Recent content by garydc

Thanks all, I am cracking on. No way I'm going back now or making the room any smaller. Need to get done, so I can move onto our extension. "show them and tell them its 75mm".....i like the sound of this

Oh dear, that doesn't sound too good. I'm also rendering the outside walls, and inside using foil backed Gyproc Wallboard Duplex over the studs, then plastering. Does that bring me within the 0.28 suggested value. Should also point out that the 2 external walls have an additional skin of...

We're currently doing a garage conversion, its 103mm single skin walls with centre piers. Detached from house, and relatively small, so a P/A value of 1. We've entirely blackjacked the walls and floor, laid a DPM, built a 3"x2" timber stud wall at 600mm centres and noggins, with 50mm Celotex...

The heaters havent been bought yet, only about to start converting garage to habitable building. Electrician said they would be low kw, and yes he's registered. SWA sounds right, he did mention armoured a few times and i could see at its ends the 3 wires were steel. But not sure type and size...

Separate garage. The power runs from our house main fuse box into the garage, distance of 5m, initially tacked round the side of the house, then 1ft underground and finally into the garage. This cable is currently being replaced, electrician said it was a "16" and being replaced for a thicker...

I'm guessing the receipt would help, as I'm no electrician... Cable Twinearth 2.5mm 50m Grey M/T Rectangular Channel White 2mx13mmx8mm 4x GET 13A 2 gang switched 18x Cable 6mx1m 7/1 04 Black GET Plateswitch 2 gang 2 way GET Spur DP Switched Fused 13A I asked my electrician, he said...

I'll try my best to answer these. We're upgrading our 16A cable running from our house to the garage, to a 32A cable. Our old garage MCB is 25A, though maybe changing it. Then it has new wiring for 4 double sockets, 2 lights and 2 electric heaters. All of these at least in part run through...

Doing a garage conversion, Build Regs guy told me that I have to fill the void in the ceiling that reaches out to the soffits, with expanding foam. However, electrician has since came in and used the same void to run a few electricity cables through, say 5 or 6 cables with max 1m length. Am I...

We're currently doing a garage conversion, bit of a case of some DIY and tradesmans help. Its 103mm single skin walls, no cavity, etc. We've entirely blackjacked the walls and floor, 3 coats, laid a 1200 gauge DPM to 30cm, now about to start building a timber frame stud wall with...