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Many grooved boards has a smooth rear face, nothing stopping you using that. The grooves do however provide grip underfoot and an easy way to space and hide the screw heads

Looks okay, I would as @catlad says bring it forward as much as possible, doesn't have to be the full depth ofc but think you're giving yourself and moreover any guest a big chance of missing that tread on the way down.

I think Taylor meant the human soup which would be brewed were you to install a spa as well.

All true in theory but if you've knowingly broken the rules and you're the one they spot - and choose to make an example of - then what the Joneses have or haven't done is immaterial.

I think the point being raised is that if there's no visible blanking plate then no one would have any reason to assume there could be cables in the safe zone from that box. Plastered over - someone may drill deep into the wall above the box for example and hit a live cable which has been...

That's a pretty solid alternative. I'll look at my options. As an aside - where the cable is in the wall behind plasterboard I've heard conflicting opinions about the need for oval conduit - one recurring thread is that even if it's less than 50mm from the surface conduit isn't required since...

I think the risk of me having a brain fart and forgetting which circuit it's on is enough to put me off - you're a better man than me

Thanks for the suggestion man but I'd rather leave everything really clear for everyone else in the future. If I turned off the socket ring to change that faceplate and it was still live I'd be slightly peeved.

Wicked. It'll be the LED tv, sky box and DVD player so should be dandy. Thanks very much stem, EFL and Chivers.

Cool. If I FCU at the donor end then I can daisy chain two double sockets on the end of the spur? Thanks for your help

Right gotcha. I didn't think you could run more than one socket on a spur. I must be mistaken. If I was to take a spur off the socket and run two double sockets from there how would the wiring work? Do I run the cable into on and then off the same connectors into the other or should I install...

Cheers chivers. Does it matter much which end the FCU goes on? If i put in to the right of the donor socket then ran the cable straight upwards would that be alright or does it have to be closer to the spur socket end? I think it's gonna look tidier on the donor end.

Hello DIYNot, Long time listener, first time caller :D I've trawled through search and I'm pretty satisfied with my plan but I hoped I could run it by you lot before I proceed. The problem is like this. Me and the missus just moved into a new house. Our bedroom is a rectangle about 5mx3.5m...