Recent content by Reg_Prescott

Agreed :(. Any Ideas how I can fix this with resorting to ripping it all out. I'm fed up with getting fleeced. It's so hard to find anyone to to a good job.

Hi all, I had a shower fitted about 18 months ago. I have noticed a small damp patch on the wall behind the shower the next room. When I examined the shower the bottom tile (a cut down tile) it had a small amount of movement and the grout had cracked. It had that dreaded hollow sound when I...

Hi Mate, I have just been through this myself. I did find some here: http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Lighting_Menu_Index/Lighting_Downlights_Index/index.html But in the end I decided I didn't want recessed light fittings and went for a 'bar' of spotlights. Does your ceiling...

Thanks for the info. Looking at the diagram it looks as though I would have been ok to have my flex outlet plate where I wanted. Academic now though because sparky has been and gone. He poked the flex though the same hole in the floor the that the pipe passes through. Maybe it meets the regs...

Anyone? I am curious to know if zone 2 is 600 mm from the actual *perimeter* of the shower or bath. i.e Is it measured radially from curves on a shower tray or bathtub? A sparky is doing the work, I want to know what options I have. Regards, Mark

Blue!? Was it blue? :lol: No wonder my lights don't work :lol:

Sounds like a two way switch circuit. Usually used to switch the landing light on/off from bottom of stairs etc. This wiring scheme can use 3 core + earth cable, eg black, red, yellow, and earth (should be sleeved green and yellow) I remember there being diagrams in the wiki section... but the...

Hi All, Our shower enclosure is quadrant shape. I have a towel rail which is on an adjacent wall just within 600mm. Which puts the rad in zone 2. The electric element itself has an IP rating of 65 which I believe means it is OK in zone 2. My question is regarding the connection to the...

The whole bathroom is being refitted, and I will be getting an electrician in. It's just I want to keep the work electrical work to a minimum. I was hoping for a straight swap for the light fittings rather than new circuits. Of course I want the job to meet the regs, I wanted to know if 12V...

Thanks, that is very helpful info! Yep, sorry I use this all the at work (PCB designer), force of habit! Thanks all!

Wow, thanks for the swift reply :-) If the lights where 12V versions, with the transformer in the loft would I still need a separate cct? A new cct wouldn't be too difficult as the CU is in the garage, which is below the bathroom. I just want to keep the work (read expense ;-) to a...

Hi all, I have a question regarding light fittings in bathrooms. I need some lighting over a shower. I have looked at drawings detailing the zones and I reckon they will be in zone 1. I have found some nice downlighters that are suitable for zone 1 and have an IP rating of 65. They are 230V...

I did the same with a metal coat-hanger :shock: I'm amazed I made it to adulthood with the spectacularly stupid things I did as a kid.

I'm not an expert, but that's exactly the set up I had when my combi was installed. Assuming the guy new what he was doing, he didn't bat an eyelid. I have since ripped out the shower though (re-doing bathroom)

Ah, thanks for the reply. Mine will be at mains pressure should I be wary? Cheers, Mark