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Well in addition to the rabbit food and the car, your garage needs to contain a Doberman.

you forgot electric wok :?

If it's a cavity lintel then it is not going to be done for £400. You will need to support ceiling joists (if they rest on the wall above the lintel) and also the blockwork of the inner skin. You will need 2 acrows and 2 strongboys for every 800mm of opening width (one outside every 800 and...

Beautifully said Dingbat!! Lorn, your original post looked like it was written by an underachieving 10 year old! It's twice as difficult to understand as a correctly punctuated one. As has been said, why should anyone here spend time helping you if you can't even be bothered to explain...

Also you shouldn't cut such a deep chase in a wall less than 300mm thick (as a single skin - cavity wall doesn't count here) as Building Regs require horizontal chases to be less than one sixth the thickness of the wall. I know diagonal is not quite horizontal (!) but you can see where I'm...

Yep, that's true. But in reality what's more likely (and safer). I'd go the earthed conduit method every time. :)

Keep the cable within 150mm of the ceiling and you are within the rules, then drop vertically to the switch.

You can't use plastic in this situation. Regs state "must be enclosed in earthed metal conduit, trunking or ducting........." Regulation 522-06-06 :)

Can't agree Breezer, regs state conduit, trunking or ducting, which must be earthed. Capping is none of these.