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Hi, I want to brick up my back door but the house that i live in isnt of standard brick construction. the outside brick is more of a grey block, rather like breeze block (but it isnt). i cant seem to find a supplier and dont know what they are called to ask for them. can anyone enlighten me...

can you have hall and landing lights on seperate supplies but same 2 gang switch?

Can anyone tell me what the people who did this conversion have used to suspend the new trimmers an what size the trimmers should be. Also how the new floor is fixed to stop any movement back and forth, i'm assuming they have tied it to the wall but its not clear from the photo.

Another electrician at work reckons that if you take a 110v halogen floodlight and fit it with a 240v plug and plug it in it will work, only dimmer than when run at 110v. I argued that was rubbish, it would blow the lamp, and if it did run it would run brighter given that as ohms law states...

Hi all has anyone ever used one of these http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/MTETC.html , if so do they sink flush with the ground or stick out, or can you recommend a flush fitting one.

I have a 6mm cable supplying a kitchen from a 32a mcb. the cable supplies an old wylex board which then supplies the cooker and kitchen sockets. the problem is before the cable gets to the kitchen c/u it is terminated into a socket. Is the connection to the socket acceptable

I have want to add a false ceiling in my kitchen to hide some beams. I was wondering what size timber to use and what spacing they should be for a plasterboard finish. Thanks in advance Clarke24

I have been asked to add additional sockets to an installation,the problem is some of the existing sockets are fitted within the skirting boards, the cable appears to be new but who ever rewired the house appears to have been too lazy to relocate the sockets. My question is if am to add the new...

I am about to re-wire a property but the property has an incoming earth that appears to be soldered to the armouring of the supply cable, the problem is it is only approx. 2.5mm^2, can I cut this cable back to the amour and then add a new cable connected to an earth clamp clamped to the incoming...

Is earthed metal capping just as as good as using earthed metal conduit the reason I ask is that I have to run a cable form a cooker switch to a cooker connection unit but cannot run horizontally or vertically or in any of the zones where no protection is required and the regs state i must use...

I have installed some downlights in my kitchen / diner i was told that the number of lights i have installed would overload the 6 amp breaker i have used 1.5mm cable so can i increase the size of the breaker? and how do I claculate the load of the lamps they are 60w low voltage lamps. The way i...