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    earth bonding with copper and plastic piping

    Hi, I can get to all of the pipework what I can't get my head round is how you bond the pipework. 10mm earth cable with bonding tags, join the pipes without cutting the cable but then connect to what? Sorry but never done bonding before. Do I have to join the plastic pipes? :?
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    earth bonding with copper and plastic piping

    That doesn't sound very good. :(
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    earth bonding with copper and plastic piping

    Hi sorry I didn't make it clear. The earth cable goes from the stop cock copper pipe inside to the electric meter box outside. As for the pipework it is copper pipe cold water supply to the boiler and then copper from the boiler to first floor, plastic for about 1m of bends then copper to...
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    earth bonding with copper and plastic piping

    Hi, I have just finished the electrics on my extension and loft and will soon be having it checked at first fix. I am stuck on the earth bonding that is required on my house. There is 10mm earth cable going from the gas box to the consumer unit and 10mm earth going from the mains water supply...
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    live wire on lighting circuit when fuse at consumer unit off

    thanks for all the info I need to do some checking with the junction boxes containing the landing light.
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    how many wires can go into a lighting 20amp junction box

    Thanks for the replies. The junction boxes do say max 4 x 1.5mm cables on the bottom but everything is secure and screwed down. Shall I alter the wiring to fit 4 cables?
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    live wire on lighting circuit when fuse at consumer unit off

    I will have a look to see if the landing light is in this junction box, thanks.
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    live wire on lighting circuit when fuse at consumer unit off

    Hi I seem to have a low votage live wire on the first floor lighting circuit when the fuse is switched off at the consumer unit. I realised this when it tripped the unit and the electrics went off. Upon testing I found that I needed to switch the ground floor lighting fuse off to clear the...
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    how many wires can go into a lighting 20amp junction box

    Hi in my loft there are a few heavy duty 20amp junction boxes for the lighting circuit with about six wires going in. Is this okay as far as safety and regulations are involved?
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    wiring for bathroom extractor fan with timer

    Hi, I am having trouble with wiring diagrams for connecting an expel-air dx100t to my bathroom light using junction boxes. I realise that there are a lot of posts to do with connecting to the switch or light rose but mine are all junction box connections. The fan has a timer and I am using 3...
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    SKIMMED COAT OF PLASTER CRACKING STRAIGHT AWAY

    Hi thanks for that I didn't realise it would get this porous. I will try the pva night before and again on same day thanks :)
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    SKIMMED COAT OF PLASTER CRACKING STRAIGHT AWAY

    Hi about 2 months ago I sand and cement rendered my bathroom walls upstairs using 4:1 mix and also water proofer. When I come to skimming it with multi-finish plaster 10 mins after the first coat goes on it starts to crack. I previously PVA'ed it before I mixed the plaster then again directly...
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    3 way switching and 2 gang intermediate

    Say no more. Sorted thanks :o
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    3 way switching and 2 gang intermediate

    Hi I have just set up 2 way lighting in my new kitchen using a junction box method that some of the lighting was already using. for example the switched cable run to a junction box which had the 3 core and earth cables to two switches this works the lights on and off perfectly. When I tried to...
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    best route for kitchen socket cables

    Thanks for the quick reply. I will consult an electrician. I did think of getting everything ready first before inviting an electrician but now I realise they should be included in the design stage. :D
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    best route for kitchen socket cables

    Hi I am just about to lay the cable for my kitchen sockets and I just wondered what the best practice was. 1) Cables routed from ceiling to socket up again across and down to next socket. 2) Cables from the floor up to socket then down, across and up to next socket. 3) Cables from floor or...
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    routing cable in ceiling

    Thanks for the fast reply. It is rcd protected and it won't get hot. Thanks Again :lol:
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    routing cable in ceiling

    Hi can I route socket and lighting cable through the space in my ceiling without going through the beams. The space has been created by lowering the ceiling under new steelwork. The gap is about 50mm. I do understand about the regulations and I do have to have the work checked. Any advice...
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