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ok, so have a 1930s bungalow which bought about a year ago. Going through some building work at the moment and with the ceilings off, it is best time to take a look at the plumbing. About 3 yrs ago the boiler ( conventional type with hot water cylinder in the roof void) got replaced by a combi...

Looking at the photo you have got, the one with your choc blocks, The one with 2 brown cables is the one that comes from your light switch. You can remove that one from the choc block and isolate that separately for now. Then you have the 2 TE cables coming in. Make sure both browns are tied...

It has everything to do with it. At least he can then isolate the wires from the switches and see what he has left so he knows if it is only one feed coming to the connection or if it then goes out to the other room from the same box! It is called ' Troubleshooting ' !

Do you have 2 switches controlling this bulb or is it a single switch?

I have told them that an electrician will inspect all the wiring and provide necessary certs to confirm compliance with all necessary regulations. There is an electrician who will test the circuit, but in order to save him time and effort, I wanted to go through things as I understood it...

An electrician will provide a certificate once he has done his testing. However he is very busy and before I get him across to go through the requirements, I wanted to make sure I am on the right path when I discuss things with him. An electrician's job is not that complicated. After all this...

That's fine as I am currently doing some building work and a building inspector is inspecting all the work. So he will do that and I will obviously pay the £150 fee for it.

ok, thanks. So the best option is to change the MCB for the lighting with the RCD and then run the lighting for the bathroom from the main lighting circuit.This was it is RCD protected, rather than run a whole new circuit for the lighting and fan?

ok, so does it mean I need to have a separate : Bathroom lighting circuit : Lights/Shaver and Fan Bathroom Shower: Electric shower Both on RCDs? or can the lighting be fed from the main lighting feed to the rest of the property?

Hi Thank you for all the replies. Maybe I should have said: I used to work as a leccy ( Well apprentice leccy) about 10 yrs ago. But obviously things/regs/standards have changed since then. I have the 17th edition wiring regs and all the books. But I don't have the experience. Have wired...

ok, so might as well change my CU whilst I am doing some other work to the house. Current house: 2 bed bungalow, Kitchen with Electric cooker at the moment. Dining room and sitting room. Electrics are about 70yrs old. No ring main at the moment and the sockets are just star connection...

Thank you for the replies. as for #2 and #3, I like to keep circuits separate if I can so that I can isolate individually if I ever have to work on it. That's why I wanted a separate circuit for the lighting and the shaver sockets. As for a new CU, yes, I will have to replace it as I will be...

I am installing a new bathroom ( Well moving my bathroom from one side to the other side of the house). So need to run some new cables from my CU to the new bathroom. Does this sound right: 1) 9.8Kw Electric Shower, run 10mm cable from CU to the shower. However as it is an old CU at the...

Thanks. The wall thickness is the thickness of brick plus 70mm cavity and then thickness of the other brick. So altogether about 250mm overall depth. It is to be fitted to a new bathroom and currently there is no holes. So all will need to be drilled. Can the above model be fitted to my bathroom...

It is not a zoned area as it is more than 60cm away from the bath tub and other sources of water. If anything, it might turn out to be a Zone2 at worst.

Thanks. So for normal bathroom installation, a standard 230v will be ok?

Thank you for the response. Can you please confirm what the diff between the Low Volt unit and the non SELV unit? Which would I need for the UK?

In the process of renovating my bathroom and also doing some work in the kitchen. I don't have an electric fan in neither place at the moment and want to install one in each area. What is a good make and model to go for ?

Hi Thanks for the replies. There is draft coming in at the moment in one of the bedrooms. I need to refit the skirting boards and that should get rid of that hopefully as I had been decorating that room. And yes that is the fan Envirovent are selling. However since then I have had a quote...

Well you see I am too tight. I have one of the Smart Energy pads and it tells me how much I am using, and when I put the heating up, my daily bill goes up to £8 per day! Ouch! With it turned down to 17, it sits at £6. a bit better :D Now I was told that the cause of the damp/mould is the fact...