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Very helpful, Thank-you !

I have removed the cooker control box to view the cabling behind, and it runs from the floor up. I am quite happy to cut new holes and fit timber back braces set behind, for the new boxes to screw into. I had in mind to re-use the cut-outs to glue into the old holes. If not practical I would...

Can anybody advise please on the above subject. I have a kitchen built partly into roofspace, with sloping walls etc. It has been necessary to install false walls that have been made of heavy chipboard, otherwise the slope would have been down to about 2ft. The electric points have been...

I thought also, that if you add any cable for an extension at an existing point, you had to leave the old point exposed and covered with a plate. This would not be acceptable on the wall about to be re-tiled. Can the existing electric points be raised up the wall by extending in an...

Thinking about it I guesss you are right in that respect, I was thinking of of the workmanship more than the spec. It appears to have been very well made, maybe before such considerations were regulated.

It is chipboard yes. The original fitters did a very professional job, and they used the heavy duty flooring chipboard for the partition. I had thought that adding extensions to the existing points for the purpose of re-positioning would not be acceptable for safety reasons. Re-wiring...

Thanks for answering FOXHOLE. I did prefer that solution originally but the wall in question is a chipboard false wall added to the end of the room space inside the gable end of a kitchen partly in roofspace. Otherwis the roof slope would go almost to floor level. When I removed the cooker...

Thanks for the reply speed - I had of course though of that solution but - 1. I wonder if the normal upstand will look OK cut-down ? 2. It would have to be very accurately cut to sit perfectly along the worktop such in long lengths without any undulations showing, and not an easy shape...

Having carried out a lot of refurbishment to our old kitchen we would like to fit an upstand around the back our newly fitted worktops. Unfortunately there are electric points that are only 6 cms above the worktop, not leaving enough room for a standard size upstand. In spite of this it...

I have checked out all the relevant safety aspects regarding connection for the above before proceeding with the purchase. It is only a simple single oven with a maximum of 2.8Kw. A switched fused connection will be used to replace the previous 13amp socket, but on unpacking the appliance I...

I have checked the consumption rating for the new oven which is listed at 2.85Kw total. Divided by 230v surely this only amounts to just under 13 amp if it were being used to full capacity ???

We have a ceramic hob with a separate electric oven beneath, both of which are supplied from a 30 amp cooker circuit from the domestic board. These were already installed in our flat before we bought it. The Hob is hard wired to a cable provided for the purpose, and the oven has a separate...

Anybody know whatever happened to quality paintbrushes that let you get a good finish ? I don't mind paying for a good brush, but I have yet to find any worth buying. Even those that are sold as SUPERIOR, and consequently cost more, still bear more resemblence to a bunch of twigs than a...

Hi, There is a master valve from the heater tank that shuts off all hot water, both to the kitchen and the bathroom. I switched off from there. Full normal pressure is restored now to the bath and basin in the bathrom, though as said this has never been very high pressure anyway...

Thanks for your replies guys. The hot water pressure is quite low in the bathroom and always has been, it has noticeably lessened at the kitchen sink since the new tap however. The Washing machine was filling perfectly before I turned the valves off and the valves have only been returned...

I have recently replaced the kitchen sink together with the monoblock mixer tap for which the mains and hotwater feeds were turned off. The spurs that supply the washing machine from beneath the sink were also turned to the OFF position using the usual red and blue isolators to prevent...

Important point Rojaca , many thanks for drawing attention to it. I will check for the correct kit, and get the job done properly. Thanks again.

Sounds like good advice - many thanks for your help mate.

Thanks for your response PRS1. It has nothing but a 6bar pressure valve with a twist knob, which when turned allows a flow of water through. It's only a small heater, 10 litres I believe. The drain pipe from the valve just keeps dripping. Since I tried releasing some flow to clear the...

I have a heater as above, which has been in use for some years, and have recently had a very slow dripping from what appears to be the overflow outlet from the pressure relief valve. I have turned the valve on and off, releasing a flow to try to clear it, but it just returns to slow dripping...