Recent content by Dutchcloggie

Switch surround. Excellent. Thanks. I shall Google myself silly :-) You've all been a great help.

Where can I find those, please? I am not a native English speaker so I don't really know the right word for those things :-)

Yeah. In his defence, he is a joiner and carpenter, he is 69 and he built the entire en suite, tiled the walls and installed the shower cubicle in 4 days. Saving me several thousands of pounds. Tiling is not his best skill out of all of them. I intend to live in this house for another decade or...

I can replace the backbox with a deeper one, but I am leaning towards connectors and a blanking plate. The shaver socket was merely a solution for not having to remove the wires etc now that I am a little limited with the options after the tiling. But if a terminal block and blanking plate with...

Yeah. He simply tiled around the existing sockets as the room used to be a bedroom. But hey, beggars can't be choosers. I can make that look neat, but I can't tile, so as long as I can make it look ok and safe, I am happy with it :-)

Hi, Thanks. I did want a shaver socket and light fittings there. I just had not yet thought about how to ensure making the electrics safe. He kindly tiled when I was on holiday so I didn't get the chance to sort it out first. He had no further time for a couple of months so I decided it was...

Hello. I know sockets are not allowed in bathrooms. However, I am in a pickle. A friend of mine has tiled the en suite I am building when I was away (I can't even stick a sticker on straight so no tiling for me...) and he has simply tiled around the existing sockets and light fitting on the...