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Hi, The picture below shows a snapped aluminium rod on a turntable. It is very expensive to replace so what would be the best way to make a repair job. Thanks 100_6943 by Jordan Blake posted 13 Aug 2016 at 10:08 PM

Whilst doing some minor kitchen DIY in a house we've just purchase I've noticed the oven is on a plug behind a cupboard. We don't have the manual for the oven but I believe it is an Electrolux EOC65140X (based on google image searching). An online manual (p55) for this oven suggests a 15amp...

Morning all, I have recently had a bedroom plastered top to bottom and the plaster decided to take down the light a tape the wires together (for what ever reason). Now I don't know which wire is which how can I determine what wire is live and neutral? I know the earth wire and my loop wires...

Hi, I am looking to relocate my kitchen to another adjacent room of the house for a better layout and to create a utility in the adjacent rear half of the garage. The question i have is the kitchen is in the original part of the house and the new location is in a later built extension, how...

We are getting a shed, which our children will be using for a games room, and social area in our back garden. The shed is 12ft x 8ft, so plenty of room for them. I would like to have some electric in there for sockets and lighting. The shed will be about 25 to 30ft from the back of the house...

Hi, I've trawled various forums and can't seem to find an answer to this so hoping someone can help. This afternoon I was just about finished trimming hedges in the front garden when stupidly I cut through the cable with the trimmers. Luckily no injuries, however the power as you'd expect went...

I've noticed in our new extension that some cables are in conduit (the white oval plastic tubing) while others are not. It seems they are not in the conduit when they are within stud walls. Is this correct? Photos attached.

Lights n shower n stuff still work but every time I shower I have to flip the sockets back on after. Help please!

Hi please dont have a go as im not great with building terminology and dont know it all. Im chasing out some walls in my house for some new plug sockets. The problem im having is when i chisel about 5-10mm in (i think) the chisel will go through to the brick for the other wall as if my bricks...

Hi there, I need to replace my current broken electric boiler (Kingspan Senator) with a new Heatrae Sadia Amptec C900 alternative. After a sizeable quote from a heating engineer I'm hoping to give it a go myself. My question is how easy it to replace a unit like this? Are there any particular...

Hi all, I've had a new 8.5kw shower installed recently and the water seems to be passing an electrical current which I checked with a diy voltage tester and its bleeping, I've isolated the shower and the shower isn't in use. We have another shower installed years ago which is working fine did...

Hi there, I have no electrical experience what so ever and don't understand the terminology. Yesterday i change a single socket, all was fine for 24 hours then this evening i heard a popping noise from the direction of the new socket and the electric tripped, i turned it back on and checked...

Hi all, Would appreciate some help with this. Creda shower has been working fine for years, but now will not switch off unless I switch off the Shower electricity at the fusebox. Shower unit has 'shut down' button and 3 other power buttons. Pressing the buttons makes the light next to each...

Hi all, I am from the Uk and last week I was over in the Costa Del Sol area of Spain visiting a friend. Now I noticed both in the hotel room I was staying at (which had a consumer unit) and at my friends apartment, most if not all the circuits were protected by double pole MCB'S versus the...

Hi All ... First ever post. I have just bought a one bed one bathroom ground floor flat with not a lot going for it in the way of storage. Currently in the hall way there is a cupboard that houses an immersion tank, shower pump and also water tank. The place has no gas so a combi is out of...

All, I have an issue with my house and will require some candid advise on what to do, I have recently had issues with different electrical appliances / light bulb / bathroom wiring packing up. If you put 4 bulbs in different areas of the house, you can guarantee that 1 or 2 will blow off...

Hi I have a 12sq m Electric underfloor heating mat rated at 200W per Sq Metre Total of 2400W. A quick check online calculator indicates 10AMPs. The feed to this spur is on 2.5mm electrical cable and is not part of a ring main. Its connected in the fuse box to a 32amp breaker. We also...

Hello Everyone. Im struggling to replace a switch in my flat with a dimmer; I'm hoping someone on here might be able to help. I currently have a double switch that controls both some roof lights and a 5amp lighting ring. The Lighting ring has a secondary switch on the other side of the room. I...

Hi all. Any advice on the following is much appreciated. I am replacing current bathroom flush light fitting with an IP44 rated Flush Light fitting. The current fitting is connected to Ceiling rose plate (which is then just covered by the flush mount fitting). Its a ring circuit. I cant just...

Hi, I am having difficulty in establishing the correct wiring for attaching a Honeywell BDR91 boiler relay (as part of the Honeywell Y87RF Single Zone Thermostat). I have the instructions for both, but cannot make the correct method (images attached) Grant Vortex 36e (External Oil Combi)...