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    Light bulbs wattage

    Apologies for hijacking the thread, but I've been curious for a while about maximum power ratings for bulbs and would like to ask others who may understand. Say I have a light fitting that says use bulbs with a maximum power of 60w, I have always assumed this is because an old 60w bulb would...
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    Radiator cold - even after bleeding

    Thanks both. Rad has a TRV, doesn't feel stuck but obviously could be faulty. Other rads in the zone work - will have a go at balancing when I get home tonight
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    Radiator cold - even after bleeding

    Hi, I've just had an extension built with wet underfloor heating, and took the opportunity to split the heating into 3 zones. Kitchen/diner (with UFH), Lounge/hall (rads) & Bedrooms (rads). System is a combi boiler, 3 x Heatmiser Neo thermostats and 3 x S plan valves, and each rad has a TRV -...
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    Tiling and Wood floor

    Thanks - wood is 16mm and tiles are 10mm, plus adhesive for both The visible join between the two is 2 lengths each about 1m - 1.5m long, and I would have thought getting the levels to within say 2mm would look fine - is that reasonable, both in terms of looking ok and being achievable?
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    Combined tiled and wood floor

    Hi, We are about to fit flooring to a newly built kitchen / diner and will have hexagonal tiles on part of the floor and engineered wood on the rest. Tiles will cover about 12 sqm (including hall and toilet) and the wood about 24 sqm. Every tiler we have spoken to has said we should put the...
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    Tiling and Wood floor

    Hi, We are about to fit flooring to a newly built kitchen / diner and will have hexagonal tiles on part of the floor and engineered wood on the rest. Tiles will cover about 12 sqm (including hall and toilet) and the wood about 24 sqm. Every tiler we have spoken to has said we should put the...
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    Immersion heater thermostat

    Thanks Flameport, what I think you are saying is go back and do what should have been done in the first place - often sound advice
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    Immersion heater thermostat

    Hi, I've got a house with a loft conversion including a shower room. Water supply is independent of rest of house - cold water header tank, vented cylinder, electric immersion heater and a big pump. Works a treat - usually... Thermostat on immersion heater tripped yesterday, I reset but it...
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    Building Regs and Kitchen Extension

    Don't know, but that was going to be my next question. I thought it was only the supplier who could - or will they give permission to an electrician who asks?
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    Building Regs and Kitchen Extension

    I had a closer look last night, the meter tails have PVC insulation and are blue & red, whereas the CU tails have braided outer insulation and are red & black. To a non-expert replacing them doesn't look excessive
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    Building Regs and Kitchen Extension

    He's quoted £270 + VAT to upgrade the tails and replace 3 of the circuit breakers with RCD protected ones (even though only 1 is needed, so price might comes a tiny bit - but I presume the breakers are a few quid each & just pull out so not much). These are London prices but still feels a bit...
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    Building Regs and Kitchen Extension

    Hi - I've had some to and fro with the electrician on the original question of whether I need a new CU Firstly he said I needed a new CU as old one was plastic - I disproved that with the help of this forum, NICEIC helpdesk, IET website FAQs and my local council building control who all said no...
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    Building Regs and Kitchen Extension

    No, not 5 inches of wasted space. The standard service gap is 50 mm isn't it? So at worst I'm going to have 75 mm of wasted space. The 75 mm is because I have a vertical steel column that is part of the structure stopping my bathroom from falling into the kitchen. Unfortunately steel has to go...
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    Building Regs and Kitchen Extension

    That's helpful, thanks. I will have a 32A circuit for the cooker, and a 32A circuit for the sockets so sounds like I can (a) supply the cooker as if it was one appliance and just have a single unfused switch on the wall to isolate it and (b) put sockets either directly behind the fridge & DW or...
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    Building Regs and Kitchen Extension

    This was my original plan but then I realised that with dishwasher, fridge, 2 x powered velux windows, ceiling mounted extractor fan, 2 x single ovens and hob (gas, but still needs electricity) then I could end up with an awful lot of wall mounted switches. I get the point that it is very...
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