Recent content by marnerbird

I bet the plug is for an electric bar fire that they stick in the bath to keep the water warm !!!!

Apologies for hijacking the post but i'm doing a similar project. I have bonded all the pipes in the bathroom together but have not connected the earth wire to the electrical points in the bathroom yet. I have 4 separate circuits, 1 for the towel rail from the ring main, 1 for the light, 1...

Wow, what a lot of info. The reason for my question was I dont have any RCD protection or supplementary bonding in the bathroom. I've been re-wiring the house to the 16th (why have done to the 16th has already been debated in another post) all registered with LABC and have started to do the...

Hi All, Hopefully just a quick question. Currently I have a 10mm earth coming from my shower to the earth block next to the cut out (TN-S). The cable also has an earth clip connected to the cold water feed to the shower. Is this ok or should it be a 4mm earth from shower connecting to the...

I guess it could have been a N-E fault, but this happened in a lot of peoples homes in Spain and these where quite new properties on the costa blanca. Not sure if their regs are as good as ours ? Like I said, I do appreciate the use of RCD's protecting all circuits and in my case, not having...

The reason I wanted it wired to the 16th is that I lived abroad for 4 years and the apartment we rented had the same set up as a 17th edition board and the amount of times the RCD's tripped was unbelievable. I only needed to have the iron on, TV and another appliance (all brand new appliances)...

Hi Yanni I had a similar problem just before I registered a building notice for a partial rewire. The building control's website (east & south cheshire) said that I would have to arrange for a PIR to be done to satisfy them everything was in order. When I quoted Part P which states it is...

Hi Taylortwocities, I'd had a look in the airing cupboard but I think it will be easier to connect the bonding below the taps. The bathroom is going to be replaced in 6 months, so only has to be functional at the moment so I'm not to worried about dismantling the vanity unit. The sink is...

Hi Conny, I'd logged my building notice with the LABC before the 1st July when the 17th came into effect to ensure that I could rewire to the 16th. As long as the notice was received by them before the 1st July I can rewire to the 16th. I don't even have to start the work before the 1st...

Thanks a lot for the quick reply. Thats just jogged my memory, the person that told me about RCD for the bathroom had mentioned that. Oh well, looks like I'm going to have to remove the homemade (not by me) sink vanity unit then to access the pipes !! Cheers

Hi All, I am half way through a partial rewire (registered with LABC) and am just about to start on installing the supplementary bonding in my bathroom (non existant at present). Before I start, I seem to remember being told that if all electrical items in the bathroom (towel rail, shower, 2...

Thanks for the advice guys - Very helpfull. I was just worried about getting all the boards level using the dot and dab method. I think I will have a go on one of the smaller walls first and see how it goes and then build up to the bigger walls once i've had a bit of practice. I'll speak to...

Hi All, I'm just about to embark on putting up some plasterboard in my kitchen. I've decided the best way forward for my level of diy skill is to put up some furring strips so i can get them nice and level and then fix the plasterboard to thoses with screws, rather than dot and dab and trying...

Hi, I have a hole in my chimney breast where a back boiler used to be. Do i have to use fire rated bricks to fill the hole or can i use common ones. If i can use common, what would be best i.e. clay, concrete. There will only be an inset electric fire installed (no gas) The same goes...