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Cheers John. Unfortunately for me it is the first way around! What if it's a like for like swap though, as I'm just swapping the mirror cabinet that's on the end of the cable? Technically still counts as a mod to the circuit? I'm not trying as hard to get around this as it sounds, honestly! I...

Sorry if treading old ground but I've found past posts with different answers on this (some years old so that may be why!), also I think I may have some other questions depending on the answer! I know that if you take a non-fused spur from a socket on a ring circuit, you should only take one...

Cheers both. RE the bathroom zones, sorry to get down to the weeds on technicalities, but if the circuit cabling is more than 60cm from the edge of the bathtub, but the appliance connected to it spills into that zone, is the work notifiable? Essentially if the cable for the mirror cabinet...

Also, I understand bathroom work is usually notifiable - would this be the case here if I’m essentially doing a like for like replacement, just taking a spur from a JB in the loft instead of a switch outside the bathroom?

RE the instant hot water - those look like a good idea! We will eventually be putting a new electric shower downstairs as a backup and “post muddy run” shower though, so hopefully will be able to sort it that way (now that we know we won’t have to use that circuit) RE the mirror cabinet, that’s...

Hi all, We're replacing our bathroom and have just removed a wall mounted mirror cabinet which had a couple if built in lights (incandescent) and a shaver plug. We're replacing this with a similar (but much more modern!) one that has LED lights and a shaver plug. The cabinet says it requires a...

Sorry, late reply! Yeah it does work, it's wired into a zone as a keyswitch as you say. We have the tags for it and they can set and unset the alarm. None of them are marked as being the master tag unfortunately which from what I've read is important for reprogramming! As you say it does sound...

Hi all, just wondered if anyone had come across this. We have inherited an alarm system in our new house and are pretty close to having it programmed the way we want it. The alarm is an Accord XPC for which I have the manual. What I can’t find info on is the attached prox reader (used with key...

I see. They’ve gotten away with it for now then as they currently have 2 and 5 from the master socket front plate with 3 wires (2 extensions and the alarm connection). Worst case though I could lose one of the extensions and rewire with 2 only, or unplug the alarm and reprogram not to report...

Quick update, I was able to disconnect the two sockets in the spare bedroom, and while at it I’ve disconnected the bell wire from everywhere. (No effect on the alarm which is now configured to not dial out, but still connected as it beeps when disconnected). The weird connectors on the small...

Sure, for the bell wire, but I think I’ll need to fully disconnect this socket and re-connect terminals 2 and 5 for the broadband - are these types of connectors compatible with the Krone tool?

Yeah, the downstairs socket is closest to the alarm panel so that makes sense. And the grey cable does indeed come down the outside wall to the front door socket. So as you say, the second white extension from the master is a bit of a mystery. Perhaps when we raise some floorboards that’ll come...

RE: alarm - Since at the moment t complains of a line fault when I disconnect it from the phone manually, we’re looking into reprogramming it so that it doesn’t attempt to dial in the first place. If that’s successful I may leave the alarm wiring as is, in case we want to reactivate in future...

Sorry, yeah, didn't have a picture of the front door socket before, but here it is: Just one white cable visible from outside, but behind the panel there's a grey jacketed cable too, which goes into the wall: i do seem to remember a cable running down the outside wall to somewhere around...

Oh, right. I was thinking the second must go to the other extension socket which is at the bottom of the stairs, by the front door. I've not had the front off that yet but if only 2 white cables come from the master, I wonder how the front door socket is connected?

Hi both, sorry for the delay, was away for the weekend! Looks like the socket in the main bedroom (first picture in my original post) is indeed the "master socket" (at least it is now) - it has a black jacketed wire coming into it from the wall. Also, if I take the front cover off that main...

Hi all, Just moved into a house and am trying to work out how the internal telephone wiring is done. Had cable at my last place so done very little with BT wiring in the past. Facts: There is a master socket and 3 extension sockets (though 2 of the exts are in the same room... I'll get to...

Thanks stem, and everyone. Apologies again for the basic questions, I can feel the head shaking from here! :D Hopefully it might help someone else, though! Will update with any work that goes on. Anyone working in Yorkshire, let me know :LOL:

True. I did notice when we initially moved in that the previous owners had left the immersion heater switched on. Is it possible they just used the immersion heater for the hot water all the time, and the boiler only for the CH? Not sure how they would have stopped the water circulating through...

Right, which leads to the problem Tony details where the cylinder heats up further, regardless of the cylinder stat temp? Again, presumably that problem is solved with a second motorised valve, then? I wonder how the previous home owners managed around this problem??