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  1. timhoward

    Ideas welcome - lighting over range within chimney breast

    Customer asking for lighting for range/hob as it is really gloomy at night. Issues being getting power there, and the curved profile which is more pronounced than the picture looks. I'm interested how others would approach this one. My current (only!) idea is D-Line min-trunking over tiles...
  2. I

    need advice: questioning new line for picture light, and if box is required

    Have a contractor trying to run a new electric line to a 'picture light' over the fireplace mantle. As you can see in the photos, the entire wall has plywood beneath sheetrock (load bearing wall). - As they, nor I, have stuck our heads into the attic, they just decided to staple the new line...
  3. D

    New cooker chimney hood

    Good afternoon, Sorry for the long post but can find answers to my questions anywhere. I’m want to replace my old cooker hood for a new one. There is an fcu at the worktop level and T@E running behind the tiles into a round junction box above the extractor. The old extractor is just wired...
  4. HappyHippyDad

    Can i use a redundant chimney for extractor fan?

    Evening all.. I have just been core drilling a 105mm hole for an extractor fan in a bathroom wall. I had a good look around on my pre works visit and realised it was a wide wall (600mm) but my core drill can handle that. Got through 600mm+ and then the customer tell me that there is another...
  5. R

    UK Installing double socket on chimney with wood burner

    Is it possible to install a double socket on a chimney breast that has an active wood burner at the bottom? Looking to mount a TV above the fireplace. The fireplace has a mantle that should protect the TV from heat. Is it possible to cut out (chase??) the wall and run electrical cable up to...
  6. W

    Raggling chimney breast

    Is it okay to raggle a box for a socket into a chimney breast?
  7. happysteve

    Cutting neat notches in a stainless steel cooker hood chimney

    Eh up :) Is it possible to cut a neat notch - say arch shaped, with the arch diameter about 25mm - in a stainless steel cooker hood chimney, without either making a mess of the chimney, or breaking/burning out tools, or both? Special hole saw - or maybe regular holesaw used for steel - and...
  8. Andy78

    Cables to TV on chimney breast

    I'm rewiring my house at the minute and am faced with a situation I've never had to solve before. I want to run buried containment round my chimney breast to carry cables that aren't power to a wall mounted TV via a hairy plate. I'm thinking 2 HDMI and 1 cat6 cable so am thinking 2 x 25mm...
  9. Spike1947

    Cable run for Fixing a double socket on Chimney Breast

    Hi Would this be allowed : Fitting a double socket to a chimney breast , chased a horizontal run across the chimney breast then to the first corner then along horizontal to about 500mm to meet up with a double socket feed that comes down to a double socket and then it follows that run down into...
  10. littlespark

    Using chimney as cable route?

    I'm going to look at a job on Monday and I'm not sure if there's any regulations that I need to think about. The job is to install a wall mounted TV on a chimney breast, with the sky box and bluray player installed in the fireplace. Now obviously the fire isn't in use, and the homeowners are...
  11. H

    Running wiring into chimney breast

    Hi all, Figured the DIY area was best for this. I completed my electrical qualifications last year but as I've found a new job I like while doing them I've not gone professional so have little real world experience. Bought our first house at the beginning of the year and quickly found out the...
  12. S

    Chimney breast temperature.

    I'm trying to find out the likely maximum tempertaure that will occur on a chimney breast so I can work out what type and size of cable to use for a socket, and whether I need to move some existing cables. The chimney is granite with a clay liner and will be serving a multi-fuel stove with a...
  13. J

    Run aerial cables down chimney?

    Not strictly electrical I realise but you guys have lots of experience so thought you might have knowledge of chimneys? The chimney is Victorian and from looking at the chimney breasts to stack it is straight. Long story but I need to get 4 tv aerial cables from loft down (or from basement up)...
  14. R

    Cable Routing help required.

    Hi all. This is my first post for advice, so please take it easy on me. I am a recently qualified electrician on a completely new career change and have soon realised that qualifications mean nothing at all compared to the experience that no doubt you guys have built up over the years. I am...
  15. N

    socket getting warm due to a wood stove

    Hi all, I've recently had a wood burner installed in my lounge. The stove flue goes up through a liner installed inside the original masonry chimney. I've noticed, if the stove is burnt for several hours, the chimney breast warms up a bit. In the bedroom above the lounge there is a double...
  16. C

    Extraction for bathroom in to chimney?

    A domestic 3 bed terraced house is being refurbed into a 6 bed House of Multiple Occupancy (HMO). Three en-suites are being added all to the middle of the house by the chimney. 2 downstairs and 1 up stairs. Joist run the wrong way to duct out of the back wall and front wall has a bay window...
  17. Y

    sockets on a chimney

    Hi guys, my daughter has just bought an old terraced house and she has started to redecorate but before doing so she whants a few more sockets. An electrician is going to do the work because it will probably need a complete rewire from what I have found so far. Some of the socket locations would...
  18. C

    What is the best way to overcome the problem of shade from a chimney?

    Hi, I want solar pv panels: a 4KW system. My roof is large and south facing, but shadow is cast by a rather large chimney. Solar Edge power optimizers have been recommended by one company, but a different company has reservations about fitting this system because of the expense of scaffolding...
  19. D

    venting fan into chimney

    I've just been asked to fit an extractor fan venting into a chimney breast. I'm pretty sure that's not allowed but don't have my building regs book with me to look it up. Does anybody know the answer??
  20. O

    Distance from a metal chimney?

    Got a small job to do this week, re-routing some cables away from where a new metal chimney is going for a wood burner and I was wondering if anyone can point me at specific regs or building rules about the proximity of cables to such devices?? Thanks

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