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Any takers? Thanks

EDIT - sorry saw your earlier #6 post after I posted! Have a look at NoMorePly 22mm TG4 construction board straight on to joists. No need for tile backerboard so doesn't raise the height. Also no need for nogging support at the joins. They do 18mm too. I'm ready to glue/screw and it's...

The cable feeds a separate CU that powers the extension (kitchen and bedroom). I had posted previously about switching from gas to electric ovens as I had assumed it was 6mm. Then it occurred to me that even 25 years ago they might have used 10mm so took a photo, hence this post.

Thanks for the contributions and ideas. I might go into my electrical supply shop and ask them to show me both to see if that helps . (y)

I went left and right and found the same stamp - nothing in between

Already did (see my first post) - BASEC WESSEL 1999) Definitely no size - scraped it both sides!

@Rodders53. I’d feel more confident in the dimensions if it was new cable but it’s old white stuff and I don’t know if manufacturing practices/specs changed over time.

I read that too but there’s newer grey 6mm with standard earth!

Thanks, but as it’s live and I’m not an electrcian I would be wary about disconnecting it.

Just looking at this: DIYNOT cable sizes This suggests it’s too big for 6mm but could overall cable sizes have reduced over the years?

Thanks. Can’t see any other mark on it (other than above) and it’s live. Not an electrican so don’t want to touch anything.

Hello Am wondering if you can tell from the pictures whether this is 6mm or 10mm cable? It looks to be printed with WESSEL BASEC 1999 but I can’t see a size. All cores are stranded, the sheathing is 19-20mm by about 10mm. Thanks

So I think I’ve reached the point of no return with a wetroom. The floor is NoMorePly 22mm TG4 construction board on joists and as well as screwing them down you have to run a line of adhesive along the joists. I’m just worried that once it’s glued down, there’s no going back (At least I...

I meant in the context of 10mm following the same route as the 6mm, but I can see how it gets there is irrelevant. As you say it's 'start again' or find a way to get the 10mm up to the Ext CU and a 6mm down. But at least just the one 6mm! Thanks

Before my time. It’s in a cupboard and out of the way. It’d be too much upheaval to replace the 6mm to the Extension CU, but 10mm could go under the ground floor to the kitchen. Bit messy to get it up to the Ext CU but not out of the question. The cooker is currently gas and there’s only...

Any thoughts please? If it should all be controlled from the same CU, I can’t see any alternative than 10mm running from the main cupboard, under the floor to the kitchen, up to the bedroom CU, and then 6mm cable (or two?) back down to the kitchen.

It's the house's only kitchen. When the extension was built (before my time) it was moved there. So the electric for the extension (kitchen and bedroom above) runs off the CU in the bedroom, the supply into it comes from a 6mm cable that goes back to a separate switch in a cupboard in the old...

Sorry I don’t follow. If 10mm runs to the kitchen but not to the extension CU, surely it will have to be controlled from the main cupboard, while everything else will be from the extension CU?

Thanks - that's good point about gas and woks. So instead of trying to replace the 6mm from the main electric cupboard to the extension CU, It looks possible to run it under the ground floor to the kitchen. So my question is - should a 10mm run up to the CU and then run two 6mm cables down to...

No, that’s the hardest part. If I had to do that I’d stick to gas even though I’d rather have electric.