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My neighbour a few doors up has a massive self built structure which is way above the regulations and he didn't apply for planning permission. I had a planning officer around when I tried to put up a wooden framed building (never even got the frame up) who informed me that it was the wooden...

I'm looking to put up a large garage / workshop for personal use on land to the rear of my house. We have a garden, 200ft long and 19ft wide and I have had 30ft of that concreted to 1.5ft deep with reinforcement. I am hoping to build a steel framed building, clad with metal corrugated sheet...

Looking for a bit of advice on our washing machine. It's a Bosch Classixx 1200 Express (WAE24162UK) and until now has been faultless in operation. However last Sunday it began to trip the mains about 10 minutes into a cycle. The main panel lights up, the drain pump seems to work, the motor...

Hello, I have just been given a Bosch Exxcel 'Auto Option' dishwasher which doesn't run correctly. The model type is S9LT1B. The problem is that the dishwasher will allow me to run a program, but it doesn't seem to progress into the Wash cycle correctly. For example: *I put the...

The loft conversion company did all the structural work (eventually, after much to and fro) and roofing/cladding. I have done stud walls, insulation, floors, fire doors, windows etc. The BC people have agreed that I can route the cables through prescribed voids built into the stud wall...

Thanks for that. I have done the measurements (sheathing and conductor) and indeed it appears to be 4mm. Sheathing is 11.9x6.25mm (snug) and it's multistrand cable at around .85mm in diameter per strand (or as near as I can measure it) which adds up to 2.87mm right? It may be slightly less...

That sounds great - there is a double socket right below the stairwell, easy to access and good to chase in new cable as it has to be plastered above anyway. I got my measuring gear out and the diameter is above 4mm per core. I say above because I would have needed to compress the insulation...

Thanks again echoes. :D I couldn't find any information on the sheathing other than the manufacturers details. Given that 4mm it is! Do I 'extend' from the last socket on the branch and daisy chain from there? I have identified where this is on the wall. I only need 3 doubles for...

Building control have been involved at all stages. It's been a drawn out process and I have liaised with them on the structural side as we needed calcs from engineers due to the size of the conversion and dormer. I've put in internal walls and the staircase plus all insulation and...

Yes, 4mm (or slightly more) with copper stranded conductors. Is there any way (better/closer images) to determine more accurately?

Thanks for the confirmation. Light isn't a problem as I have auxiliary (battery) lighting in the access areas/corridors. I'll do that Again, I don't mind checking that out. Most of the lighting is low wattage anyway for energy consumption reasons. I'm looking into interlinked mains...

Thanks for the reply echoes. I'm not sure they are radials. :? On testing 3 different sockets I get no continuity and that's all I have to go on. The MCBs are 32A and can be seen below. The mains MCB's are on the left and the cable seems to be considerable. It was...