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Thanks all for the replies, its reassuring to know that this is a good approach. I didnt put the ratings in as I dont know them, I will leave that to the electrician, but I wanted to get a good handle on the design and where the sockets / RFU's etc are going to go. Thanks again. Jason

I want one of those.....and i thought having a wine cooler was 'posh', i have never even had a tumble dryer or dishwasher until now (well soon, when the kitchen is installed) :)

Hi All, I am about to start running the circuits for my new kitchen extension and am wondering what circuit design is best to implement. I am very close to the consumer unit and can run cables easily under the raised floors, so cable running is not an issue. I am thinking this (before i...

Thanks all for your replies, an electrician is doing the wiring and suggested hiding the sockets in the cupboards as i didnt want banks of switches etc running round the counter tops. I hadnt seen these grid switches before which arent as 'offensive' on the eye, but the electrician hadnt...

Thanks RF. The ovens are 3.5kw each, so probably need seperate wiring? so i could do one radial for each oven and then one for the hob and extractor maybe? Where do you get the black MK grid switches from? Thanks Jason

RF...That is genius...and looks good. So I could have a 4 gang grid for the 2 ovens / hob ignition and hood somewhere near the ovens. Do these need to be fused? To install these, not that I am, but just so i know, you can run from the consumer unit to each grid switch, then from the grid...

Hi All, I have ordered the new kitchen for my new extension with all new appliances and now need to agree the wiring design with the electrician. As the appliances are mainly integrated i need to have each one on an FCU. The trouble is I have 2 single ovens / dishwasher / chimney hood /...

Hi All, I still havent got to the bottom of this issue.. I have annotated some drawings and uploaded a view of the rear of the house to see if this changes anyones opinion on what is required. I have sent some Structural Enginner companies emails with all the drawings etc but they are...

I too am a big spotlight fan for bathrooms / kitchens / maybe hallways. I have a sloped roof in the kitchen with skylights, so finding lights is difficult and spotlights just seem to blend in the nicest, i thought of pendant style lights but couldnt find one i liked enough. SO...i have...

Thanks Raygun, i tried to reply but says i cant send emails to non friends! its like that is it! :) Thanks for ther advice, its greatly appreciated. Jason

Thanks Riveralt, what does this mean though, I was going to start the chain from the cable that is currerntly supplying the flourescent light, are you saying go to make sure I go back to the live coming out of the switch? Hi PJ, the only reason i like the 12v option is they give a nicer...

Thanks Chris, The plan was to have 1 12v transformer for each light. So it seems that daisy chaining the lights is the best way, but how do i achieve this, do i need junction boxes at each light fitting or can i daisy chain the cables in and out of the transformer? I was looking at buying...

Thanks all for the input, i didnt realise you SE's had so much free time on your hands, perhaps you could have all come round to mine and we could have invetigated this properly amongst ourselves :) I will bring the beers and boxing gloves. I spoke to a surveyor (friend of friend) who said i...

Hi All, I am looking at replacing my single light fitting (one of those ugly flourescent tubes) in the kitchen for 6 new fire rated 12v spotlights. Are there any recommendations on how i run the cabling for the 6 spotlights, should they be daisy chained one off the other and can that be...

Hi All, I have just finished building an extension and want to now knock through from the existing house to the new extension. Originally i had planned to put in two steels and rest them at either side of the existing house and have the kitchen / dining room dividing wall as a pier, but i have...

I have just fitted these to my roof and they look nice, not everyone thinks the same though, a few friends think they look tacky! I just thought it was neater than a cemented egde and doesnt require any maintenance. You can get them in a colour to match your tiles. I bought the redland dry...

Hi Alicia, I have attached a picture of the Redland Mock Bond Mini Stonewold (ie; big ugly tiles), i think they look just fine and sit nicely on the EDZ Velux flashing kit. Jason

there is an RCD in the garage already! i called it a 'power supply cut off' in my original post :) Also, does this actually fall under building control, its nothing to do with my extension...i only removed the cable linking the CU to the garage as it was in the way of the footings line. I...

i had to remove the old cable as it ran where i needed to dig footings for the new extension, the garage is only about 2 meters from the end of the new extension and about 5 meteres from the consumer unit. I dont know what sort of cable was there originally, just that itys connected to a 15A...

Hi All, I currently have a 15A fuse connector on my consumer unit for power to my garage, but i have disconnected it recently as i have been adding a new extension to my house. I am going to run a new armoured cable from the house to the garage but do you think 15A is OK? i only have a...