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Hi. Currently have one outside light that has an outside switch fed from the boiler fused spur (see photos). can this be converted using outside junction boxes and conduit so that I can have 3 lights at various positions (see photos). I naturally understand that this is probably a job for an...

Hi. In the process of changing bedroom around and want to move radiator from bottom of bed to outside wall, either in corner or under the window. Can the feed pipes go along the top of the skirting board rather than having to take the carpet and floorboards up. Is that ok as a permanent...

Hi Viewing a house on Friday that I am quite interested in buying. Currently has a single garage at bottom of garden and am wondering how hard it would be to get someone to extend it into a double width as there is space in garden next to it. Would have it with a single double width roller...

Hi Viewing a house on Friday that I am quite interested in buying. Currently has a single garage at bottom of garden and am wondering how hard it would be to get someone to extend it into a double width as there is space in garden next to it. Would have it with a single double width roller...

Hi Viewing a house on Friday that I am quite interested in buying. Currently has a single garage at bottom of garden and am wondering how hard it would be to get someone to extend it into a double width as there is space in garden next to it. Would have it with a single double width roller...

Hi. Wanting advice on a house I am thinking of buying. It currently only has a very small toilet and shower downstairs about the size of a standard cloakroom which is totally not practical. Have a spare bedroom upstairs that could be converted but not sure how I would get the waste to the soil...

Hi. Wanting advice on a house I am thinking of buying. It currently only has a very small toilet and shower downstairs about the size of a standard cloakroom which is totally not practical. Have a spare bedroom upstairs that could be converted but not sure how I would get the waste to the soil...

Hi All I’m soon to be having a waterproof external socket installed in the back garden. Is it possible to wire some kind of LED floodlight to a 3 pin plug that uses this socket ? Wouldn’t be on all the time, would just mainly be used in the summer as the evening gets dusk to sit outside for a...

Hi. I would like add an additional double socket in my lounge as a spur off of my current one. I have an unused coaxial tv socket next to it which would be an ideal location as this will never be used in the future. I would be getting an electrician to do this, but what do I get him to do with...

Just in the process of buying a “new” house. House was built 10 yrs ago and kitchen replaced just over 6 months ago. It’s got built in fridge, built in freezer, built in oven, built in hob and even a built in microwave but no built in dishwasher. There is a cupboard, that I could remove...

Hi. Just getting quotes for a full re wire of a 1900's mid terrace miners cottage. One of the electricians has said the plug sockets have to be fairly high up the walls and that the light switches have to be fairly low down the walls. Is this true or do these regulations just apply to new...

Viewing a house this afternoon but it only has a downstairs shower room. Am considering moving it upstairs into one of the current bedrooms. (Bedroom 2 on floor plans) Have attached floor plans to see if people think if it is possible and what sort of costs I am looking at to get it done by a...

Viewing a house this afternoon but it only has a downstairs shower room. Am considering moving it upstairs into one of the current bedrooms. (Bedroom 2 on floor plans) Have attached floor plans to see if people think if it is possible and what sort of costs I am looking at to get it done by a...

Hi, I know it is too late for this year but I want to think about a mega Xmas lights display for next year. I was thinking of just doing a couple of external sockets through the wall from internal ones (with RCDs of course) but have changed this to having a new, but external ring main...