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You'll get used to BAS if you stick around. He means well, but has an amazing ability to make well meaning advice sound somewhat condescending :). DIY rewire can be done - myself and others here have done it. Sounds like you are pretty much starting from 0 knowledge so you have a lot to...

Sigh. Have you read what I wrote? :) You can assure the OP that the existing cable is suitable, can you? You can see that no combination of insulation and/or bunching exists that means it actually isn't? He's 100% OK to add an extra 10kW of cooking appliance to that circuit? I admit...

My dual fuel Rangemaster is just over 7kW and that's just the ovens and grill. If it had a double width induction hob sitting on top, I guess 17.1kW would be about right! As above, if you apply the maximum diversity, and make sure there is no 13A socket on the cooker switch, your existing 6mm...

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Here's a couple... http://www.simplifydiy.com/electrical/extractor-fans http://www.thediyworld.co.uk/the_bathroom.html I'm not your dog though - look yourself. I'm not trying to have an argument either - I'm just reporting what I've read, which also happens to be supported by my...

I'm sure I'm not getting mixed up, but maybe you are?:) I'm going on, for example, this information: http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Technical/Ventilation/Ventilation4.html ...and at the time I was specifying a fan for my bathroom I found similar recommendations on many sites. I'm also...

Er, given his 14.5m3 room volume, I get 87 - 116 for 6 - 8 air changes. But then where did you get 6 - 8 air changes from? Reccommendations for a bathroom with a shower are 15 - 20 changes. OP - a piddly 85m3/hr wall mounted fan might be within the absolute minimum allowed, but unless you like...

Good design practice. Never mind BAS - he's just thought he'd sniffed out a potential downlights installation and is ready to pounce! ;)

Fused Connection Unit. Just another example of the accessories that fall under these regulations - a plate with a fuse fitted which may or may not also have a switch. You may have one feeding a boiler, for example. The advice is correct that technically you don't need to implement the Part M...

Presumably so that you could become a professional electrician and charge people for your services? Good for you, but we're talking about DIYers here (in this DIY forum, heaven forbid :)) working on their own houses. Do you really think the 'hoops you've jumped through' should be a requirement...

I assume you've already eliminated leaky appliances plugged in to sockets?

Out of interest - have Bedford agreed they will accept an EIC from you with you carrying out the testing yourself? Do they require any evidence of your 'competence' to do so? I've done a DIY rewire too and have access to test equipment. Several months ago I was in the process of agreeing this...

Hi MikeR fancy seeing you here :) Thought you might have got it sorted already. I think with some photos of your existing meter/fuseboard location, the folks on here would have a better understanding of your existing installation, and therefore the requirements of the new work. As said, when...

Now now, no need to resort to personal attacks because your actual argument is so weak. :) I'm hardly a parasite or a troll, thank you very much. Have a look at this BAS... It's my (unfinished) bathroom lit entirely by those 5 downlights. No other sources of light when I took the...

Lol. I had a bet with myself I'd get you writing a reply exactly like that. Thankyou. :)

Ah - you must be new here. You obviously dont know BAS yet and have mistaken his last post as well-meaning advice! ;) I'll admit that his first post contained some of that, but by the second he's already into his usual anti-downlight onslaught. Determining your room size, then asking if 150W...

Are these figures normalised - accidents per 100,000 people or something like that? Otherwise what a load of meaningless nonsense. Of course there are more accidents in the 15-64 range than over 64 - there are more people! Likewise with employed and self employed.

The feed to a garage was a spur from a socket ring? :shock: Well done for disconnecting it. Personally I'd remove it completely from where it spurs and not make it available for future use.