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Hi - sockets will be for fridge, dishwasher etc so plug in and forget. Room is being fitted from scratch so idea would be that electrician leaves a loop of wire behind where the cabinets will go, kitchen fitter cuts a socket sized hole in back of cupboard, pulls wire through, fits a back box etc...

Hi - another question, am I allowed to fix sockets to the inside of my kitchen cabinets or do they have to be mounted on the wall? I'm going to have a gap of about 125 mm between back of cabinets and wall so cutting a hole in cabinet to access a wall mounted socket will be a bit ugly. If I am...

Doggit - agreed, the 30 deaths are presumably from the relatively small number of people who have higher risks due to choice of appliance, but here is the advice from London Fire Brigade: 'If you live in a property that has gas appliances such as cookers, heaters and gas fires or solid...

A quick google gives an estimate, based on fire service survey in Liverpool, that fewer than 10% of house have CO monitors fitted so say 50m people in UK do not have this protection but only 30 deaths from CO poisoning every year. This means that for every night someone spends in a house with no...

Hi, a few more thoughts on this. My real issue is that I am being asked - by the building inspector - to accept that 'complying with building regs' = 'safe house' and that 'non compliance' = 'dangerous house' when the underlying risks are more complicated Nakajo - you mention Grenfell. As far...

Thanks all, I rang NICEIC as well who confirmed no need to replace CU

Thanks all - consensus seems to be inspector is right and I am wrong, which is fair enough.

Thanks - I agree with everything you say except 'the regs have been carefully thought out. Once inspector told me I needed a fire door on one door, but not the other, I thought I should do some research - assuming I would scare myself and would voluntarily fit fire doors in the lounge as well...

Thanks, you're right about the relative positions of the doors - but the kitchen door, which is further from the staircase, is the one that inspector says should be fire rated. Point taken about not rocking the boat, but I want a sliding glass door in kitchen so if it is fire rated cost goes up...

Reputable local company did the work in 2009, but new electrician is provided by my main contractor (who is generally excellent ) so I have no option to use someone else

OK, put it another way, would a UK electrician following BS7671 to provide electricity to an extension be required by current Building Regs and British Standards to replace a consumer unit that met standards prevailing in 2009 but does not meet the standards prevailing today for new consumer...

Hi, I've got a 3 storey (including loft conversion) terrace and am currently removing a conservatory that used to contain my kitchen and replacing with a proper extension. Loft conversion was done in 1994 (before I bought house) and there are no fire rated doors in the house so I do not have a...

Hi, I'm having a rear kitchen extension built and am getting confused about those things in building regs that are desirable and those things that are mandatory. If it is mandatory I will do it, if it is desirable (e.g. if it is mandatory for a new build, but not for a change to existing...