Recent content by mattp94

Having read more of the posts on this forum I am beginning to wonder if my girlfriend is to blame for this. She always dries the washing next to the radiator just feet away from the wall in question. The damp is only at one end of an exterior wall. The other end had some old pipe work boxed in...

I have just started stripping the wall paper in preparation for fitting a new kitchen. Problem was the vinyl paper came off vey easily and the plaster behind was falling off the wall. I have now hacked it back to the brickwork but it's still damp. The house is circa 1900 and has the old black...

I used to work in the steel industry and my site made steel rod in the form of 2 tonne coils. The transport lorries would carry 10 of these coils at a time to the various distribution depots or customers. One unlucky driver was always getting ribbed by the despatch team who would continually ask...

Well I suppose it does look rather like a kitchen. :oops: I was just hoping I could find some loop hole in the regs to save a bit of cash. What with the rewiring and a new kitchen its been an expensive year so far.

Let me try and clarrify this. Here is a diagram of the rooms involved showing the location of the new socket. The change to the lights is also in the large room ie not the utility room which has the sink. Although the diagram doesn't show it, there is a door between the 2 rooms. My concern...

I have recently had my house rewired but as we are renovating the kitchen, there is still some minor electrical work to be completed. I would like to add a socket on a spur from a JB and replace the pendant lights with 240v halogen down lights. My question regarding Part P regs is due to the...