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Has anyone fitted a concealed urinal cistern further away and higher up from the urinals than standard? Armitage Shanks/Ideal Standard recommend 1370mm from urinal lip to bottom of cistern and just say you shouldn’t stray from that. It would be much easier to fit it in the loft space but it...

Hi, Has anybody done a steel portal framed shed with timber purlins/sheeting rails and clad the outside with 40mm or so of PIR insulation then just fixed single skin steel sheets right onto the PIR with longer fixings? No extra plywood/OSB, battens or breathable membrane? Planwell seem to...

The planning side of matters is really the least o my worries, I can apply for retrospective if need be. My question is really, would a 250 watt metal halide light be alright with a 20amp light switch and a 6 amp b or even c type breaker?

Thanks for all the replies, very helpful! I'm not too worried about planning permission, we're quite out in the sticks here and the lights would only be on for a few hours at a time. I've only seen these lights used as portable site lights before, not as fixed lighting.... If I were to fit...

Hi, thanks for the reply! I have 2 (formerly 3) of them on other buildings yes but one of them burnt out few weeks ago. After asking a few people it seems that the driver was shot. Apparently a common problem with led flood lights as the heat sink is often not big enough? I'm a big fan of them...

Hi all, I am looking to fit two 400w metal halide floodlights to the outside of my shed. I was wondering if I can just switch them on/off with a normal light switch? Or will I need to use a contactor for this? Also I was going to put the both on separate mcb's in the fuse box, what size and...