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Hi all, Current house has a vented Y plan heating system with two bathrooms both with pumped power showers coming off a single tank. This works for now when only one shower is in use which is most of the time. We now plan to move (or as seems to be the law, replace) the existing perfectly...

Hi all, Just had some calcs done by an engineer for knocking through a cavity wall and I have a suspicion the resulting chunk of steel is for the benefit of his insurance premiums and not our interior design and ceiling height :) So am I correct in assuming, for a straighforward...

Hi, Over on electrics forum there is a question about dropping cables behind dot/dabbed plasterboard from the top. I said I thought it was required to put a solid line of adhesive at the top of the board to prevent the spread of fire. Now as what happens a lot, I don't know whether I just...

Just had a GasSafe chap around to do the safety certificate on a property we are preparing to rent out. Boiler passed with flying colours apparently, certificate was issued, but he wasn't happy about a few other things. 1) He gave me a bright red postcard with 'the electrical installation...

The previous occupiers of current gaff had garage converted into living space and extension added about 10 years ago. Was stripping this wall (which has the meters on the other sides) and had always assumed this bump was just another rubbish plasterboard joint which was in fitting with all...

Took a meter reading the other day and noticed the isolator is starting to melt and is warmer than it should be. Who is responsible for this? Me, the DNO (Powergen) or supplier (BG). Powergen said all they would do is pull the fuse to make it safe. Thanks!

We have discovered missing mortar in joints between the bricks on a solid victorian wall where the wind is driving the rain into the cracks and causing significant dampness on the inside wall. We want to effect a temporary repair until the weather improves and we can get somebody in to do it...

Hi, Just bought a 1960s house with no earth in the original lighting circuits. It had an extension put on in the 90s with earthed lighting circuits, and it appears a modern consumer unit was installed at the same time. The missus wants metal light fittings/sockets etc throughout, and as...