Recent content by Alan53

Thanks for teh advice. As they are passing through the insulation to allow them to drop in to an internal wall it sounds like my best solution is to use some 32 mm drain pipe to keep the insulation away from them. Will it be ok to just check the top of the plastic pipe is free of burrs or is...

I have put extra loft insualtion in my loft, now a total of 300mm. At the sam time I have installed additional beams at 90 degreees to existing joists supportin flooring for storage. There are 2.5mm cables for ring circuits on 32 amp mcb, 1.5 mm lighting circuits on 6 amp mcb and 10mm cooker...

Thanks All for the replies so far, The reason I am considering protection of the cables is because I use the loft area above the garage for storage of pipe, bit's of wood etc and therefore there is some risk of damage to the cables. As suggested I will probably use some bit's of wood to...

My CU is mounted in the garage and I feel that I should protect the cables running in to it. There is a 70cm run of cable before the cables go throuth the wall in to the loft. My dilema is that as there are 11 cables I believe that I shoud de rate the cables if I put them in a single run of...