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Hi, I'm hoping that someone out there may be able to help me. My wife and I are working on a little charity project to set up a school library in a poor village in Sumatra. As part of this I have been asked to extend the limited electrical supply to the rest of the school (6 extra rooms). I...

I am doing a kitchen refit and wish to change the position of my oven isolator switch. The switch is wired to to a separate RCD on the main CU using 6mm cable. I thought I would extend this cable using a junction box and more 6mm cable but I can only find junction boxes rated to 30A and with...

I am just about to get five rooms in my Victorian semi re-plastered, in many areas from the brickwork. The guy who came to quote for me recommended using sand/cement rather than hardwall to do the job as it would be cheaper and the finish just as good. Is this true? Can you really achieve a...

I am planning to install a new chimney style hood as part of a complete kitchen refit and was hoping to conceal the wiring. I am wondering if it is good or bad practice to wire the hood into an FCU which is hidden behind the chimney cover itself. Is this ok or is it best to have a more...

Guys, I'm in the middle of reinstating a fireplace in my house. I have laid the concrete base hearth and i intend to tile this with quarry tiles. I am going to use a simple cast iron log basket. The original brick opening is too large and so I have narrowed the opening by building mini...

Hi there folks... I have just removed my ugly gas fire and now wish to fit a log burning fire in its place. I am considering either a full Victorian style cast insert or a cast iron firebasket. I'm guessing the firebasket is simpler to install but is there any issue with the brickwork inside...

I'm hoping someone can help me. I've bought a Honeywell CM67RF thermostat which I wish to connect to my system. I have an Ideal FF240 system boiler, a Drayton LP241 programmer wired via a connection unit (biflo system) with a mid position valve. I was hoping that this would be a nice...

Hi there. I'm looking for a bit of buying advice here... I am thinking of buying a water softener and am having some difficulty in determining the best model/type and the installation required. I currently have a vented water system and an Ideal System boiler but I plan to fit a Megaflo in...

I am currently planning to upgrade the mains circuit in my Victorian house. I currently have an old style (fuse wire) board and it seems that all of the sockets throughout the house are on a single radial circuit. I am intending to get an electrician in to upgrade my fuse board to a new CU...

So far you guys have been an invaluable help to me, and I'm hoping this will long continue. Here's another one for you.... :) I plan to fit an electric towel radiator in my bathroom but I am a little unsure about the allowed positioning and the zones. Does the entire towel rad have to be...

I'm looking to upgrade my hot water system to provide mains pressure hot water. I want to be able to provide hot water at good pressure for the bathroom (incl. drench shower) with sufficient capacity to enable me to add an additional shower in the future. I have been looking at installing an...

I am thinking of installing electric underfloor heating (tile warming only) in my bathroom and was wondering whether there was any way that I could use the light switch to turn on the floor heating as well. Before you all jump on me, I understand that the heating will require a dedicated and...

I've got an ugly square sided opening between my lounge and dining room which I would like to 'soften up' a bit by adding curved corners to form a kind of archway. Originally I had planned to increase the height of this as it is only about 6' but my investigation has revealed a bl**dy great...

I am in the process of fitting a new bathroom and part of this is installing a new shower. The shower will have a high flow rate (either from sealed cylinder or pumped) and will be installed in an alcove built to suit. I am considering the idea of waterproofing and tiling the shower floor...

I have just fitted a new strip light in my loft, but when I tried it out it blew the upstairs lighting circuit fuse. My installation is as follows: I fitted a new 20A junction box on the lighting circuit (the cable running between two upstairs light fixtures) and linked that to my new light. I...

Here's one for you... :wink: I'm making a new loft hatch which will have a downward hinging door. The opening has been faced with timber and I want the door to be slightly recessed (i.e. above ceiling level) into this opening. What I am trying to figure out is how do I hinge the door such...

I'm planning to refit my bathroom, including a nice powerful new shower. I currently have an puny electric thing! Problem is that my cold water tank is very small (fitting in the airing cupboard above the cylinder) and so this does not allow me many other shower options. Can anyone give me an...

Here's another one for you... I'm planning to refit my downstairs bathroom and want to install a shower cubicle with a nice powerful new shower. I will only have the one shower to start with but I may want to add a second shower upstairs in the future. Question is what type should I...

Based on all the good advice I've read on this forum I'm thinking of fitting a room thermostat into my system, which it currently does not have. I have an vented pumped system feeding 7 rads (all with TRVs) with a Drayton LP241 programmer (24hr, 2 programme) running the show. I do not...

I am a central heating novice and so I'm hoping someone can help me... This morning my Central Heating/Hot Water system woke me making a continuous mooing/moaning sound. The sound seems to be coming from the upstairs airing cupboard which houses the hot water tank and programmer. When I...