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I was in the same situation as you. I had a single cooker circuit wired in 6mm cable and wanted to fit a double-oven and hob. I was desperate not to have to put another circuit in until someone explained it to me like this: "Tearing up part of your house is better than watching it burn down...

I like the first one......pretty colours. :lol: Looks like the map of the underground, just less organised.

I have always been advised that using the "wiggle a fork" trick only serves to further compact the soil around the holes that you have made. It is far better to use a tool that removes cores/plugs from your lawn to relieve soil compaction.

Time to start looking for a bath that matches you sofa at those prices. :wink:

Beat them into submission. All this nambypambyism these days, jeez. :roll:

To be certain, you need to know the rating of the two appliances, the cable size of your cooker circuit, what it is routed through and the size of the MCB that it is attached to. Ordinarily, if you have a double oven then it will have too high a rating to be plugged into the ring main...

My 4 bed house only had a six-way CU before I upgraded it. That said I did have two ring circuits and a separate cooker circuit (plus an immersion heater and two lighting circuits). My house was built in the late eighties so it isn't that uncommon. However, if they have all your sockets and...

Probably easier to get a spark in. Any work in your kitchen is notifiable under Part P. If you do it yourself you'll have to notify the LABC in advance and pay for them to come and inspect it. An electrician registered under one of the competent person schemes (NAPIT etc.) can sign off...

When I had my drive block-paved they dug out almost 3 feet of soil and put in a very hefty layer of roadstone. A couple of people in our close had their drives done and, judging by the amount of soil removed they didn't have anywhere near deep enough a base. The result is that the...

At least it's nice and neat. :D

I had a similar experience with an electrician registered under one of the competent person schemes. He basically told me that I had to have a new cooker circuit in addition to my existing one and flat out refused to do any diversity calcs when I mentioned it. And he said that I HAD to have a...

Start to worry when he asks for a Ram's skull. If he has one already, just run. :roll:

So crimps do not have to be accessible? I know that you can bury crimps in plaster (suitably protected of course) but I thought any joints not buried still had to be accessible. Good news if not because I need to extend a couple of cables and was concerned as they are in the ceiling between...

Have you checked above the cabinets? You may find a socket/outlet up there. Doubtful as I would assume if it were that easy a job then they would have plugged it in but you never know.

I might have to take a look at these. I have some downlights fitted above my stairs and landing that use GU10s. They are all on flyleads so it should be a simple job to pop the GU10s out and replace them with these, as long as the flyleads aren't too short. I guess there's no hope for my 2...

ADSLNation do a replacement for the NTE-5. It has both filtered and unfiltered connections so you can keep your ADSL and telephone signals on separate wiring. I've used them for a while and they have never given me any problems. http://www.adslnation.co.uk/products/xte2005.php

I have one next to my fireplace as well. House is about 15 years old. I could never figure out what it was for so I just ignore it. :D

I'd rather have one that rotates of it's own accord. I dare say that most of my close has annoyed me at one time or another. That way I could get my own back on all or them at once. :D

Amen to that. One of my neighbours across the close has a PIR activated light that goes off very quickly. Unforyunately that means it's on, off, on, off........... I'm on the lookout for an old lighthouse fitting so that I can get my own back. :lol: Why people need massive floodlights...

Totally agree with this. I want to move a CCU and a socket, one foot to the right in each case. The walls are honeycombed plasterboard so it's a case of lifting two floorboards, pulling the cables up the wall and pulling them down into a couple of new dry-line boxes. I'm not adding to either...