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You can make these yourself if you decide it's worth it using decent saw, jig saw and plane, or if you have a router you can add a decent moulded edge. If you're doing a number of them it's worth making a jig so you get a reasonable replica of each one. if you intend to paint them, use mdf, as...

The oven should have it's own supply from the main fuse box, (consumer unit). The size cable will depend on the load, generally a 6.0mm cable is used to feed the cooker, with an isolation switch mounted near the cooker, either a cooker outlet or a double pole switch which is correctly rated. The...

If it's 4.0mm, and my figures are right, this should be okay up to 26amps, so allowing for diverity you should be well within the load range. I suggest you keep the 30amp fuse and continue connecting. Keep in mind that is unlikely demand will reach the full capacity, hence the allowance for...

You'll need to confirm the cable is 6.0mm. If you are unsure, turn off the power at the fuse box and remove one of your 13amp sockets, the cable feeding this will be 2.5 (or should be) compare the size of the 2.5mm cable with the size of the cable going to the cooker outlet, the cable going to...

A good rule of thumb is, for every 1000watts used this translates to 5amps. Cookers and hobbs have what the trade call a diversity allowance so to cut a long story short; you allow 10amps + 30 percent of the total demand. This means you have 10amps plus 30percent of 7.87 = 2.361KW, translated to...

I think you might be asking about the difference between night storage heaters and gas central heating. The answer depends on your insulation and the type of electric heaters you choose. If you are well insulated the cost difference isn't much. But the down side is more about control. The...

There are 3 reasons that I can think of that this might occur, 1. Air in the pipes 2. Pipes have been laid (return and feed), touching and the when the pump fires up they can bang, 3. when the pipes heat up and cool down they expand and contract, they may be moving against each other or...

If you intend to use a 13amp plug for connection this might be unwise, depending the wattage of the heater. If the heater is 1000watts, then this will translate to 5amps. So for every 1000watts you should allow 5amps. If the heater is over 2500watts you may find you keep blowing the plug fuse...

If Anonymous would care to check the IEE Wiring Regs, 16th Edition he might find that I'm actually correct, still if he were an electrician he'd know that wouldn't he. Some folks seem to believe there's only ever one way to do things, that's usually the one that fails to explore all the other...

The answer is probably no, through it's not really that straight forward. First you'll need to know what the feed to the cooker is. Is it from a standard cooker outlet, whats the wattage of the cooker and what's the wattage of the hob.The answer to your question depends on the total of these and...

Following emmanuelj's comments, you should also be sure to buy the right dimmer switch if this is runing a florescent light or low voltage light you will need to buy the appropiate dimmer switch.

I agree with the last post, but this isn't the only way you could run the cable. You could use an overhead cable or run in plastic conduit which might be more cost effective. You will need an additional consumer unit with preferably RCD or some other earth leakage protection. As for the pricing...

I've been renovating our house and have just finished the upper floor bedrooms. To be honest, if you want to create a reasonable look, you either have to be very proficient with power tools, routers, etc or you have to do something fairly plane and simple if your building your own. I build most...

Could you be a little more specific about the details Steve. It seems you are just trying to spur an additional couple of lights off the same switch, if that's true it's a fairly easy, but I would need to know a little more before telling you how this is done. For instance, do you want all the...