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The main thing is I need to get the roof extension up and running but the re roofing could always be done at a later stage when I can afford to do it. Obviously it would be great if I could do it all in one go but I am not that wealthy. The issue is whether the LA could insist on it being done...

I agree that would be nice, but it will cost me an arm and a leg for a total re roof. I am on a limited budget so I need to cut my cloth accordingly so as to speak. But thank you for your input.

I am having a loft extension on my 1930s bunglow with dormers fitted front and rear. The plans are being drawn up at the moment but the architect wasn't sure if it will require re roofing due to the old damaged roofing felt. The roof tiles are good and the timber is sound but it still has the...

Thanks for that.

All done now. I have extended the ring and fitted an accessable double switched socket. Thanks for your help.

Thanks for that it answers the question.

So I take it that a double socket is acceptable to the authorities? I must admit that I have run these two apliances in my previous homes on double sockets without a problem.

Thanks for that. It's difficult attaching two FCUs so I will probably drop the ring circuit down to the side where I can fit an accessible double socket.

Thanks, but I am not running two apliances like that, I am just enquiring but thanks anyway.

I need to connect up awashing machine and tumble dryer in my kitchen. I understand that I should have an isolator switch within easy reach for both appliances. Can I safely run a 2.5 spur cable down from the ring main using an fcu with a 13a fuse as the isolation switch above the worktop for...

I don't intend to go and get shocked by touching live wires on a regular basis, but after 68 years I have managed to find one or two. A&E after a few volts? An ECG? Yeah right. Lol. There's a guy who has been struck by lighting hundreds of times and he's still alive and kicking so I am not...

Thanks for your concern and I will keep it in mind in the future. I have never had this problem with wiring before before but I have had plenty of belts! I understand it's not how an electrician would test a circuit but I wasn't expecting something like this to occur. My issue was with the...

I checked each cable with a tester after I realised there was a fault.

The circuit isn't as it should be and it doesn't matter at all how I found this out does it?

It doesn't matter if I didn't check it the double safe way and my question has nothing to do with that.

How can my testing be at fault when I switched off the circuit and it was still live? I wasn't born yesterday pal.

The screwdriver went bang! The circuit tripped.

Thank you both for your comments. Yes the wires were terminated correctly and safely with Splice Line connectors. All socket still work OK. The circuits have been used for donkeys years by an old chap who lived here before us without an issue (we've been here for 3 months). We always switch...

On my CU there are two switches each labelled '30a ring circuit'. I intended to move a double socket a bit higher up the wall in the kitchen so I switched off one of the circuits at the consumer unit. I tested to make sure the socket wasn't live by plugging in the kettle and it was dead. I...

Many thanks