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While at the suppliers sorting out the lighting problem you helped me with I attempted unsuccessfully to find a lockable box for a grid switch, perhaps you may have some suggestions?. What I require is a lockable cover/box to go over a grid switch that measures approx 150mm by 190mm this is so...

I am helping a friend with re fitting a bar and kitchen in a small snooker club.The owner has asked us to fit spotlights to two outside walls to illuminate his car parking area which measures about 30 metres long and 8 wide down either side of the building. The previous floodlights have been...

Went to my brothers today to try and help with his lighting problem.The light in his hall which is on its own switch and and his up stairs landing light which is 2 way switched from hall and landing have stoped working, all other lights work fine.I first isolated at main cu breaker and checked...

My electrician always fits at least one smoke detector per floor and a heat detector in the kitchen, all interlinked and on a dedicated supply when carrying out a domestic rewire. I was wondering is the heat detector in the kitchen mandatory or just good practice. I ask because the kitchen I am...

Went to see a pair of new build semis today to find out when I can get in to fit the kitchens and I saw something I have not seen before. The cable routing holes through some of the joists where visible, (much has already been boarded) have been drilled and sleeved, the sleeves look to be...

I would like to add an ensuite to my main bedroom. The ensuite would have a basin, a WC and a shower. My problem is the drains and soil pipe is on the other side of the house and a concrete drive and a decked patio makes it difficult to add another drain.I have searched the internet but cant...

Just finished plastering an outbuilding workshop and got my electrician back to second fix and self certify.After much cursing about his own stupidity he informed me he had used 1.5 twin brown instead of blue and brown for the lighting lool.I have worked many times with him befor and never had...

Just refurbishing abathroom and would appreciate some advice please.I am not an electrician but try to ensure a job is left safe as well as funtionaland looking pretty.The shower is on a 10 mm radial 45 amp MCB and RCD protected, the extractor and blower heater are in zone 3 and on the upstairs...

I have just started to renovate a bungalow for a customer- new kitchen, bathroom, complete re plaster, rewire and small conservatory.Apart from the electrics where I will be using a self certifying electrician the job was straight forward enough, but now she wants a detatched garage. Along side...

Just finished re tiling 2 toilet blocks in a pub. The landlord is downlight barmy and asked me to replace some downlight bulbs, 20 lights in total and 9 of these were not working . he gave me new lamps and I changed them. As I was about to throw the old lamps away I noticed that their contact...

Would anyone please advise? I have for a number of years worked on kitchens, bathrooms and small building projects and up to the introduction of part P of the building regulations carried out the necessary electrical works myself. from the introduction part P I have used a friendly electrician...

I am a kitchen fitter with no electrical formal qualifications. A sparkey friend of mine says that from a ring final circuit at any given socket on that ring you can take a spur/ radial to up to 3 13amp double sockets from that ring provided they are connected with 4 mm cable. I think this is...

Hi guys I am doing 1st & 2nd fix carpentry on a site, the bulk of my tools are 110 volt but I still need to charge batteries on my impact drivers etc and to get the use of a 230v socket in the designated area is difficult to say the least. Could anyone give me a link or suggest a reasonably...

I am building a kitchen and lounge extension for a customer and have got to the 1st fix electrics stage.I would be happy to carry out this work after first informing building control but frankly do not have the time so got him to call a sparks.The electrical work consists of additions to the...

hi guys can anyone advise ? A customer uses his house as his office , he has hard wired smoke alarms with 5 of them linked together. He now has a deaf person working with him and would like to have beacons as well as sounders.Does anyone know if there is either a combined unit that could be...

Can anyone please help? The electrical contacts on the heater panel on my friends 106 have come adrift. They appear to have been originally soldered so we tried to re solder but had no joy any suggestions please.

Hi guys your suggestions would be much appreciated An aquaintance of mine asked me if I would board and skim a kitchen extension and router cut 2 worktops clamp and fit ,he also asked me to put him in touch with an electrician friend. I must explain this customer although a very nice chap is...

My brother bought his house off the council of the council about 3 years ago and I am giving him a hand with the refurbishments .With regards the electrics we will get an electrician to replace the old rewireable board with split MCB/RCD cosumer unit.We have found that the old red& black T&E to...

I am fitting a bathroom for a customer who has had a conservatory built across the complete rear width of his house using different trades to carry out various aspects of the works.His builders ran 2.5 T&E in the cavity to 2 twin metal back boxes on each extremity wall the one butting up to the...

I am fairly new to this brilliant site, not good with computors and type very slowly. I read a lot of posts and replies and have submitted a few short posts (2 or 3 liners) successfuly.My problem is I am trying to submit a 9 line post but when I spell check and click submit I lose the post.I...