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  1. P

    Chasing conduit to a wall mounted TV and height regs

    I've just recently had the shell of an extension built and will be doing most of the interior except for electrics and gas. I'm planning to chase the walls for where I'll bed in the new conduit to the location of sockets etc before any plastering is done and know the regs on the minimum and...
  2. L

    Wall sockets in utility room not working but there is power to them Nothing has tripped fuses ok

    Sockets in utility room not working but power reading when checked with meter Consumer unit hasn’t tripped Lights ok
  3. kingamajick

    Insulating a stud wall with existing cabling

    I'm currently renovating a my new home which is a late Victorian house, and I've plaster off a couple of stud walls in my office. With in the room, there are currently (The house was rewired around 7 years ago). 1 Run of 1.5mm T + E for the lighting Circuit (running from floor to ceiling ~2.7m...
  4. E

    Wall chaser recommendations

    evening folks, looking for recommendations for a 240v wall chaser and extraction system. id rather pay for quality to take the pain out of chasing and tidying up, ideally comment on chasers you actually use yourselves. much appreciated Shane
  5. M

    Cables in cavity with cavity wall insulation

    I'm slowly attempting to upgrade and rewire the house I'm in. Started by doing the consumer unit. Got the dno replacing my cable coming as its way past its sell by date. Got a lot of help off guys on here with what to do so thought I'd come back for some more advice The consumer unit is at the...
  6. nyDIYelectric1

    Adding electric to thin interior basement wall ( w/ furring strips)

    It's common in the US to build interior basement walls on masonry using furring strips covered with sheet rock. Is there a proper way to add electical outlets to these walls and is it required by code?
  7. M

    Smoke alarm on wall

    Smoke alarms mounted on wall
  8. DJAndy

    Live cables hanging out of wall

    Is it common for electricians to leave cables hanging out of the back boxes with just a tiny bit of tape over the live ends between fixes? Job I was called out to last night to get the lighting back on had this in a one room flat that was being renovated. With a combination of a water leak and...
  9. captaincaveman

    25mm SWA for tails chased in wall

    Hiya. I suspect I already know the answer to this but I would welcome any opinion from anyone who's tried it... Moving a domestic consumer unit 2M up a wall. Ideally I don't want to use trunking. Debating whether I could get away with 25mm SWA chased into the wall but I don't recall using 25mm...
  10. R

    Best way to extend a single back box into double on already tiled wall?

    Customer wants 1 single socket outlet turned into double point on his kitchen wall which is tiled already with single box hole cut out Is it best to measure out the space required to fix double back box , drill multiple holes around the edges and go round it with angle grinder diamond disc...
  11. N

    Ice gets build up in vegetable container and on wall back in the neff fridge .defrosted 2 months back

    Hi there, My neff fridge is out of warranty. I Defrosted it 2 months bk.now slowly ice has started building up inside the vegetable container and on wall behind it.all of other areas are perfectly fine in terms of freezing. Pleasesuggest..atttaching photos of same.. Also is there anything in...
  12. R

    Cable ran through wall back box but back box needs upgrading?

    I had a job today and i’m back at it again tomorrow. The customer wants a new chrome fitted USB socket installed in his kitchen, but the current metal back box is 25mm. I need to upgrade this back box to 35mm, came across this a million times, no problems at all. With this one though there...
  13. H

    Wall socket

    Is it ok to spike a socket across an inner wall Have wired in a few sockets and one is above a cross beam in an inner wall that i wanted to drop down but hole in beam only enough for one twin and earth Cant get access to open or drill hole as its behind splash-back But across from where i want...
  14. H

    Room prewired for fans with lights. question about switches.

    I just moved in and had rooms prewired for fans. There are two switches on wall. My new fan has remote controlling fan and light. I removed ceiling fixture which had two bulbs. From ceiling are two sets of black and white wires and on set had ground. My fan only had one black and one white and...
  15. D

    Disconnected wires in wall

    Hi :) I'm looking to redo my kitchen early next year and am hoping to remove a defunct central heating timer from the wall and replaster. Once the timer is removed there will just be an exposed T+E from the wall which is disconnected (tied in a knot and buried in insulation) at the other end...
  16. alekdavis

    Need kitchen undercabinet lighting controlled by a wall switch

    I am not an electrician, so have a hard time figuring out what to do for kitchen undercabinet lighting (for a brand new kitchen). My requirements are: 1. Hard wired (can be plugged into an outlet of a circuit). 2. Controlled by a wall switch. 3. Dimmable (via a wall switch) would be nice but...
  17. C

    UF cable though block wall

    I am replacing some electrical outlets in the basement of my home. The previous wiring was 12 gauge 2 conductor only, with no ground. I am planning to run 12 gauge 2 conductor with ground. I would think that the best wire to use inside the block wall would be the grey wire that is rated for...
  18. G

    Changing out old 80's wall light switch , help needed :)

    Trying to change out an old 1980 dual wall ceiling fan light switch , but the old wiring doesn't seem to have the same type of wiring as the new switch we bought. Inside of the old switch it looks as though they split and then soldered the black wiring underneath the casing so they could...
  19. S

    Makita SG1251 Wall Chaser

    have any of you got the new Makita SG1251 wall chaser and if so what do you make of it?
  20. gazdkw82

    Storage wall heaters

    I need to put some storage heaters in a large room. It's around 50 square meters. Energy efficiency is my number one priority. What is the leading energy efficient technology when it comes to wall heaters? Last time I fitted some, infrared was the leading form

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