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I want carpet in lounge that currently has laminate. Had 2 experienced carpet fitters in. One strongly recommends fitting over the laminate because otherwise there will be large gaps under the skirting board which will look awful. The other strongly recommends I remove the laminate first otherwise there maybe problems. The laminate is 12mm, its underlay is 3mm, and give 1mm for gap to get it under, and that's a total of 16mm. If the carpet is 8mm and goes under the laminate, that's leaves an 8mm gap, which is huge. Any thoughts please?

Hi on a ring main at the back of the house (which has multiple sockets) just 2 sockets in separate locations are showing an earth missing fault when a plug in socket tester is used. All the other sockets on the ring appear fine, my obvious check is to remove the sockets and see if the earth wiring has come loose. One socket is an MK 2 gang with USB and the other one is a three gang MK one no USB. The 3 gang socket also has a fused spur taken off to power an outside light with 3A fuse. In order to try and resolve the issue if there was no loose wires I was planning to try a replacement sockets just in case of a socket fault. The ring is on an mcb 32A in the consumer unit. If the earth wiring is secure in both sockets and I try a replacement and have no joy what would be my next steps, any advice welcome. Thanks

Hello, I recently bought a property and was changing out the spotlights to LEDs. I noticed in most of the lights upstairs, the loft insulation is inside the recess. In the loft itself, from what I can see there's nothing around the light to keep the insulation away. Is this a fire risk?