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My previous thread of the same title has been locked. There was some very helpful information and also some arguments which I assume is what lead to it being locked. I still have some on topic info to follow up on. The NICEIC responded to my question regarding the EICR report I was given...

Hi, I have just had an EICR done on a basic 3 bed house with 6 circuits. It has come back with 2 issues and a quote for £600 for a new consumer unit (existing one is about 9 years old). I was told “some circuits don’t have an RCD so there could be a neutral to Earth fault so the electricity...

Hi, I have 2 double rads that struggle to get more than ‘tepid’ when the heating is on. Boiler is a Vaillant ecotec plus 831, I think it’s probably undersized but these two rads don’t get hot even when most of the other rads in the house are turned off. Boiler flow temp set to 75C. Lockshield...

Hi, I’ve tried to search and the advice for fitting an additional expansion vessel to a combi boiler seems that it generally goes near the boiler on the return side and it doesn’t really matter which way up it goes. Putting it with the connection upwards means air doesn’t get trapped in it, but...

Hi, any ideas on why this fan specifically says that an extension cord cannot be used with it? It's fairly low power at 285W, even with a really poor power factor of say 0.3 that's <1kVA and there are plenty of heaters that are higher power and don't have similar stipulations.

Hi, I'm hoping someone can shed some light on cables suitable for the garden (SWA to junction boxes above ground and then IP68 gand and short waterproof cable to light fittings required). I had thought H07RN-F was a tough, rubber cable suitable for 'outdoors' type applications where the cable...

Hi, we're having a patio and some retaining walls put in and have been asked to choose some lights, we want some lights in the patio itself and some flush 'brick' ones in the walls and I'm looking for advice on what ones would be suitable, properly waterproof and last a long time please...

Hi, looking for some advice on RCD discrimination please. Incoming mains goes via the meter and splits to feed 1 consumer unit for one section of the house and another feed goes via a switch that holds what looks like a single BS1361 fuse (60A – too high I think as 10mmsq t&e not clipped direct...

Hi, I have a few of these Chinese manufactured lights to fit as bedsides lights (copper plated metal with built in switch). The ceiling rose has an Earth tag, but the supplied wire to the bulb holder is 2 core and there is no Earth connection to the metal light fitting that is going to be...

As part of a slow renovation of an old property several radiators in one section of the house require renewing / relocating and there will be an additional radiator fitted. I would like to isolate this section of the heating so the rest of the house can still be heated and have hot water (combi...

Ok, not strictly in the UK but it’s 415V 50Hz and should have been to UK standards. It’s live and in use on an active site. This is permanently left open in a small room with an open door, so when it rains it does get a little damp. This isn’t a close up, it’s a large SWA cable. Not...

Just doing some renovation work in an 1895 house and have found that the wiring isn't perhaps BS 7671:2008+A3:2015 compliant... Renewing the ceiling and tidying up some old Victorian cast iron central heating piping that was in the loft (see below) and I thought I would remove some of...

In an old house with lath and plaster ceilings, all the bedroom ceilings have cracks and uneven finish that at some point someone has Artexed to try and cover the poor condition. This failed dismally and they now look in poor condition but with Artex on, so even worse! Had the Artex texted for...

Hi, Can anyone recommend a good quality, strong, large loft hatch and ladder combo please? I was impressed with a wooden 3-part folding ladder attached to a sprung hatch that I once saw in a house. I spotted something similar in B&Q a few years ago that was reduced in their ‘missing parts’...

Hi, this involves a new oven and hob supply in a kitchen. I'm aware of Part P and notification. Is the following acceptable please? Am I correct in thinking T&E burried direct in plaster in a concrete wall has the same CCC as "clipped direct" = 47A for 6mm T&E? If so, is it acceptable to...

Hi, I have had a plumber round to quote for fitting a new Vaillant boiler to a small 2 bed, 1 bathroom house. There is existing iron pipe (I think, definitely not copper as it has threaded fittings) under the floor that feeds a gas fire via a reducer and then normal 15mm copper pipe. I was...

Hi, I would like to know how to wire a mid position and Megaflo safety isolation valve into a CH/HW system, but for a boiler that has a pump run on. Are there any modifications to the normal Y plan wiring (plus safety valve) as it looks like on HW only if the tank stat is satisfied the safety...

Hi, I'm having a new system boiler fitted in the loft and it will connect to the existing Megaflo indirect tank for hot water. The boiler and tank are very close. I also want to connect the central heating which is all done in 15mm pipe (old heating system added to an even older back...

Hi, I think I have a TT supply sourced from a neighbour’s supply next door (terraced house built in 50’s). Although it looks like the neighbour has a TNS or TNCS supply, for some reason only a Line and Neutral are fed through to my supply, no Earth. Does anyone know any reason why no Earth may...

Hi, I'm refitting an awkwardly shaped kitchen that's in a 30's house. The kitchen isn't tiny, but arranging everything is difficult as there are a number of things like several windows, 3 doors plus under stairs storage area access, boiler on the wall, positions of water connections, etc that...