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Definitely not swa, gotta plenty of 3 core running round the lights in the garden. At my best guess id say it's around 30mm2 on the Alu cores and slightly less on the copper outers

I believe the previous owner worked for the electricity board so probably had a bit of cable laying about. Its in a hard duct ( don't know if that's counts as mechanical protection ? ) it goes under the middle of the house then deep under ground to the bottom of the garden where it reappears in...

Hi all, I've recently moved into my own place where ive found 2 lengths of straight concentric feeding the shed about 30m away. One doing the live and one doing the neutral with the outer sheath's earthed, all into a separate cu in the house. Would anyone be able to tell me if this is up to regs ?

Hi there I found this really helpful and just wanted to add the bits I was worried about when wiring mine up. So basically you need to wire up the hive receiver to the same fused spur as the boiler as to not provide two 230v feeds to the boiler Then use a small piece of wire from the permant...

Possibly get building control to come have a look

Personally as you have a fair part of the stump left i would dig around it about a foot then wrap around a strop and put a turfor on it , then cut off the roots as they get smaller or as they no longer become a nuisance to you . or if you dont want to hire a turfor, cut it with a cheap £10...

hire a kango breaker for a day to take out the concrete, it will slice through the concrete like butter. i second not liking metposts, just another thing to go wrong

Hi yeah i was thinking about this and i don't really know what to do instead unless i come across some double glazed windows .... or maybe even think about losing some wall space for a big window still not really to sure. I have made up a few more models of a sloped shed with a blank south...

yeah i know but ill risk it considering 2 of my neighbors have only just built there sheds, so if they complain ill dob them in ;)

Hi thanks, i started designing a flat roofed version but not in detail yet as im not to sure of the spacing between the studs ... i was thinking of running perspex along the top above the doorway and walls as id like to keep all wall space for storage the shed is south facing aswell :D I...

hi thanks for the link, seems really helpful .. i don't think planning would be a problem considering my existing shed is close to the boundary line and is quite a way over the height regulations , and my surrounding neighbors have outbuildings taller than regulation

Hi all im looking for some advise on a project i have planned to do this summer (if it comes) , as my current shed is getting old and started to lean dramatically i have done a few quick sketches of what i want on google sketchup but nothing is set in stone the peak on the roof is...

Well probably would be your best choice is to have a second consumer unit supplying circuits you using during power cuts. You can feed the second consumer unit from a breaker in the main consumer unit and have a smaller transfer switch between the two units. like this one...

Hi you will need a generator transfer switch kit Like this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CHANGEOVER-SWITCH-GENERATOR-TRANSFER-125-AMP-1-SINGLE-PHASE-CO125PL-/281256306043?pt=UK_BOI_Materials_Supplies_Electrical_ET&hash=item417c2ea57b make sure you use a transfer switch such as this otherwise...