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in my profession, we can usually spot people using incorrect terms and work out what they're saying based on the context they're given in ...

which of course include vertical and horizontal bands from fittings, which is where mine is. pdcelec, you seem to quote the regs a lot but seem to miss some very basic knowledge, but yet seem to be a professional, are you sure you should be giving advice?

surely if the wall is only 50mm thick and there's a room on the other side then that's not going to work! besides if i use conduit i'm fine. where precisely in which regs does it say this? I've just taken a picture of it, see here: http://home.exemel.co.uk:8080/kitchen/socket.jpg...

I cut another hole in the wall below the stud and rammed condit down the hole and it seemed to go a good 3 feet before hitting the next bit of stud, i think I can just chisel out enough to get past each piece of stud and i should be fine. The last bit is laying on top of the floorboards, so...

i don't think you read my original post: surely this suggests i'm mounting a socket into which i will insert plugs. maybe my second post was misleading in my use of incorrect nomenclature, but i'm not stupid!

yeah there is, i just found it. I can use trunking under the worktop, but i have about 20cm to go above it, could i route this inside the wall for the short bit (rather easier to do) in conduit, and then come out into trunking for the remainder?

to be honest, that does sound like a bit of a bodge, i wouldn't be happy paying for that as I would make sure I at least fitted it properly. I've fitted the plug fine, it's just the wiring that's the problem. if i have to rip out the plaster all the way down I will, i have no problem with...

Hi, I'm trying to fit a new plug above a worksurface in my kitchen on an internal partition wall. I have cut out for the plastic mounting box, and now I need to get the cable down 3 ft to get under the floorboards. The problem is that the wall seems to be made of a plasterboard sandwich with...

surely you could do each circuit as a seperate job and thus totally sidestep the notification problem. and since the legal speak specifies a rewire of a circuit when the cable is damaged, if you really want to conform you could 'accidentally' drill through the wire when the circuit happened to...

hmm, didn't think of that, will see when i pull the floorboards up to have gas pipe moved....

Judging by the rest of the wiring in the flat it's sheathed in metal conduit, so i can dig that out, and then extract cable. If it does get damaged, then I've got enough 6mm T+E to reach the consumer unit if I have to. Thanks - I'll remember that for next time (have to download it first)

top of the electrics uk forum is a sticky "for reference" topic. on page 3, post 4 is a piccy, also here: http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7553&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30

choc block = connector block see also the sticky topic in this forum, there is a pic on page 2 or 3

Neither have the rest of us, but we can still check our responses before posting!

BTW, Forgot to mention: Thanks And I quite like your sarcastic posting style, makes me laugh!

yes, but then i need a junction under the floor or replace the wire all the way to the CU

Sorry, just drew to scale using paint shop pro and then scaled down to put on diagram, took me about 4 hours for one diagram :(

Does this mean I can place cupboards exactly at edge of hob as long as i ensure they are 50mm clear (horizontally) of the edge of the rings? Yes that's what I thought, the only reason I even thought of the idea is that was what the previous owner had done to get it from it's current location...

Just noticed I hadn't made it obvious that the hob is gas, the electric is just for the ignition.

yeah, the particular monkeys that actually made this law!