Recent content by Urban Zebra

My lighting circuit isn't fitted with an earth. The previous owner of the house has fitted a steel strip light in the Kitchen. Is this allowed or should I replace the fitting with a plastic one.

For a plumber this is probably a very simple question but I am generally used to high pressure hydraulics where fittings have to match exactly. Last week I had a plumber round to disconnect an old tap and put some isolating valves on the water supply. the valves he put on are 15mm type with...

You are aware of Part P of the Building Regulations, are you? I am also very aware of lifes bureaucrats - perhaps that what you do.

Yes, - Because the oven is fairly low power I would like to turn the cooker plate into normal type sockets - so I can plug in oven and washer machine - this way I don't have to put wires through the worktop to get to the washer. Its the cooker outlet that I want to wire to a double wall mounted...

on the wall in my kitchen is a 45A oven switch feeding a cooker outlet, I have an oven that is only 2kw and would like to also wire in my washing machine - is is possible to replace the cooker plate or wire a double wall mounted socket to the cooker plate. I don't want to do anything that...