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Actually, not crazy. But we sometimes upgrade these things and sell the old ones so this might affect the ability to resell. But the idea dis cross my mind!

Thanks a lot for the replies! Learned a lot as always. I think I've found a better solution for the third plug - just use an extension lead from one of the outside plugs and hide it as best as possible. It was to be used with either a coffee maker or a microwave. And, to be clear, it was not...

I see. Just to be sure I understand, there is effectively a ring before the grid and each of the switches (and the socket downstream from it) is effectively a spur, right? Is there effectively an amp rating on each of these spurs?

Thanks. 32A on the MCB for all sockets in the kitchen, including these. Cooker and oven are on a separate circuit, i.e. that 32A MCB is for the fridge, washing machine, dishwasher, cooker hood, extractor fan and three pairs of sockets on the kitchen counter. Three cables go into the existing...

OK. That makes sense. I was checking and there are no spurs from the existing socket and as it's a new build (less than 10 years), I'm assuming it's not a radial circuit (which I understand is an additional possible complication). If I were to add a spur, does there need to be set distance...

Hmmmm. I thought that would be the case and that it wouldn't be so simple. Just to check, "a new socket as a spur from the existing", does that mean with a a suitable electric wire from one socket to the other or a new wire all the way from the fusebox?

Hi all. At present I have a normal double gang socket in my kitchen to which I have the washing machine and the dishwasher connected. These rarely if ever operate at the same time - but I guess it has happened. The max power rating of the washing machine is 2050W and the max power rating of the...

Some six years ago or so, we had installed some LVT in our kitchen and we now want to expand it to the hallway. At the time we bought the LVT at B&Q where we got this sort of "flat" plastic trim (actually more L-shaped) - see pictures of it installed and a bit that we had leftover. This time we...

Fantastic! Thanks a lot. Just to check, I'm assuming that the self adhesive flat cover plates would be for the LVT to LVT and the LVT to tile (bathroom), right? If so, I'm assuming that for the former I would need something like this (i.e. completely flat) whereas for the latter I would need...

Thanks! So, the there would be one threshold that would be vinyl click flooring on both sides (top picture, but carpet would be replaced with vinyl), two where it would be carpet and vinyl flooring (where today it's carpet on both sides), one where it would be vinyl and tiles (a bathroom -...

I'm thinking about replacing the carpet on the hallway of our flat for vinyl click flooring (already have some of this flooring in the dining area, but was installed by someone). However, I'm not sure about the floor strips/thresholds. Current ones will need replacing as they won't match with...

Thanks for the replies. We're actually going to replace the carpet as well, so I guess we could get a thicker one and that would mask a bit of the difference in height. The one thing on my mind is whether that would be seen as a negative in the future, i.e. let's say we sell the place one day...

Our bathrooms have this black tile that we've never been too keen on (see picture). We once quoted someone to do the removal of the tiles in both bathrooms and the installation of vinyl click flooring and they quoted us almost £2k per bathroom because the guy said that he would need to pretty...

I'm planning to install a Bosch Dishwasher (slimline series 2 link). As there was no previous dishwasher, there are no existing hoses or power connections. With regards to the power, I think I will plug it in the same outlet as the washing machine (converting the single plug into a double plug...

So, had a look under the sockets and the wires that feed the oven socket come from the mains that feed the hob - unsurprisingly (see picture). I guess that means that the best solution would be something like...