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Hi, I've had a search on the forums to see if this has been posted recently and couldn't find anything but I'm wanting to install two new wall lights in the bedroom. There isn't anything there at present and they will not be close to any sockets from the ring main. Is it acceptable under...

Hi, I'm using a tile saw to cut kitchen tiles. The tiles are mosaic effect as in they are 10x15cm tiles with raised mosaic squares with white grout lines.. i.e. they're like the mosaic tile grids you can get but are already grouted. When I use the saw, the water runs over the tile I am...

Thanks for the advice. A couple of questions: 1. What is a B20? 2. Can I just take out the hard wired socket the electrician installed and replace it with a doulbe plug socket? Then both the oven and hob could just be plugged in. The socket is a spur and if I remember correctly you can't...

Hi - I had an electrician install a new consumer unit and 45amp cooker curcuit. There is a junction (like socket but without plug holes) and this is connected to a fused switch above the worktop level. The idea is that the oven would be hardwired to the socket and controlled by the switch -...

Hi, I recently removed old tiles from my kitchen and along with the tiles came a lot of plaster and render so in places on my walls, I now have areas of exposed brick up to about 1.5 meteres square. I was going to use patching plaster or similar but a friend recommended using plasterboard...

Hi - a bulb in one room stopped working and blew the circuit breaker. I replaced the original bulb with a working one but it still didn't work (after resetting the circuit breaker). I took a bulb out of a light that was working to be sure and put this in the blown socket and this also didn't...

Great idea, thanks! I did try pulling the screw out in desparation but it wouldn't budge so the old wall plug is still doing it's job which is good to know!

Hi, Not sure where this post should go in the forum but hopefully I've got it right. I've taken a radiator down for painting and had to take the bracket that supports the radiator down too. I tried putting it back on the wall last night but ran into a strange problem. The radiators have...

Thanks for the replies, this is really useful. Rather than take a spur, I was going to extend the ring as the existing socket is on the ring (2 sets of wires going into the socket). This should be OK shouldn't it? It's not a large flat so I don't think I will be extending the ring more...

But the cable would be burried in the wall, doesn't that contravene some regulation or other in case someone drills a hole there in the future? Not sure why they would be drilling a hole a knee height but I suppose you never know? :?

Hi, I'm looking to create to new double sockets by extending the ring from an existing socket on side of the wall. I plan to remove the socket, drill though the wall to the other side and then use this to create the two new sockets. The dodgy diagram below attempts to show what I want to do...

Cheers for the answer. I don't have access to the roof though and didn't really want to do anything as extensive as replacing roof tiles. Can anyone suggest an alternative?

Hi, I'd like to put an extractor fan in the bathroom however there isn't any access to an external wall. The bathroom is on the 1st floor, directly below the loft and a friend suggested simply putting the extractor fan in the ceiling so that moisture is expelled directly into the loft. Is...

Hi, Just moved in to a new flat and the phone lines are a bit messed up. Thre is a BT box in the far corner of the house (furthest away from where the phone wants to be) but it is dead. There is a phone socket in the lounge that works but it is really bad quality. It's not a BT socket but...

Thanks for the advice, very useful! :lol:

Hi, just moved into a new flat and it has a coaxial cable coming in through the wall from the aerial. I'm trying to wire it to a wall mounted socket instead of having loose wire. Thing is, when I wire it up I get a bad signal. If I revert back and put the original plug on the end of the wire...

Adding sockets with spurs is no problem, I know that much. I'm just concerned that extending the ring this way and using JBs that I am going against the regs. Can anyone confirm this or put me at ease please??

Hi, I've looked at the posts on the forum but I'm still not clear: if I want to extend a ring to add two new sockets, can I do this within the current regs or do I need to get it certified? I'll have to use a JB or 2 to do this as there is only one socket in the room and it's not feasible...

Thanks Dingbat. Trouble is that the nearest and only socket is at the other end of the room and is nicely burried in the wall. I guess I could break up the wall leading to the socket but how do I do this without damaging the original wiring?! I think I'd be out of my depth here as a lowly...

Had another thought on this that might affect the advice about JBs under floorboards. I'm not actually going to cut the ring mains wire, I'm going to remove the insulation and position the wires into the JB before adding a spur (or two? back to the original question). Shouldn't this minimise...