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thanks Gim74, just nipped home on lunch break to have another look, I removed the old panel cover and it did not activate the alarm but when I partly disconnected the siren it went off, I quickly reconnected and it stopped so I will try and connect it up later and ill tell you what happens!

maybe but the alarm has been maintained annually last being 2014, from the notes left batteries have been changed but they don't make reference to if they were the control panel or the siren? have you heard of connecting the battery pack inside the control panel directly to the black and red...

Please could you help me. I am removing an old wired alarm panel (picture below) and installing a modern GSM wireless alarm (MiGuard G5 which I have already bought) but I intent to use the existing siren on the outside of the house due to it being out of reach of my tallest ladders and to...

After reading into it a little further it looks like screw junction blocks have to be accessible for future maintenance and inspection as they may become loose, I am therefore buying a decent crimping tool with insulated connectors, staggering them and heat shrinking to finish the job...

The only wires that are left are a 13a socket and a light fitting. None of which the circuit has change.

I think you're on the wrong forum, as the name suggests this is for diyers... My house is only 20 years old, has a modern fuse box with RCD and for the record I will be getting my handy work checked by a sparky before plastering over... .

If I didn't know I was capable of handling this I wouldn't have started I'm really on here to make sure I do a decent job. (far better than just thinking I know everything and just sticking cables anywhere) so far with the help from this forum I'm running the cables in the correct horizontal and...

I'm on a Diy Forum???

It goes deep behind the plaster board so want to keep the damage to s minimum would it still pass regs?

I mean linking cable to cable to before its reached the switch as it isn't long enough?

I have now installed 6mm2 makes sense to follow it through... I have another question though is it ok to connect cables together using blocks and just wrap in proper tape or do they have to be in a plastic box?

is 2.5mm2 cable fine from cooker switch to CCU? From the CCU there will be a new induction hob and cooker.

I need to run a cable to a kitchen island and the floor is concrete can I dig a trench for cable then fill in and how deep does it have to be?

I have removed a wall and have several wires that require 'capping', can I simply attach the wires into separate junction boxes to isolate them and fix to the joists?

The cables will be buried and at the fuse box I'm pretty certain they are on a RCD circuit. I was thinking of covering the cables in the wall in some plastic cover which they are currently covered by, is this ok?

can I run cables horizontally 2-3 inches below the ceiling in kitchen and then vertically to sockets etc or do they have to go horizontally above the ceiling through the joists?

Ive had a little dig and they run vertically and horizontally (the house is only 20 years old) ill still be flipping the fuses before drilling as a precaution...

Thanks for the advise I will buy one of those dual units... The drawing is not where the wires are (hopefully) its just for my reference.

I am in the middle of replacing my kitchen and would like to know if there are any issues from wiring the oven and induction hob to the same power supply? Picture attached