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Actually, they forgot to ask us for money . . . I checked with the council and they've said that the certificate will be held indefinitely until we decide to pay for it. That puts it rather low in the priority list for me.

Just to update - the FF was definitely on the lighting circuit. Now disconnected, and all the downstairs lights can blaze away quite happily. Dunno how a FF and 1200 watts of lighting ever managed to fit on the circuit, or whether we were at risk of an imminent fire, but cheers for all the info.

I'll give that a go tonight. Many thanks.

The builder was competent, although we had our doubts about the electrician (although new light switches were earthed, existing switches which formed part of the extension were left unearthed). Building regs inspections were cursory, frankly. Perhaps we've been guilty of buying too many...

Hi Since having an extension put in, which adds an extra 12 mains voltage downlighters to the downstairs light circuit, the consumer unit fuse thingummyjig for the circuit keeps tripping. We've since found out that the electrics in our garage (including a fridge freezer) are linked to the...

Sorry if this is a silly question, but wouldn't that still mean either going through the ceiling coving, or intersecting with the cable going down to the existing switch?

Thanks for both the detailed answers! Very helpful. The coving is a quite ornate 30s job, and I don't want to bodge it by going through the ceiling, so chasing sideways very close to the ceiling sounds best.

Hi, hope someone can help, either in terms of advice or giving me an idea of whether I need a decorator, a spark, or both. And what it would cost. Wife has decided that door into spare room needs to be rehung, before fitted home office goes in. So the light switch needs to be on the other...