Recent content by Shengis

Pretty random question this. Just refitting my bathroom and because i've had trouble in the past with the skirting going rotten (twice!) i've decided to use PVC in place of wood. I've tiled to within a few mm of the floor level as I plan to completely seal the room when its finished, so any...

Well when I refitted the kitchen, including a complete rewire of the sockets (a few year ago obviously :wink: ), I figured on 2-3 months, £3kish. In the end it took 2 weeks and about £1k, would have been quicker but I was working at the time as well :lol: My problem is I know the cost of...

Cheers, i'll have a good look at that site later :)

I know my current job isn't going to last forever, i'm 36 years old and tbh honest feel like my life has gone nowhere. So... With that in mind the wife and myself are considering looking into selling our current 3 bed terrace house, buying some land and building a bungalow. Basically I don't...

On that particular 'revision' of the socket maybe..... Not all though. Would photograph the one i've got here but i'm too tired atm.

Had to test it myself as well :P Bought a compressor from halfrauds a few years ago and for some reason that had a 'euro' 2 pin and earth plug on it. Just managed to force it halfway in but it didnt complete the circuit. On the other hand, with a rubber trailing extension and the deft use of a...

You know, I never even noticed that! I just happen to have an MK double socket in front of me that I was going to chuck in the cellar and just checked it against the 'cheap' Wickes ones i've got. Spot on. That IS pretty daft :lol:

On the subject of testing, i've noticed on ebay (my home from home lol) these socket tester things that show crossed wires/broken earths etc. Any use at all? Think they have a series of led lamps that light in a certain sequence to show faults and you have to match that to a list. It's late...

I know this is going to make me sound like a right saddo but i'd just love to visit a busy high street, stop passersby and challenge them to wire a 13A plug. The number of people I know who COULDN'T do it thanks to everything coming with moulded plugs these days...... Then again, as we live in a...

:lol: Your other reply makes interesting reading though and would also be a good idea for wired networking/surround sound etc to hide the cables. A much neater, if more time consuming method than all that horrible plastic trunking.

Wiring from under the floor, up behind the skirting then up the wall to the socket, if that makes sense? Didn't really want to remove the skirting as I can never get it to fit back on, such are my poor skills with wood :lol: So in essence, bash a bloody great hole downwards behind the...

Do you have an airing cupboard? Thats where my access is, and that was about the same size as yours before I enlarged it. Forget that idea if you've got an immersion tank in it of course :lol: Also bear in mind that its probably a lathe and plaster ceiling and its going to be a rather messy job :?

Whats the best ie, easiest, method to use to create the void to run the cable through? I know it would be easier to just stick a bit if trunking or whatever over the top of the skirting to protect the wire from knocks but thats not very neat is it?

Pretty much my own thoughts, if you can't see it you don't worry about it.... Till something bad happens :? It just makes me wonder how much unsafe bodged wiring there actually IS in the UK that nobody knows about, or even suspects exists. From a houseowners point of view that is. As to my...

Having read through a lot of the posts on here i've come to the conclusion that building regs etc are a total waste of time. Don't get me wrong, this isn't an attacking post or anything, but it just seems that a LOT of the questions asked on here relate to jobs that were totally bodged in the...