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Need to buy some bricks for a garage. Approx. 3m by 5m and standard height with apex roof. Can anyone suggest how much i should expect to pay for the brick? And ways of getting the brick at the right price? thanks ______________________ moderator please note 9

Is the attached garage of a dwelling within the equipotential zone? The garage holds the boiler and associated pipework. Obviously the boiler will require a supply. But i was wondering if a 10mm earth is required out to the pipework? thanks

Checking a house and found 1. Immersion wired in 1.5 mm and protected by a 15A rewireable. 2. Double socket spurred off a cooker switch in the kitchen. Has anyone any solutions? Does the immersion need rewired or a smaller fuse installed and is this likely to trip? thanks as always.

Fault finding on a bell circuit... Three bells are installed on a circuit along with a push and a transformer. When 2 bells are connected the push will ring the connected bells. However when 3 bells are connected they will not ring. I think each bell is rated at 0.5 A. However the transformer is...

A chap has a garage which is being converted into an office. Standard set-up of boiler in garage and central heating controls in the house (timeclock). At the boiler he has a 'house pump' and 'boiler' switch and also a separate 'garage pump' for the rad in the garage. The idea being to run the...

gents. anyone any experience of installing a pump in a garden for a sceptic tank. What size is the pump likely to be and is RCD protection necesssary? cheers

i am removing a counter in a shop. There are various compuetr points linked back to a main panel. I have never removed pc points before and was wondering if there are problems associated with doing so? cheers

On the schedule of inspections, under (c) Protection against indirect contact - When is the 'Presence of residual current device' box ticked? Also the 'Use of Class 11 equipment' - Does a double insulated emergency light fitting fall with this? thanks

Gents, What is required in a 'handover document' for a small commercial electrical installation? The installation consists of the usual circuits. Also included is a fire alarm and emergency lighting. I never heard of a handover doc before - only issued certs. - so any help is...

A 3 phase isolator is labelled as being 25A. Is this 25A per phase or a total of 25A over the 3 phases? cheers

Isolator or switched-fuse? Should there be an isolator of a switched fuse between the REC incomer and a cu? I have heard conflicting advice on this. In fact, it was suggested that nothing is needed in between. The run is approx 16 metres. thanks

Does a bathroom containing a shower require a fan for ventilation? The bathroom has an openable window... thanks as always

How do you tell if armoured cables are 90 degrees c thermosetting or 70 degrees c thermoplastic? cheers

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Does the exterior of a portacabin requiring earthing? Would it be considered an extraneous conductive part?

what is the meaning of the 1,4 Ah on the side of my 12v cordless drill? cheers

Bathroom - Copper pipes with plastic push on fittings/joints - supplementary bonded or not? ta

A portable building has a 3 way board controlled via 63a 100mma trip. This is fed via a messy three phase tns system. The protable building has lights, sockets & heater circuits. The electrical components were installed and certified by the party supplying the building. Surely the board...

Ive seen architects drawings that indicate a minimum clearance between the bottom of a bathroom door and the FFL. I appreciate this will vary for different size bathrooms and their ventilation requirements, but is there a 'rule of thumb' or guidelines available? thanks

Fitted a fan into a bathroom with a 'power shower', which produces a hell of a lot of steam. The bathroom is approx 10 feet X 6 feet X 7 feet. The fan was a Manrose 4 inch inline fan with timer. Some observations: the fan does not adequately extract the steam. there is an obvious...