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This is what I'm going to do... but looking at Screwfix website they only gave MF junction boxes rated at 16A - am I right thinking this is OK for the 32A ring seeing as one leg is just "half" a ring AKA 16A should be fine? Cheers.

Hi. Washing machine socket will be under the sink worktop. Am planning a 20A DP switch above the worktop with a switch-less single socket under the worktop. New kitchen will be fitted soon. No spurs lol as I don't want to run into the spur-off-a-spur problem in the future. Unfortunately I...

Hi. If I crimp it inside the double socket I will have 4 cables running up the conduit?

Took a hammer and chisel to it and realised it's hollow underneath! With a perfect route up into the floorboards (you can see the original hole the cable came through at the back).

Nope it's all going to be inside the wall. I mean the plastic oval conduit which you would normally use for chases but with metal conduit right at the top (since someone brought up mechanical protection). I did pull up a floor board but I still think I'll have to weave the cable around a bit...

Thanks Gaz, that's what I meant - I just spent 10 mins reading EFL's link getting confused as I designed this route to be IN the safe zone. The only part I was unsure of is the bit right at the top of the wall (which is outside of the safe zone) since I've never had to push cable through like...

One sec... so the only "unsafe zone" here is the bit at the top of the wall - or the whole route? And yes the cable will be chased vertically above the double socket. When I said the wiring had been done in steel conduit I actually meant oval metal conduit (black) and not the circular...

Is steel conduit mandatory or just good practice? I noticed the cables already there were done in steel rather than plastic. Yes fairly new (10 years) ring and RCD protected.

Also a couple more quick questions... Q1. I need a light in that area under the stairs. Am I right if I run a 2.5mm cable through to the other side of the wall from the new double socket (red rectangle) straight into a fused switched connection unit, replace the 13A fuse in the FCU with a 5A...

A good amount of this wall will be removed but there is an annoying cable in conduit leading to a double socket next to the fridge. Black line near ceiling shows the end of the yellow wall (first pic), so the conduit is slightly to the right of the black line. I need to get the cable to...

Like this: Thanks.

Crack between two terraced houses... filled and only lasted a week. Is there something I can use to prep the wall before filling? Like some type of primer. Or maybe I can add something to the mortar? Thanks.

Had another idea... Onduline sheets This stuff good for a lean to? It's less than a tenner at bunnings per panel!

For perspective here's a 12mm sheet I have lying around placed onto roof:

LeanTo roof - approximately 3 meters out from house with 570cm spaces between rafters (will add noggins too). Buying plywood from Wickes. Options are: 9mm thick, non load bearing (internal or external if treated). 12mm thick, non load bearing (internal or external if treated). 12mm thick...

And pour the concrete on top as well? Whatever I put on there it has to be screeded over to blend with the floor as the shed will only stick out as far as that ladder. I just don't know what type of mix to use.

Water keeps piling up in this corner because the council did a bad job levelling it. Any way I can raise it slightly as I've just had to replace that fence post because it snapped exactly where the water build up was? I'm thinking about putting a narrow storage shed in this area so don't want...

The way I imagined it, because the original design has an "overlap" at the wall like this: Then at the central point I would have to compensate by cutting this overalap recess slightly different (to whetever allows the wood to match to the piece of string across), and have the wood extend a...

I got another problem though... Had to alter the design because there was not 6 meters worth of width for the posts... I had to move them in closer by 40cm. Here is the new design: Can someone here tell me what the best way to join together those horizontal wood pieces that go across the...