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However flat screen tvs are quite often fitted to a wall mouting. I can appreciate the need for several sockets local to the TV - I reckon I have TV, DVD, Stereo, Games console, WIFI, phone, firestick all at the same spot

I'l give you by way of an example why the radiator is not a good idea... The Boy and his brother, The Smaller Boy managed to rip the hall radiator of the wall. It was disconected and the pipe ends (under the floor) capped to stop the leak... and in this situation this would also have...

John, not wanting to get into a big discussion in someone elses post, but reading through the forum it often looks like some responses are not realy answering the question but more showing "I know more than you" type of answer, perhaps a game of one upmanship. Here for example the Ban_All_sheds...

SFK - to be honest I think yours is the answer the question was looking for, can he do it, and from your experience, yes he can You added a couple of details about what you found and why you did what you did which is helpful too.

So Eric and Ban-All-Sheds, is the answer still the simple 'yes' that the original question asks for? I am not sure he will be building a landing strip in his garden, and probably not wanting to get out a text book and spreadsheet for something he might only do once in the next 10- years.

I guess a simple 'yes' is too much of a simple answer for you? (rememebring of course in your spreadsheet to include for the thermal conductivity of where the cable will run rather than just the volt drop to give you the best ansewr.. which of course all DIYers should know able to calculate)...

I saw this thread a bit late but I don't have a smart meter and am suspicousof their motives. If the adverts came on te radio "fit a smart meter so we can sack all our meter readers" then I could accept that, bt the list of reasons they are trying to find makes them sound very desperate to get...

Probably. Looks like you have 3 cables in there which should be 1 that goes to the light, and 2 for the lighting ring. In which case yes you should be able to fit a wifi swiitch

I would still be wary about the metering option and possible legal issues. Another reason I would be wary about that is that you are a good landlord and probably have good tenants (you still trust them!), what would you do if you bill one for say £50 excess electricity.. and they refuse to pay...

John, leave the existing back box where it is and put a blank face plate on the top. Don't try to conceal it. This does 2 things, it gives you access if needed ever to check the conections in it (a bad connection can get hot.. hot things can cause fires, or a very bad connection can let a wire...

I would agree with you there but in the situation of a bedroom, if the landlord has specified there are to be no heater or other heat generating devices (such as a kettle) - typical domestic high load appliances - the total load for the room and hence the current should never be expected to...

That is exactly the point of any protective device, to limit the load (or the current) in the circuit. It is a common practice to have the protective device set below the maximum that the installation can handle.

Slow night eh B-A-S? Just for clarity, if the landlord stipulates that there is to be no heating devices in the rooms for example a kettle, and there should be no requirement for heaters since he provides the heating then it is possible to limit the electrical use by using a smaller breaker...

Just a thought, what do you expect them to have on in their bedrooms? There is nothing to stop you putting in a smaller breaker. That avoinds any regualtory issues of reselling electricity (I'm not sure of the laws here but you might have to give them the option to shop around for the cheapest...

Reading this, I keeping remembering the original question, in a bedroom the OP wants to add another (double) socket. I cannot see a problem with either adding it into a ring, or adding it as a spur. Future proofing it? Its a bedroom... looking back at all the houses, flats, homes and apartments...

I can see how you get confused, no help at all from ban-all-sheds. Would of course be more helpful to know how and why you think things are not cirrect. Its easy to sit behind a screen and say "thats not right" but much harder to suggest a workable solution. So two devices rated the same (32A...

Oven / fridge switch. Sounds like it has been wired incorrectly, that the live and neutral are on opposite sides of the switch. A simple fix for the landlords electrician but for you a minor inconvenience What supplies the cooker.. turn your computer off first... then go through the consumer...

need to remove? What do you want to replace ir with?

Getting into Daily Mail terrtory here, a few over zealous health and safety advisors and all of a sudden the world has gone mad!

The important words I used was 'widely used'. I am not denying the existence of asbestos in plaster before then or after the mid 1980s Looking at the photo and as long as you dont duisturb the original plaster - if yuo have worries about it then encasing it in new plaster will be OK. If you...