Recent content by Craig Farrall

Is there anyway of me knowing if this is an XLPE cable? Just to make certain the max is about 30amp (which would be ideal). The cable run will be about 20m run.

I have checked again and I can see that it says "3 x 2.5 SQ MM" - does that help?

Ok, so you aren't able to find out based on the wording on the cable itself then?

I have checked the cable and it says the following: ELECTRIC CABLE 600/1000V BS 5467 Does that help? I am not an electrician (obviously an electrician will be doing the work), but I was wondering what the capacity this would be able to provide in terms of amps used from it?

Yeah the terminology and the way I explained it probably didn't make sense, as I am not an electrician and know very little about this, hence why I am reaching out for help. I will have a look shortly to see if there is any lettering/numbering on the cable itself. I ask this question because I...

I have recently been given the attached armoured cable and I was wondering if you anyone can tell how many amps this will produce? I don't know if this is a daft question and it can't be determined by the picture, but I thought I would try. If not, is there a way I can find this out myself?

That makes sense. As I only have one bolt running through at the moment (because the sides have one too, so can't use another bolt otherwise they will hit into each other), so is there a possibility of using those, but without the bolt? So for example towards the bottom where the bolt it, I...

I should have specified in my first message - but I am wanting the decking and pergola to be a grey colour, to match with my fence panels - does that rule out using oils and would mean paint is needed?

Where would you use those, would this be anywhere where I have bolts at the minute? Will this make much of a difference, do you think?

I have recently built a pergola and decking area in my garden using timber. I am now wanting to paint everything grey, to match the fence panels and general style of everything else in my garden. Whenever I go to look at what paint is available online and read reviews, they generally keep...

I have recently built out a decking and pergola area in my garden. I must caveat this by saying I am a complete novice DIY'er, but like to get involved. I have attached a few photos of how this looks currently - but I have concerns about the top bit with the rafters from a structural...

Thanks for the response! So it looks like the approach I have taken isn't the best method. I assumed that with the help of someone that once this was semi-constructed it could be lifted / add blocks underneath to raise the amount needed and then fix to the posts etc. The nails were used to...

Hi All, I must caveat this by saying that I am a novice when it comes to DIY and this is quite a big project that I am figuring as I go along. I am building a pergola / decking area currently and I have done the majority of this from the posts, the decking and most of the cross beams. I have...

Thanks for everyones responses, I have tried to follow up with each below: This sounds like a good idea with the bricks. For the first two posts that you mentioned - does it matter which those are? Should those be diagonal or does it not matter? I have already dug the four holes in each of...

Thanks for your comment - how would you do this based on the fact the posts diagonally will be roughly 11m apart? Would you add one post in first (brace it, not concrete it yet) and then do the diagonal of that next? How would you then tackle the other two corners? Sorry for the many questions...