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    CU installation??

    If he is not registered there is not a lot (except by spreading by word of mouth)you can do. Regarding your heating, is there a nearby power(ring/radial)cable you can use instead?
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    Fitting a pendant light to existing cable

    If you can fix the base to a secure point then you should be ok.
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    Fitting a pendant light to existing cable

    Can you upload a piccy? that would help a lot.
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    CU installation??

    Who was he rated with/by? Sounds like a bit of a "billy the kid" There is no problem with the bathroom lights being on the same circuit as the main lights, BUT your CU is wrongly marked.
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    Identify Screw type

    Also available in brass and called "bankloc inserts"
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    Half my upstairs lights won't work

    You have got a wire wrong in your terminals. WITH THE POWER OFF locate the switch wires(you should have a red/brown and a black/blue, put the other lives together along with the red/brown switch wire and the black/blue switch wire to the brown of the new light. put the other black/brown wires in...
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    Bathroom Extractor Fan

    You appear to have a wall mounted fan that has been adapted to fit the ceiling. A ceiling fan does not normally have a backdraft shutter as gravity prevents then operating properly.
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    Extractor fan wiring?

    Square within square means double insulated so you will be ok.
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    Replacement light

    Ideally remove feeder cable right back to the next termination or ceiling rose. Or fit a maintainance free junction box and hide in ceiling.
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    110v vs 240v on building sites.

    Not forgetting the fact that 110v tools do not get stolen at the same rate as 240v, as they cannot be used at home without a transformer.
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    Connecting a bathroom cabinet to existing cable.

    What you are looking for is called an outlet plate.
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    Need to move a double plug socket. Advice please.

    Can you get to where the two cables come from? If so replace from that point to the new location. Sorry but the rules state that junction boxes have to be accessible for inspection.
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    wirring

    Your best bet is to check the hall light fitting for an unswitched(permanent) live and take a cable from there to a new switch and from there to the outside light.
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    Connecting a double switch to 2 seperate lights

    What are A,B and C? You have shown the existing lamp with a double pole switch, where does the other side of switch 2 go? The normal way of adding another lamp would be to connect a two core and earth cable between the old and new lamp fittings, connecting like to like as regards colours.
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    electrical cable types 6232y v 6242bh2

    You will also probably notice a great(er) resistance to bending and great difficulty when stripping back.
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    replacing electric to workshop.

    It all depends on what you intend running in your workshop. is your main consumer unit up to the job? Is your main fuse(service fuse) up to the job? You are much better contacting a local electrician who can advise you, as well as give you a quote for the job. If you are not aware already this...
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    confused wiring

    Photographs(clear) would help. This is why it is always best to make a note of what goes where or take a pic.
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    Ceiling light

    Pound to a penny the single black is the switch return without the red/brown sleeving. In that case connect to position 8
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    Garage lighting Phase 2

    Link your second light from the same terminals in your first light(please make sure you sleeve the earth core with green/yellow) and hopefully you have used flex cable rather the twin and earth.
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    What is this called and where can I get one?

    Take it into any decent electrical shop and they should have one on stock. Can't see from the angle, but it looks like a standard GU10 fitting.
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