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He has also said that the upstairs socket rings are on 20A and should be on 32A.
If they are rings that would be most likely. A lot of homes only have a ring for the kitchen though. I know @Nef has given an accurate technical description of this but the question I would ask him is 'have you confirmed the circuit is a ring?'
Of course if it's not a ring I'd be interested in finding out why and fixing it if possible.
Airhead
Annoying electrician has struck again. Questions for the more knowledgeable folks.
Has put two new sockets in the bedroom at 450mm above the floor, when all other sockets are a more "reasonable" height. He just said "regulation", and I couldn't be fucked to talk to him anymore. Reading Part M, 450mm is only a requirement for new homes or where the rest of the home is already Part M compliant. As my house is definitely not, and we do not have accessibility issues, my argument is there was no need to mount them at a low earth orbit level. Am I wrong?
He has also said that the upstairs socket rings are on 20A and should be on 32A. The CU was only replaced recently so it's my guess/understanding that the electrician that did the CU install, because it wasn't a full re-wire, used 20A as he couldn't confirm the current carrying capacity of the existing wiring well enough or see if it ran through insulation, to be able to fit 32A MCBs. So leaving them at 20A is the sensible thing to do. Current (pun intended) annoying spark is saying they have to be 32A. Again, am I wrong?