Recent content by BillyWillySilly

Have a chap coming tomorrow morning.

I've re-traced the circuit and think this might be running a little long (might even exceed 50m). I'm going to get someone in to look at it as I wonder if I should really be powering these sockets off their own MCB. Having said all of that, just switched the Aga back on and it tripped within 30...

It is still a radial. I went back to my original sketches and remembered the plan was to extend a ring from elsewhere but it wasn't doable. The existing cable was a single one out of the cu, and I added two junction boxes to extend out and return back in. I just pulled some floor boards and can...

Hi @Adam_151. I double checked and it is not the former. My mistake. I just triggered the main switch and board pictured is still live. We have had Western Power come and upgrade the main fuse as a result of our ev install. We have certificates for the majority of works that have been done in...

Oh and to add, the master cu where the feed comes in does have rcd protected circuits.

Merry Christmas everyone. Earlier in the year we had some plastering and I took it as an opportunity to extend the ring circuit to our bootroom. That was 2 sockets plus a lighting on a 16amp mcb. It was my intention to get an electrician in to change the mcb and while I'm happy wiring...

Done! In the end there was a lot of wiggly room with the pipes so only 1 slip coupler was needed. I did worry I'd boiled some of the joints but we've had no leaks in nearly a week, and with the cold weather, plenty of heat and pressure in the pipes.

Ah ha! So this is what's you're all talking about?

yes, thats why i thought about doing the bottom one 6 inches to the right, closer to the next joist along and clipping the pipe to it.

Not slip couplers but i looked them up so I think I can see what you mean. re street elbows, yes! it was always in the plan.

What's the benefit of replacing the straight couplers? There's very little flex as to the left of the image there's a step down into the room, the pipe was bent to accommodate.

Yes, used a pipe slice. Good point, I had forgotten to ream.

The previous owners of the house did a lot of the work themselves and had this tendency to put gate valves wherever they were going to do planning work for example into an extension that had a shower. Originally there were 2 water supplies coming into the house as it was split and I suspect that...

Good idea although I don't have a pipe bender. I have a spring but am finding it useless to get in on my recycled copper pipe. Also that would mean I'd have to avoid the feed where the radiator connects. I'll have a think! Probably spend all weekend procrastinating...

I have a gate valve that feeds the hot water taps in the kitchen below, beneath the floorboards of an upstairs room. It's fully open, and I'm not touching it. Now, before I replace the floor in the room in question, should I really get htis removed? What's the likely failure risk if it never...