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Good thinking, Breezer, I will do that. Cheers!

Thanks, Another Sparky, that was what I needed to know! I am quite happy that the cable will be protected, it's going to be buried a metre underground and with concrete on top and to be extra sure, I will leave a diagram of the cable run with the house owner which could be passed on to any new...

I was going to use a 40A MCB because of the heaters for the avery. I know I will have to wait until I find the wattage of these heaters before finalising which MCB to use, but I can imagine the heaters drawing quite a bit of power, if not, I will use a smaller MCB. I guess I'm hoping to use T+E...

Hi, I have searched through the forum and just can't quite make my mind up as to what I am doing is the right way so I am just hoping for an answer on here. My apologies if I'm asking something which has been asked many times before. I have to run some power to a garden shed to supply a socket...

Give the wood a decent sanding down first of all. If in good condition already, use a 80 grit sandpaper, otherwise use a 60 grit. Fill any inperfections with wood filler and rub that down until smooth. Then apply acrylic primer undercoat, giving it as many coats as needed to cover the navy...

When you buy your length of earth wire, also get a little length of earth sleeving and put that on the bare earth wires you have going in to the back box.

Hi Hugh, personally I would go for mains voltage, no need for a transformer with them. Actually, check out the www.screwfix.com forum as there is a discussion there about this. Good luck! Ben

Oh, sorry if I caused any confusion with the link I posted! The fan that is pictured isn't a pull cord model which is the one I was referring to. As Breezer says, get the one without pullcord and remember to turn the mains off first before you change it!

Does this fan have the pullcord actually attached to it or is the pullcord seperate elsewhere on the ceiling? If it's seperate, try this fan or you can find ones there that will come on when you turn the light on, but you will probably need your wiring changed in that case. I myself haven't yet...

BR, yeah I realise something needs to be fixed to the wall to allow the meter or whatever to be mounted securely and safely. I guess I was just trying to make the point that IF there is a reg regarding fire resistant mounting board, my local electricity company certainly wasn't bothered about it.

Renovating an old property lately and we needed a new 3 phase supply. The electric company told me they needed to fit a huge busbox? to the wall and could I prepare the wall for them so they fixed onto wood rather than render. I asked them what they wanted me to fix up for them and they said...