Recent content by Paranoid

All the showers I have looked at have an RCD attached. That is the type of shower I will be getting. I have yet to decide the make/model but they all appear to be similarly constructed and installed. There only appear to be 3 manufacturers in the UK - Vidalux, Lisna Waters and Insignia.

Quote Its England The shower is fully enclosed and sealed - floor, 4 walls and ceiling. The only possible splash zone is in front of the doors. It is, in effect, a separate shower sized room within the bathroom. You are correct. It is connected via screw terminals. When you build the shower...

I'm installing a steam shower in my bathroom and its power rating is 3KW @ 220-240v. There is an existing flex outlet that is currently outside Zones 0,1 and 2. The flex outlet has a switch outside of the bathroom that switches both the live and neutral. When installed the flex outlet will be...

I find it difficult to believe the pipe is copper. Here's another image. You can see the graduation from chrome to copper to brass. I've included both a copper olive and a brass olive for comparison.

I bought what I thought was chrome plated copper pipe (15mm) from screwfix to use with a radiator. I used an emery cloth on one end of the pipe to remove the chrome plating and expected to find copper pipe underneath. At first, copper appeared but then that started disappearing and beneath that...