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I've moved the cut-out and CU to a corner wall cupboard in my (being) renovated kitchen. There will be 15 cables out of the top of the CU, running to the brick wall closing the open end of the corner cupboard. They then need to go up to the ceiling for distribution. I would like to embed the...

Thanks RF - appreciate your help.

Looks really neat. Just a couple more queries.... 1/ If cables are chased into the wall from the switches on the ring above the worktop down behind the floor cupboard(s) which will house the socket/fllex outlets, do they just poke out of the wall through the back of the cupboard and into the...

a) for convenience b) in case you get your hand stuck in it

Thanks everyone. Really helpful. All very much apprecated.

Great! Thanks guys. One final question - is there a reg regarding distance of sockets/switches above worktop from sink? Ideally, the garbage disposal on/off needs to be above the sink unit.

Hi all I'm installing new appliances under worktop in my (being) renovated kitchen - fridge; freezer; Hyco instant hot water heater; garbage disposal and dishwasher. Kitchen is having its own ring. Spark told me to connect each appliance via a switched FSC to an outlet plate (to save space)...

Nothing is notifiable :D

I know, Richard. You asked me where I got it from. I just replied with a statement of fact............ I'm just a novice, mate and I tend to think everyone else here knows more than I do and that what I thought was right is probably wrong when I read something contradictory to my understanding...

It's in the thread you pointed me to: http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=141170 LOL There's a lot of nonsense in there (according to my copy of 17th anyway)! How do you provide under-worktop sockets for w/machine; fridge; freezer; dishwasher; waste disposal etc then? Can't...

Hi I'm in a small 5th floor flat. The main services, incl soilstack, are conected via a service shaft on my side of a party wall between kitchen and bathroom, which are back to back with partitioning between. The taps end of the bath was only 450-500mm from the bath waste in the stack...

BRs has got me worried now! I just checked the list of notifiable works on the LA BC website again. Nothing 'structural' is being touched (apart from chasing structural brickwork here and there). There is nothing 'new' apart from a large cupboard between l/r and bedroom, which replaces a...

I meant the cables in the capped chases won't be easily accessible by me without major disruption, but 'accessible' only for the purposes of replacing any damaged wiring in the event I should inadvertently cut or drill into a ring main cable in the studwalls while fitting cupboards etc...

Hi Richard The kitchen is actually getting a bit smaller (hopefully temporarily, pending Planning for an extension to the kitchen onto a balcony next year - don't want to apply at this stage to avoid 'interference'!) and is open plan off the living room/diner, so I guess it's "habitable" even...

Thanks for the contributions! All much appreciated. Just a partiton between kitchen and bathroom. No doors involved thankfully! Unfortunately, I forgot about electrics on both sides of the partition, so I'd need to use at least 4x2 I suppose or risk running foul of electrical regs without...

Hi Guys My 5th floor flat (in a late 60's Council block) has kitchen and bathroom back to back, separated by x3 plasterboard laminate (not good!). On the bathroom side is the WC and wash basin. On the kitchen side is a largish cupboard, which is more or less redundant. I am planning to...

LOL Thanks guys. Really appreciate the help.... :D

Cross-posted there Col Jack. Yep, EDF is the DNO. Their guy is very helpful. I'll call him tomorrow and try to get it organised with the meter board move. My reading of the 17th Edn gives me the impression the work's excluded from Building Regs and Part P except for the CU, the shower and the...

Thanks again for contributions. I've got a big red fuse in a grey box with "Henley" on it. EDF said the main fuse is at the bottom of the service shaft the supply cable comes up to enter my flat. I'd have to be crazy not to pull the fuse to work on the CU. The CU input (via grey fuse box...

Thanks for replies everyone. Unexpectedly quick! I'd gone to catch up on the news over a coffee. Here's the full monty:- My former council flat was rewired about 8-10 years ago (i think) with a brand new x3 earth supply cable by EDF. EDF will be coming to move the meter board (main fuse box &...