, the plumber needs access to this roof void to put 22mm heating pipes in the corner, if access cannot be achieve easily either the ceiling will need to come out a little, or the piping along the ceiling. Can the roof tiles be removed...

In short, I think I have old radiators which may have a 3/4" thread, I can fit a bush to reduce it to 1/2" which will enable the fitment of the TRV, however I have a concern about the distance of the new TRV. This picture shows the old radiator connector, without TRV. This picture shows the...

A question of the unknown really, a System Boiler which is being swapped to a Combi. The plumber has commented that a Combi being pressurised, may find weaknesses in the plumbing and pin-hole the pipes. If this happens, the work is of course extra to rectify. Is this something that is common...

A bit of a strange one... Recently I have installed a few extra sockets (7 doubles) in the stud walls upstairs. The sockets were run with a view to extend the ring main at the single socket on the landing. One leg was going to pulled out and Junction Boxed, and the other pushed up the stud...

Rear garden floods, which then runs onto the patio area. The soil is clay, I have dug a large hole 1mtr deep roughly and its still clay. Appears that a normal soakaway is out of the question, unless its going to be huge, then it would just be an underground water storage facility. Has anyone...

Afternoon, I have a garden which has poor drainage, the plan was to dig a sample hole and see how far down I would need to go before the clay was no more. I assume its clay. I dig this hole, its 1mtrs ishy deep, and a spade wide. It was dry when I made it, then last night I filled it with...

Old unfinned radiator, fed using 15mm copper pipes. The plan is to change to a finned radiators, the old one does not have a TRV therefore its time to upgrade and make the house more "efficient". For £100, I can pick up 3x rads, 3x TRVs etc. The plumber wants £200 to fit them, which for 3...

Hi all, We are looking to change the cladding on the dorma part of the house. Its currently some form of T&G wood which has seen better days. The plan was to have the wood removed, insulation boards installed, waterproof membrane then PVC (White) cladding installed over the top. We have...

Existing 4ft fluorescent fitting in the garage (an unheated garage) appear to be hunting/scrolling in appearance. They dont flicker, but just seems to scroll/roll (tumbling) inside. Sorry, unsure on technical term for it. A 240v at Live/Neutral on terminals, which i would have thought a loose...

Hi, having a garage roof replaced. The roofer has asked for the cost of the materials to be paid afterday 1, its a 2 day job My family are screaming NO, no payment until job is complete. What do you think?

A massive bump to this thread, as no point starting a new one I guess. First-Time-Buyer is now Second-Time-Buyer, and the new house is in need of some electrical updates. The house is a 5 bedroom, or 4 bedroom with Study dorma bungalow. It has a 4-way board, 1 lighting circuit, 1 sockets...

Roofing Felts... Is "Duratech" a good roofing felt? Can anyone recommend one for a shed..

Garage roof... concrete asbestos. I have received a quote to remove asbestos roof, brace roof, new boards etc, then lay felt & fascia. The quote was £1820 (an independent firm, however lots of trade recognitions on the van) Its just under 24 sq mtrs.. Is this price fair? Can you...

Hi, A single brick garage, the roof is supported by external floor joists (roughly 3.2mtrs in width). The ends are exposed due to the garage being single brick. One of the beams needed to be replaced, as the roof was leaking. It probably did not help that water could penetrate through...

How long should it take to drain down an open-vented heating system? 6 radiators. 3 upstairs, 3 downstairs. Drain valve on the lower rad, which piped via the concrete flooring.

So far we've had quotes from some of the larger companies for a boiler replacement, to replace from a Floor Standing Boiler to a Combi. The boiler is a 1985 Ideal Mexico, RS30 vented system, with a gravity hot water system heated by the Boiler & an Immersion Heater. Big Guy - British Gas...