Recent content by croz1977

Hmmm thanks all, opinion seems to be split on this one so guess ill toss a coin!

Yeah thats what i thought. one slight issue is that I already re-floored 3 of the upstairs bedrooms before i found out it was one pipe - so bloody annoying!

Hello, I have a one pipe central heating system with an 18 year old non-condensing boiler in my house. It all works fine however I am about to redecorate my enitre house including laying new solid wood floors throughout. So Im after some advice as to whether I should have a new two pipe...

Thanks, I didnt go down far enough to see the internal brickwork but there is nothing visbile on the outside walls. we have just bought the house - its early 1970's and Id say the cracks have been there for some time. Think the answer it to rack it out right down to the brickwork as...

Hello, I have recently patched up and painted a room only to find several foot long cracks which start from the window corners have reappeared just 2 days later. I removed about 1 cm thickness of plaster before re-plastering the cracked areas before painting. My question is do i need this...

Hello, I have recently patched up and painted a room only to find several foot long cracks which start from the window corners have reappeared just 2 days later. I removed about 1 cm thickness of plaster before re-plastering the cracked areas before painting. My question is do i need this...

Instead of moving them I will stick LED's in there. They shoudl be fine as they dont give off much heat.

OK thanks - do the regs allow 100% of the total Amperage then. Also would be interested on your comments on the below from http://www.dusklights.co.uk/technical-advice/fitting-downlights.html which says 33% can be added due to diversity. The calculation would be: Total Watts ÷ Voltage =...

Many Thanks Taylor - good to see some people can be helpful. The instructions def only mention a 100mm gap from insulation and a 0.5m gap below the light - nothing about joists or wood, however I do think have no choice but to move them now

Well you know sometimes I like to take a chance in life and live on the edge...plus I fitted them to the manufacturers instructions

Thanks for the usful comment - most of them where already fitted by previous owner you nobjockey. Can anyone who knows what they are talking about tell me the maximum Wattage allowed on a 5 AMP lighting circuit?

He said I should ask on this website. I felt the heat coming from the lights - although the actual lights get very hot i can easily hold my hand next to the light fitting and feel hardly any heat at all so Im pretty sure its not going to set a joist on fire

They will not be on the same time and yes i could easily switch to 35w bulbs

OK Thanks, So I need to rmeove some lights - What is the maximum Wattage I should have on this circuit? Ive tried looking it up and I cant find anything. Ive seen some guidlines that say you can go over the amperage on lighting circuits - I think this is called diversity and allows you to...

Sorry another post. I have a 5 amp downstair light circuit that is now loaded with the below: 12 x 60 w normal bulbs 23 x 50 w halogen total watts = 1870 1870 / 230 = 8.13 Amps ! However Ive had all the lights on at once at so far, so good. Is this ok?