Ring Main - old flat

[covenantuk]

I have an old flat, built around 1910. A few days ago it managed to blow a fuse for the kitchen sockets.

On investigation, it seems that all the sockets in the house are on a 16A ring main, except for the front room which is on it's own 16A ring main. The cooker has it's own 32A fuse.

I'd budgeted for replacement of the old fuse box with a newer one using RCBs but I'm concerned about the kitchen ring main.

Is the wiring only likely to be able to cope with 16A? With a washing machine, dishwasher, kettle, fridge, freezer, toaster and coffee maker plus a computer, monitors and 3 x Sonos it's actually pretty easy to exceed 16A - I'm susprised this is the first time it's happened. When replacing the fuse box could I use a 32A RCB for that circuit?

 

[covenantuk]

Quite possible it's radial, hadn't occurred to me.

I really wanted to avoid rewiring as the kitchen is way down on the list of rooms that need refurbishment. We are however doing the hall and bedrooms so I'll get a quote to replace the fuse box and have those rooms rewired onto another circuit. That'll reduce the load a bit and I'll get them to run a new circuit as far as the kitchen door so that it's easy to rewire when we do eventually refurb that room.

Thanks guys