Recent content by Mascard

I am not sure if this is the right place but 1. I would like to say what a good sight this is. 2. I would like to make a suggestion for improving the sight. :idea: The suggestion is that on the profile there should be a place for inputting your qualifications and these should then be...

Thanks Markie

I am chasing my back boxes into the wall so the sockets are flush. What do most electricians use 25mm or 35mm ?

Sorry to piggy back off of someone else :oops: but it is an appropriate place to ask what about back boxes ? The average brick is 10cm thick and even the shallow back boxes are 25mm, so a 35mm back box or a 47mm cooker box will easily be more than a quarter of a brick thick. Once again...

Why do all 25mm back boxes come with round knock outs ? I want my sockets flush so I will need to chop out the wall for the back box but i don't want to chop out the wall for 20mm round conduit so i'm going to use oval conduit so that I can bury it in the plaster. wouldn't it make sense to...

I'm installing a new kitchen and I want some eletrical under floor heating. Wicks seems to be the cheaper i've found. Is it any good ?

Thanks Pete Very helpful Strange ID you have :D

Hi I have chopped an old pipe out of the kitchen floor and want to sreen it. I have a bag of wicks sharp sand and Master original cement. On the bag of wicks sharp sand it says the mix is 8 bags of sharp sand to one 50kg bag of cement. The problem is I only want enough to screed a...

Ok Thanks for your help guys. Much appreciated

The kitchen will be on its own ring main. John is that 1 DP switch with a spured single socket and the spur from that single socket to a 2nd single socket or do I need 2 DP switches with each spurring to a single socket I would prefer the first option. As for the spur off of the...

Hi Would appreciate some answers to some questions I have. I am rewiring my kitchen 1. How high above the work surface do the socket have to be ? mine are 45mm. 2. The cable behind the work units can I just clip them to the wall or do they need to be in conduit. All cable will be run...