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Hi, I'm the OP and it's certainly been an interesting discussion. I got some quick quotes to do the work, but I don't fancy paying £100 for a job I can do myself. I think I'll spur my new socket off the 32A ring and be done with it. As has been suggested, if I really care about my device's...

Thanks Phatboy, Looks like I'll be trying to find an electrician who's inclined to small jobs.

Hi, I'm running all my Ethernet cables to a network switch under the stairs (which is also the location of the consumer unit). There's no power under the stairs so I'd like to add a double socket to power the network switch and also a Network Attached Storage (NAS) enclosure As I understand it...

Thanks all. Does undersized joists sound like a feasible cause given my joists and span then? Given that 47x195mm joists have a max recommended span of 4.04m, 3.8m seems bit close (http://www.home-extension.co.uk/tech2.html). The thing is: although I've read a lot about this, I don't have any...

I don't think that's it. I experience the bounce/shuddering even if walking directly on the chipboard.

My new house has a recent extension which feels very bouncy on the first floor. There's some heavy oak furniture in the room and it doesn't "feel" very safe, although I acknowledge that it's probably unlikely that the floor will actually fail. The span is just under 3.8m and the timber joists...