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Hi guys, as suggested I'm popping in for a chat. Erm, I am allowed to move the cooker by releasing the bayonet type pipe aren't I ? Surely I don't need to get the fitter in again so I can do the work and then get the fitter in again to put the cooker back ? BARCUD

Thanks guys for the comments. Yes, the cooker will be raised now the switch has been removed. I'm working on the cooker tomorrow so I might be popping back in for a chat !? BARCUD

Well ColJack, ta very much for that. I've been a teacher for many years and I discovered a long time ago that some kids can't grasp written instructions and learn better with pictures :wink: I took the floorboards up and managed to get the cooker switch flex up and down the wall you...

Thanks for the reply Stuart. I'll find our local TOPPS. Just found out Holyhead is nearest, thanks again. BARCUD :D

Hi guys, I wasn't too sure where to post this on the forum. What you see is a fireplace I unearthed behind what was a plastered fireplace with a gas fire. After much chipping away and clearing out 60 bags of rubble, slate and soot, I ended up with what you see. The problem ? Maybe it's...

Hello and good morning, I hope you now have a pic of my new cooker. What you see is a gas cooker that now needs connecting to the mains in order for the electrics (ignition e't'c') to work. The switch you see at the back of the cooker has been there since before we moved in when a...

ColJack, I've been involved with forums for as long as I can remember the internet being around. They have revolutionised the way we acquire information and we can get advise 24 hrs a day FREE of charge. BUT the drawback is when someone calls you a 'dickhead' on a forum you can't tell if they...

ColJack - yes I am clueless about electrics hence my post here on the forum. But how does my plan explained in my last reply to you differ from your suggestion that makes me 'determined to ignore' your advise ? The only difference I can see is my question regarding 'a switched FCU'. {My plan...

Oh dear I'm totally confused now. ColJack - The cooker switch in the photo is fed from above, by what size cable I have no idea. There is then a feed from this to the plate below. My plan is to, remove both the switch and plate, this leaves me with the cable feed. To this cable I will...

Ta very much. Yes, that switch hasn't been used for years and is for the bin. Is this correct ? Take the cooker flex and put it into a 45A outlet plate, then tale a line from this toa 13A switched fused connection unit. This is what I had originally planned and sounds similar to your...

Hi guys and thanks for the replies. The guy who put the boiler in for us fitted it and repositioned some radiators for us. He doesn't do electrics. But he did say it was just a job of running a line downstairs to a supply. I did get an electrician in a couple of weeks ago who told me that...

Hi we have just had a new Worsester boiler fitted. The original boiler was in the kitchen but I thought it was too close to the cooker. The kitchen is quite small so room was tight to relocate the boiler so I settled on having it in the bathroom where there is a lot more space. I now have an...

Hi and thanks for the reply. TAKE A LOOK AT MY PHOTO ALBUM . The cooker has a gas oven and hob. I need to connect the cooker electrics and then the hood to the mains supply. On the cooker wall is the switch that you can hopefully see in my photo album. It has E N L coming from above the...

Thanks for the reply. Apparently I'm related to Captain Cook. So my mum tells me :shock: BARCUD

Hi guys, I've posted this in 'appliances' but thought later perhaps it would be better here ? I've had a new gas cooker exchanged by a gas fitter. I now have to connect the cooker to the mains for the ignition e't'c' to work. I have a cooker electric switch on the wall so do I put a plug on...

Hi guys, I have had a gas fitter exchange my old cooker over to a new one. That's all okay. Now the new gas cooker has to be connected to the electricity in order for the ignition e't'c' to work. I have a cooker switch on my wall, do I put a plug on the new flex and use this switch ? many...

Hi guys, I'm attempting fitting my own kitchen for the first time. I'm quite good at DIY and done quite a bit already but I've never cut worktops to size! Firstly with the right tools and a bit of common sense is this job okay to attempt ? Secondly, the worktop jig itself is over £50 in...

Well, I did what ya told me, I put red to red, and green to green, and blue it to bits :shock: With a bit of help from you chaps and a lot of common sense I got the job done :D I'm sitting here with a glass of wine listening to Chris Rea so I must still be alive. Or is this heaven...

Job is on hold already!!! Yes, you were right in questioning me, DO I REALLY UNDERSTAND ? Well I've put in 3 core wire ( 2 + earth)and when I've gone to make a connection it is as mentioned in a post above, 3 wire + earth !? Start again, off out to buy some 3 + earth. BARCUD

Yes I do think it has been made clear and understandable. I will find out today if it has as I'm doing the job this morning! And yes I will make sure the power is off! Many years ago I put a screwdriver into a live wall socket and woke up at the other end of the room. Once shocked never...