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Hi, I am intending to extend my lightting circuit into our conservatory at some point this year. I already asked for advice on this here . However something I forgot to mention is that my house has an old style consumer unit (wylex I believe) which has wire based fuses rather than MCB's...

ok great thanks for the info. I will make sure its within 150mm from the ceiling I think thats about where it was going to be anyway. thanks everyone

Just had a look as I was not aware of the safe zone. From what I have read in my DIY book as long as I drill into the lounge wall no more than 150mm from the ceiling wall, i'm in the safe zone so can quite happily plaster over the wires ? how do outside lights work then as I'm sure there...

Hi, I am hoping someone with more knowledge than myself can clarify if what i intend to do is sensible and also possible to do under the building regulations. I intend to put 2 wall lights into our conservatory, I want to fit them onto the outside of the house wall. My intention is to have...

But thats my choice, I choose to go to b&q as I am buying my first house and do not have money to spend on hiring a "properly trained floor fitter". This is also a DIY website as far as I can tell, which is why I was asking for some advice on doing it myself. I have also actively used the...

well I thought I would try to get as many opinions as possible ... and some recomendations from people who already have done the same job ...

Hi, I'm looking to lay some wood engineered laminate into our conservatory, we orginally were looking at normal laminate but went to b&q and found it on offer so went for the real-wood stuff instead. Anyway questions 1. I assume we still need to leave a 10 mm gap on all sides, whats...