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Outdoor lighting needs weather-rated fittings, RCD protection and a safe cable route from inside the property, which is where it differs most from indoor lighting. Bathrooms sit in between. Here is how the requirements compare and what to decide before booking.
There is no fixed age for replacing a socket. Replace it when the accessory itself is damaged or failing, or when it no longer suits how the room is used, and check first that the problem is not further back in the circuit.
You need electrical fault finding when you can see the symptom but not the cause: faults that come and go, affect unconnected areas, return after a fix or follow a leak, DIY or a new appliance.
An electrical emergency is a fault that puts someone at immediate risk of fire, shock or injury, or one you cannot make safe by switching it off. Heat, smoke, burning or fishy smells, sparking, scorching, exposed wiring and any shock are the signs that usually put a problem in that category.
In an emergency home repair, call for whatever is causing the danger: an emergency plumber for water you cannot stop, an emergency electrician for sparking or burning smells — and 999, the gas line, 105 or your water supplier when it is not a repair job at all.
Sometimes: a plug-in electric single oven going into a housing it fits is a manageable job for a careful person. Hard-wired ovens, new or upgraded circuits and gas ovens are a different matter.
