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As you say, most of it guidelines and recommendations..... Every house is different and a little common sense is needed...

Are you testing between phase-earth or phase-neutral ? What other lights do have on the same circuit ?

1) Sounds cheap..... 2) If he replaces the consumer unit all circuits will be protected by MCBs (if I read you right) 3) These are the wiring methods...

As long as the radial circuit is left as 6.0mm to all the sockets you plan to install you will be fine to leave the 30A rewireable fuse in. But as mentioned above a little thing called Part "P" restricts on what you can do in the kitchen....

First of all, if you need to ask questions like this, should you be undertaking the work.....if you feel confident in doing so... How & where do you want the lights switching from ? "Please do not take my comment to heart, poorly installed electrics can be....shocking :roll: "

Your only problem area will be the kitchen as this is where most of your heavy loading appliances are. I agree with Andrew that the kitchen should be on its own circuit although, there are houses out there with only one ring main and never have problems. The question is how likely are you...

dphomes, I'm trying to convert the basement area into a computer / home cinema room, so far the floors are down (4x2 joist with chipboard sheeting covering, all treated wood) although the ground below the floor is damp / soil / mud etc, the brickwork to the front of the house is damp due to a...

Are these the same people you pay £450 to look through you new proposed home letter box and tell you everything is fine...... Property needed / needs: Rewire (lucky enough I'm a spark) Leaking roof (sorted now) Wet rot to all joists and some floor boards in front room (being sorted)...

One of your "Neutral" conductors is actually a switch live (black in colour usually with red tape identifiying it). Do a quick search on how to connect a light fitting etc to get a diagram. All the earths together All the lives (reds) together in a connector 2x neutrals (blacks) together...

Just to add, the brick work thats supporting the joists does go beween the external wall and an internal supporting wall, is this stopping the external pressures?

Thinking about converting the basement into a home cinema room...The basement is split into 5 sections and I plan to make 2 of these sections into 1 (not a supporting wall although does support joists for floor boards). The basement will consist of two rooms, the cimema room and a hallway...

£1600 sounds reasonable to me..... Make sure your friend can provide you with an installation certificate following the rewire.

10.0mm is preferred although 6.0mm T&E will take around 47A (not run in insulation, as this derates to 35A). 6.0mm protected by a 40A MCB will be satisfactory to supply a 9.5kW shower (recommendation should be given to protect shower circuit with an RCD, although no requirement to do so)

Your new 2.8kW oven can be plugged into a normal 13A socket outlet (low level behind your kitchen units etc) Oven Rating / Voltage = Current 2800W / 230V = 12.17A And your existing 4mm cable will supply your combination unit which is around 15Amps. I wouldn't recommend supplying both...

Probably best to keep the cables in capping or conduit

Cheers for the link.... After a few hours of trying to find out what was going on, it turned out to be multiple problems..... Bearings were on there way out (not bad, but...) Pair of the Mrs underwear stuck between the drums... Motor not going to a fast spin..(either the programme or...

Having a problem with a Indesit W161 1) Loud banging when going onto spin (did not do it all the time) 2) Now wont go into fast spin 3) Occasionally left black/brown spots on clothes Got the machine in May (03) although not connected up til July (03). The inner drum itself has the...

Circuits that are reasonably expected to power equipment outdoors require supplementary protection (ie, 30mA RCD), although the kitchen water heater will cause no harm being protected. Using twin & earth to supply the heater via a plug-top is considered as poor practice and should be replaced...

Anything is possible, but it depends on how much effort who want to put in......

Sounds like the guy is going to fit a new consumer unit for you and if he does it for £125 thats not a bad price (depending on make etc). The lighting does not need to be protected by an RCD Make sure you get all certification for any electrical work they do in your property. I've been...