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I see. Thanks. It's a solid brick wall (Victorian house) about 2 or 3 bricks thick I think. Is there any sound proofing we can apply on our side? I fear the whole wall from downstairs to upstairs resonates if you will, and really we need to stop the vibrations at source. Nonetheless...

Yes, might do that. We did mention it years ago and when they had the new boiler put in, but there didn't seem to be anything they cold do. Are there no such things as rubber mountings or some sort of noise dampening fixings? Thanks!

Hi, Can anyone advise me as to whether or not it is allowed to mount a gas central heating boiler, and the pipework for radiators and water tanks, on a party wall, as in a terraced house? We live in a terrace house and the (thick) brick wall that we share with our neighbour has their gas...

Hi, I have the exact same problem as this other person. One of my double radiators is hot on the back panel from top to bottom, but the *front* panel is only hot on the bottom half; the top half is warm though. I bled the back panel successfully - hiss, then a drip of water so I...

Hi Well, they were installed by the electricity board and I think their limit was 4m. They are about 4m long anyway. (Supplier is now Powergen, was SEEBOARD before that.) I don't have a piccy, but in short, the CU is high up on the wall in the hallway and the Service Head is on...

Hi I have two 25mm^2 meter tails (plus the 16mm^2 earth cable) coming through an internal brick wall into our sitting room at skirting board height. They then go down under the floorboards. I need to provide some metal/mechanical protection over them but 1.5inch capping...

Sounds like a good idea, I'll do that, thank you very much. :-) What's a blue clamp then? I have searched TLC and google etc for a blue earth clamp but can't find such a clamp. Can anyone post a link to one? Thanks again.

Hi My gas meter is on the ground outside, outside the bathroom wall. A copper pipe from it enters the house thru this wall, but the pipe is now underground, since the height of the screed floor goes above the pipe. So, can I avoid digging a hole here to bond the gas pipe? (this is the...

Hi Sorry for yet another question on bonding, but I have read and read thru the forums here and still cannot find the answer I need. I have a new steel kitchen sink and it says on it, "This sink must have a positive earth connection" So, do I bond this sink to the copper...

Thank you very much! :-) Would you believe I just came from that shop and the shopkeeper said he didn't do them! I'll go back there now! Thanks again

Hi I have a ring main dedicate to my kitchen and protected my a 32A RCBO at the consumer unit. At an indoor socket on the inside of the outside kitchen wall, I have run a 40cm spur through the wall to an outdoor socket. The outdoor socket does not have a switch on it nor does it...

Hi I have an icon30 fan by AirFlow in my bathroom and it has live, permanent live and neutral connections. It has a built-in (non-latching) pull cord too, but I want to remove this. The fan has a humidistat and [10 minute] timer on it too. Anyway, I have the *switched live*...

Great news. :-) Thanks very much for that. So, how do I go about proving that then? Will the certifying electrician ask me for some kind of proof? I also have a circuit for my garage power, but it only goes as far as the back door as I have yet to buy some SWA cable to bury. Indoors...

Hi I started rewiring the whole of my 3-bed house in Oct 2003 and have now nearly finished. I have half a ring main to finish of and the sockets to put on (plus a couple of extractor fans to wire up (wires are in place, fans almost in place)) Anyway, you get the idea. I want to get...

Yes, 3 litres is not insignificant I agree. As I said, all pipes are turned off at the device, the valve just before the normal loo is turned OFF with a flat head screwdriver. The filler loop is not connected at the combi-boiler either. (Yes 1 thousandth of a cubic metre is 1000 cubic...

Hi We have had all new pipework put in our house, plumbed in and working for the first time this month. This included a new water mains connection for our house (about 3 bar pressure) including a water meter in the street, a new blue service pipe to the house and all water and CH pipes...

My _guess_ is that it is the graphics card. And it is a guess! Often, in my experience, the things that cause complete system freezes like you mention are low-level things like device drivers or lower still, the hardware itself. If nothing has changed (unlikely as you've probably done...

Err, yes, I use Linux and have done for the past 5 years. (I now rarely need Microsoft.) I use Debian Linux at home (Debian stable doesn't have the latest software but it is very stable and easy to install and update packages.) I also use Debian Linux for my main desktop PC at work for the...

Hi I want to put our combi-boiler up high on the wall in our bathroom. The nearest wet object is the wash basin, about 1m away from where I want to put the electrical connection point. I want to use a switched FCU, but as these aren't allowed in the bathroom I will put the FCU...

Well, thank you very much for all your answers and the links too! :-) That was very kind of you. Regarding the load on my garage circuit, I expect to have 2 or 3 lights, and use 1 or 2 power tools (e.g. drill say) so nothing excessive I would say. So is 6mm^2 cable what I need or is 4mm^2...