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have moved into house and the meter cupboard has originally been put in so that it sticks out of the wall blocking approx 1/4 of the bedroom door entrance on the top floor of a 1 1/2 storey old house - we would like to get the meter moved to a more convenient location but with as little hassle...

Any tips on makes models of smoke alarms that have to be wired into the mains with battery back up. Are these wired in independently (not part of ring) and what cable size is required? We are not doing this work ourselves I just want to understand what will happen so i know which floor...

We will get the electrician to come in and connect/check stuff but I want to minimise this time - I need to lay out the cable for a kitchen extractor fan - can this come off the ring main or is it wired into the CU independently. I need to know what parts/switches to order. Can we use...

Thanks B-A-S i wasn't specifically Choosing the single pole sockets - I just wanted to know why the two pole types were offered and if one was better than the other or if they were relevant to specific situations. At £10.00 a head more expensive per socket for the MK d/p ones - I thought...

Thanks for the above - most of my cables are hanging down the stone wall from upstairs at the moment (building site!!) so there is quite a lot of cable. I suppose this would normally run down some kind of piping to disguise the cable before it hits the metalclad surface mounted box. Can this...

Sat down with screwfix to buy steelclad double sockets to fix to our kitchen stone walls as thought these looked quite nice and a bit industrial,etc - when help these sockets are single pole - what does that mean - call around no-one knows and anyone who does won't explain! Can I take off old...