Recent content by mark-s

There is a basic fusebox in the salon with RCD's so would be connected to that plus I'll get an electrician to connect the cable to the house fusebox where an rcd could be fitted. I suppose this is how its connected now, its just done via connecting to the house socket ring rather than directly...

Yes its black pipe and i can use plenty of yellow warning tape. Forgetting the legal, healthy and safety etc side of things and from what I've read, using normal cable instead of armoured would have no difference on the performance side of things its purely just that the armoured gives the...

I'm currently renovating a house and the next job is to send power out to what will be a small dog grooming salon. At the moment we live in rented property, the salon is run off a length of 2.5 twin and earth running off a socket in the kitchen, this goes to a fusebox in the salon. I know this...

Great, thanks very much, I was hoping it was as simple as that!

I currently have a switch on the landing to turn off the light. There is also a switch downstairs with an existing 3 core and earth wire running upstairs to the upstairs switch. I just need a little help on how to wire the downstairs switch into the upstairs one. The image shows how the...

Ladder??

I'm currently renovating a house and the next step is some painting in a few of the rooms. It seems to make sense that I Paint the Skirting before I fit it (less cutting in). So I have 2 questions.... I'm going to paintbthe Skirting anthracite grey, from what I've read, eggshell seems to be the...

That sounds ideal, so I can get this 100% in my head. I'll run the internal one to a discreet place on an external wall. I can then run the external one from that point to the front gate. The installer can then connect the 2 wires on the outside of the house and then they can connect from the...

That sounds like the best idea, I'm installing underground ducting anyway from front gate to house, I'll install the longer cable with the black connector in the ducting and have the other one running from the hall to where the ducting comes in. That way they have 2 bare ends, if they can...

That's the reason I'm installing it myself. I spoke to a guy from openreach who gave me the cable with the green connection and told me to route this to where I want the router. I was hoping this cable would be long enough to reach to the front gate but it's not. Does anyone know if the bare...

I've run cat 8 all through the house. I need to run the fibre from the front gate (about 50 meters) to the hallway in the centre of the house. The router will be located in the hall and then the cat 8 will take internet to all the separate rooms.

I'm currently renovating a property so while I can get access under floors etc I want to run my cables. The one I'm confused on Is how broadband fibre is installed. I know the green connection goes into the box that's fitted in the house, this box would then be connected to the router. I'm not...