Recent content by kylegordon

@robinbanks yep, the heating is 1.5kW electrical input. One of these beasties - https://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/p/eiq-18wminv/electriq-eiq18wminv-wall-split-air-conditioner Best investment ever for a garage! I think the Zaptec Sense kit does that power monitoring you speak of, so fingers...

@robinbanks Not a clue. I know that diversity may be a involved but I'll leave that one to the experts. Is it permissible for garages? It's residential, but at 68sqm the council had to fall back to commercial rules for it. I agree though, the compressor, lift, etc, aren't going to be operating...

@ericmark cool, thank you for the info. This is an external charger. The garage is more of a workshop for my classic stuff :-D Fitters would be Qvanta, who I've never heard of until now. House CU picture attached if you wish. I was wrong about the feed being an RCBO, it's just a MCB. Cable run...

@ericmark fair point. We have batteries, solar and an ashp, and are on Octopus Flex already. We also mostly work from home so the car will have plenty of opportunities to charge at 5p/Kw or when there is or has been surplus solar. Quick edit addendum... this install and charger is also free from...

Hi all, I'm being asked to supply location data and overviews for an Zaptec Go EV charger install that the car dealer is providing. Before I point them at the desired location, I just want to ask if it's even worthwhile. I don't want to lead them on a wild goose chase. All of this kit has been...

We installed a lintel Turns out the voids to the side had the remains of a previous lintel still bonded in. Cleared them out and fitted a new one.

Hey all, I'm in the process of removing and blocking up an old open fireplace in my 1960s timber framed bungalow. Single skin brick exterior, suspended timber floors. Having dug out the fireplace, back boiler, hearth and fireback, we removed what turned out to be a 'modern' combined throat...

Well, just to round this one up, the main issue with using doors as ventilation is that 50% of them would have to be on the opposing wall, which this clearly wasn't going to have. I settled on an extraction fan capable of over 6ACH and operated when occupied, informed that the garage is for the...

Yeah, could fit a (small) bus through it! The building isn't planned to have any windows, but would the doors count in that case? Plenty of ventilation if the pedestrian or main doors are open. I see some references in other documentation to 'purge ventilation' where doors or windows can be...

How did you get on with this? I've just found myself in the same boat, with 68sqm, and a need to put a 3.4sqm worth of holes in the wall for natural ventilation, or 6ACH mechanical ventilation. I'm leaning towards mechanical ventilation, but just assumed I could run it when the building is...

I'm lucky enough to be getting an insulated steel 8x8.5x5 garage built, floorspace of 68m2 and volume of 261.6m3 (5m peak). I'm just working through the building warrant requests, and am stumbling at ventilation. Whilst it's for cars, it's also to be my workshop, so I'd like to keep the heat in...

Yes, sorry, 32A ring main. Was thinking of 13A plugs when I typed it out. Yep, both cables of the 32A ring main. Good to know about the isolation switches. I have no strong desire for them! Thank you for the info!

Evening all, Renovating our bathroom from the timbers up, and it's electrical time. The house (a bungalow) consumer unit is about to be replaced with a modern unit and full suite of RCBOs. The bathroom wiring has the usual lighting circuit, but above the old mirror there used to be a 1 bar...

@Alastairreid thank you, certainly puts the mind at ease. Enough stressing going on at the moment!

Afternoon all, A fair few bits of the roughcast on the house we're renovating have bossed and separated from the wall and are sounding hollow. Unfortunately a 1m corner piece has come off in the high winds today. It was at ground level, but it's revealed the DPC and torn off the bottom bead...