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I use a standalone Electric Heater just to heat the room where I'm sitting as i'm working up in the attic/loft so its cold at this time of year! However this has suddenly stopped working for some reason? I have changed the 13A fuse as a precuation but still nothing? The heater did fall over...

Hey! I moved into a new flat recently, and it is fully electric (which is new to me) and taking me some time to figure things out. I'd appreciate some guidance so I can feed back anything I need to my lettings agency. So, I have an immersion tank with 2 switches. I've been investigating and...

I am purchasing a lower-ground floor flat which currently has all of the plug sockets and wiring surface mounted in trunking. I'm undertaking a renovation project on the house soon so now is the time to get them hidden! I am looking at installing a wet UFH system between a concrete slab and my...

Hey I need some advice ive done some wall chasing to fit some back bock on an old surface patress socket But when I started from the plaster it seems that there had been some work done on thd same location, and the area was filled back again with plaster Am starting to be concerned because the...

My house just has a small electric water heater. Refitting the kitchen, I've discovered the appliances are fed from the hot supply. Which struck me as odd considering. Presumably more expensive to run that way. Now I'm wondering whether this was to maintain tap water temp when appliances are in...

Just noticed this on my Henley block between my meter and my consumer unit. Tails on left are to consumer unit, tails on right are to electricity meter. I am unsure if the tails have worked lose over time due to never being tightened up properly in the first place or this has always been like...

Hi, Can someone confirm whether the consumer unit in a garage (setting up my man cave) has to follow the "1350mm and 1450mm from floor level" rule? It is not clear to me if this would only apply to habitable area. I'm insulating the place and would like to get conduits in place for the CU. TA

My towel rail gets too hot to touch. Its electric, no water feed so i assume its water filled. Is there anyway to lower the temperature? I have provided a picture of a screw/valve? Situated on the top of the towel rail. Didnt want to touch it, but is that possibly a way to do it? Any help...

Hi So moved into a 1930s house, in the process of doing it up and trying to do as much as possible myself I've got little knowledge in general around DIY hence hitting a snag and wanting some guidance please see photos So from research I can see is that old electrics seem to only have the...

Hi Guys, going to be building up to DPC for my project this week. There will be 2 bridges for water and electric supplies to run under the blocks... what size/rating lintel will i need (assumng i need 4 lintels also)? Thanks

Hi Guys, Im just running my utilites to my new outbuilding (still waiting to be built up to DPC). I had to run utiities first due to access etc. Is it ok if i run the swa beneath the dpc with a lintel and up through the concrete floor once its poured etc? DO i use a hockey stick to bend it in...

I hope someone can help, We have a Mitsubishi ground source heat pump system with a water cylinder with a Mitsubishi PAC-IF013B-E Unit on the front. Downstairs we have a wireless Danfoss TP500Si thermostat which talks to the Danfoss RX1 single channel receiver also attached to the unit. There is...

My daughter's one bed flat has 4 Tesy 500w convector heaters, Centaur plus C17 programmer, Grasslin Eco save immersion controller and a two element HW tank. She works very irregular shifts at the hospital so has to constantly change the programmer to suit her shifts and often just leaves it...

Hiya first time posting so apologies if not the right place/I'm not following correct etiquette. I've moved in with my boyfriend and am doing up my flat to put on the rental market. I'd like to get a pre-certificate EICR to see what may need to be done/fixed. Where's a good place to find a...

Hi all, I have just moved into a house and went to use the light switch last night, it buzzed then shorted. Took the switch off this morning and there looks to have been an arc across to neutral(?) This switch has 2 feeds, looking at it the right switch controls the downstairs hall, the left...

I'm replacing an inline extractor fan with the exact same model with a timer function but I'm having trouble understanding the wiring diagram. I've removed the wires from the old fan and got the new one ready but I'm struggling to understand what to do next. The previous wiring setup was shown...

So I've finally got round to looking this plug as i want to box in the fuse box and its making it a awkward job. Turned all the fuses for sockets off and the small plug has been wired up to the garage trip switch ?? This is the previous owners handwork again

Weird one and was wondering if anyone can help? I originally booked for an electrician to come and have a look but had to cancel due to being in isolation for 12 weeks (fun). Can anyone give me any ideas on what this might be? Electrician said it could just need a new pull cord switch in the...

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Hi, trying find out if I can run the flex wire from electric towel rail all the into the attic where I would like to put the fused switch spur. (the attic is easily accessible via a door in upstairs bedroom. I would put the switch next to the attic door for easy access). Please see diagram. I'm...