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Thank you for the replies. The black sockets are what are here currently. That FCU has always been there, it's in my neighbours house as well - they're not sure what it's for and have been the sole owners of their house. Where the blue sockets are proposed to go, was a gas fire/mantle...

We've had a fire taken out of our living room, that we didn't use - in place of it I'm going to wall-mount a TV. Our TV & existing home entertainment kit is in the left hand corner of our living room - with everything running off 2 x 4-gang extension leads (surge protected). It's a right mess...

hehe :) It's old, chipped - found it in the garage when we bought the house. I can see the MDPE come in the house (i.e. through the kitchen floor). - it then goes from 20mm MDPE -> copper -> stopcock - then copper throughout. All the houses around here have it - not sure if it's acting as...

Right, thanks - I've had a note from my gas supplier saying my gas mains isn't bonded - and that's now recommended.. Would it be adequate enough to re-bond the mains water as it was before, then from there, bond down to my gas pipe?

Hello, Have converted a kitchen into a kitchen/diner, as such we have knocked down a wall, and moved where the sink was, etc. My query is, when re-bonding the earth wire to the mains water supply, do I need to bond it to the hot water pipe, and gas pipe too? It wasn't before, but my...

I was planning on plugging the water heater into an extension cord, and running that to my outdoor socket. My chicken run is in a seperate garden, ~10-15m away from where the socket is I'd guess. That's what I meant about wrapping the extension cord socket -> waterheater plug in plastic -...

Im sure they probably would prefer soup :) Have just seen this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Outdoor-Extension-pressure-feature-electric/dp/B001EP4GG4 if that'd fit in my w/p socket would that be a better bet than using "normal" flex?

Sorry mixed your reply up with the previous one. Whilst we're at home, I'm happy to go out a couple times a day and give them fresh water, it's only really for whilst we're going to pop away at some point over winter - I just want to ensure that the water will be fine (not frozen). I've a...

Thanks, I was planning to wrap it in plastic, or something similar - wasn't aware they sold such units, so I'll pop down tonight and have a look :) Edit: Ah, just checked the site, it says 13A plug - which is why I assumed the fuse would be 13A.. perhaps its not, I'll found out :) Edit2...

Hello. I have an outdoor, weather proof socket fed from a socket inside, via a FSCU. It's currently got a 13A fuse in it. I'm wanting to get a water heater for chickens that I have out in my garden. If required, link to it is here...

Thanks folks - just after I posted this I spoke with him again, and he's pretty much said the same as you all (in theory, the circuit is fine) - but when I re-iterated that they will most likely be both on at the same time (two young kids means a lot of nappy washing, and the washing up is just...

Have just read this: http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=126081 Now I'm a bit confused - is what my friend is proposing alright? I've re-asked for confirmation and he says its fine. Thanks.

Just wanted to ask something else. My sparky friend had advised putting in a 13A switched fused socket (completed), whilst we were there the single socket above the work top that feeds the switched fused socket was changed to a double. He's advised now that the single socket below the...

Thank you. My electrician friend has just left and pretty much said the sane thing. So well be sorting it tomorrow. Thank you for the advice again.

Oh and the breaker is rated at 32A on the CU..

Ok great thanks. So spurs can only be single sockets? I've a friend who is an electrician coming over tonight but useful to know :)

Yes, all bsckplates are metal (including the socket underneath the counter)

Sorry if i have confused you, the below counter is a single socket, cable coming from the isolation switch. Washing machine is plugged into that..

The isolation switch socket has three cables, 1 to the single socket above work top, 1 going elsewhere (up again, I guess back to the CU, no other sockets are around between it and the CU), and one down to the socket underneath the worktop, which is why I thught this was a spur. I think I'll...

There is no clamp in any of the faceplates, or am I misunderstanding you?