Recent content by ChrisBrails

I did say I didn't want to pay somebody to come out to tell me it can't be done. That's why I was checking it could be done first. Thanks for your help :) One last thing, would you recommend feeding the new socket through the ceiling and into the cupboard or like I said in my first...

Thanks for your speedy reply. I will try to answer your questions best I can. Is it possible that the socket near the CU is a spur from the ring in the kitchen? The kitchen wall is at the back of the CU. The wires go up into the ceiling and drop into the kitchen walls. I'm thinking in the...

Hello again everyone. Another question from the DIY dunce. I want to get a socket put into a cupboard but there's no sockets close by (that I can tell) to add a spur. Basically my consumer unit is in one cupboard and the other cupboard is in a different room, but only about 2 meters from...

Thanks for your help everyone. We decided to go with a gas oven in the end. Had an electrician out to check the placement under the blanking plate, he said its fine under there.

Wouldn't an all electric one need hardwiring like you said in your previous post? One with an electric oven, grill and 4 ring hob would be more than 13amps I presume? If that's the case she'd surely have to pay for us to have the oven hardwired. I'll have to find out which is cheaper and...

Most of the dual fuel ones we saw had a 13amp connection so we should be okay. I'll keep it in mind to check though. You're probably right about the combustible materials, suppose we'll have to see what happens. There's nowhere else for an oven and hob to go so if it can't be fitted there...

Landlady won't move any sockets for us or sink into wall. Described it as a 'home improvement' rather than a repair. The hob will have a glass cover on the top anyway which is lifted for access to the hob when in use, so the socket would be covered. Just didn't want to pay somebody to come out...

Thanks for your reply. It will more than likely be a gas hob, but may settle for electric if my girlfriend agrees to take up cooking lessons. Hate using anything but gas myself, but it she helps out with cooking it's not a problem haha. The cooker would be approx 23.5 inches in width and the...

Morning all, not sure where to put this so I decided on general DIY, maybe a mod or administrator could move if need be. Basically me and my girlfriend have moved into a new rented property and we are unsure as to whether or not the propsed location of our (soon to be purchased) freestanding...