I am renovating my 6m x 7.6m bedroom, I want to have some LEDs to go around the ceiling and then some around my desk and shelves. Can someone recommend which retailer has the highest-quality LEDs?
Hi, I would like to add a new socket in the bedroom.
Current room configuration:
3 existing sockets - wiring coming from the bottom (under the floor)
master fan - wiring coming from the attic
2 light switches - wiring coming from the attic
To legally, in respect to the UK regulations, can I...
Hi I have a 1 bedroom appartment from 1954.
I opened my breaker box to find out what the extra double 20 amp was used for and I realized that it's disconnected.
15 amp goes for the lighting and the plug 120V outlets of the appartment.
20 amp the whole kitchen
double 20 amp is the hot water
40...
Hi Guys,
just before i call the sparks out, am i able to remove a smoke alarm and get it in a junction box in a bedroom? they are hardwired so it will be in a junction box then hidden in the ceiling.
they are two meters away from the other one which is in the hallway. its just the room is...
I've noticed that both sockets in one of my bedrooms are spurs, they both have just the one cable going into them. I checked the nearest socket in the bedroom next door but that only has two cables going into it, so they can't be feeding off that? Anyway to tell if these two sockets are safe and...
Outlet in bedroom stopped working. Replaced receptical and breaker.... Power out of breaker is good but no power at outlet. We have an old house and I have no idea where or how to trace the wires in walls that are old plaster. I'm totally lost.
I'm sure this question has been asked to death, so apologies! But just wanted some direct confirmation that my intended wiring setup is going to be completely fine/not fine.
I'm currently planning on having my combi boiler relocated to a kitchen cupboard prior to a kitchen remodel. There is...
I am installing two wall sconces in my primary bedroom on either side of the bed. The staright up install isn't an issue but then again, I can never just install something normally. My goal is to have a switch on each side of the bed that can turn on both lights, turn off the light on the switch...
My father, who lives a long way away and who is very independently minded, is having a small downstairs bedroom converted to take a built in spa hot tub. From what I can gather talking to him about this, the spa people will replace the two, double gang sockets with Maintenance Free junction...
I’m after some advice. I have a single socket in a bedroom where I’m putting some panelling. On the panelling I’m wanting 2 double usb sockets (one each side of the bed).
First question: Should I install a 20A unswitched flex outlet plate in place of the single socket to feed the 2 double usb...
I am replacing some bedroom lights for my girlfriends parents, their old ones stopped working, they where built in LED bulbs with a live and neutral coming from the fixtures, so I am replacing them with newer lighting fixtures, it is straight forward, put the cables into the relitive parts but...
Here is another question. In my bedrooms 1 light is earthed and two are not. The lights are pendants..All plastic fittings. I have been told there needs to be further investigation. The investigation apparently needing to get up in to the loft to look for the earth. This is a problem for me as...
I wired 3 plate method loft light from supplying from my sisters bedroom light ceiling rose, the only way the loft light I fitted tuned on is if my sisters bedroom light was off, so then I it was really bugging me I went back to my connections supplying the loft light at my sisters ceiling rose...
Hi guys,
I have a double socket in my bedroom already but its not really enough and would love another double socket... i have the socket itself and have the tools to do it, i have the 25mm double earth wiring , i wanted to add a spur from the socket thats already there but when i undid the...
I've recently had an electrician round to wire in some new sockets in the bedrooms. While looking at them today I believe he has just spured 1 socket and then spured to the next on the back wall. I can see the cables going from one socket to another so I know it is not tapped of a ring. Is there...
Hi guys, I'm a retired electrician and been out of the game for many years.
A friend of mine is in the process of buying a 1980's property.
What would be a typical average rewire cost be of a 2 bedroom bungalow?
I know it all depends on what the customers requirements are etc.
I've told my...
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