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    Cable in Conduit along fence

    Is it acceptable to run T+E cable in conduit along a fence to a shed? The alternative would be burying it but the route goes through mature flower beds and would be very disruptive.
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    Meter Box Soaking Wet Inside

    Yes, but only for the cable exits.
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    Meter Box Soaking Wet Inside

    After talking to National Grid it seems this is a bloody complex operation. They said that in order to remove/replace the meter box I may need to arrange the attendance of up to four different contractors simultaneously. 1. National Grid to turn off the supply (free of charge) 2. My...
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    Meter Box Soaking Wet Inside

    We've had some pretty sideways torrential rain the last few days and at some point the RCD for my EV charger tripped. I went to reset it today and noticed that the inside of my meter box is absolutely sodden. Not dripping wet as such but the cork backing board that everything is screwed to is...
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    16A Lighting Circuits

    Cheers. Very odd = amateur job. We discovered from a neighbour a few doors down after we moved in that our previous owner did most of the work converting the 1880s building by himself. When it was sold to us they played the old-lady card, she “couldn’t remember“ who did the work as it was so...
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    16A Lighting Circuits

    The house we bought has 3 lighting circuits with 16A MCBs, most of the loops are done with 2.5mm T+E but I’ve discovered as we’ve been decorating that a lot of the spurs, drops and internal fixture wiring is either 1.5mm or 1mm flex/T&E. This is inherently unsafe right? The consumer unit is...
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    Old School Roof Space Ventilation

    Correct, there is a ceiling above the window line, leaving a small accessible loft space above, where these vents reside. The roof is felted, the tiles have been replaced with modern slates during the conversion. Adequate insulation however, there is not (this needs fixing in any case) and I'm...
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    Old School Roof Space Ventilation

    We moved into an old school building (built circa 1880) that was converted by turning the each of the 2 high-roofed halls into 2-storey accomodation. The roof spaces have been left with the original timbers. At the end of each of the halls the gables have these old fashioned ventialtion...
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    Installing Floor-Standing Bath Filler

    Please help. I cannot fathom these instructions for this free-standing bath filler https://images.victorianplumbing.co.uk/images/PDF/TRAD03D-FS-nEW.pdf It seems to assume you are able to get under the floor to attach the supply end of the feed pipes to the hot and cold supply after you have...
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    Boiler won’t stop heating water!?

    Might be a stupid question, but how do you know it‘s just heating the water and not running the central heating?
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    40mm Waste into existing vertical sewage pipe

    Well, it was a bastard of a job as expected, had to re-route all the pipe work, reinforce most of the joists in two places (once for the large notch in the centre, once around the new waste). In the end the waste boss turned out to be rather easy, I couldn’t get the clip around so I just cut it...
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    40mm Waste into existing vertical sewage pipe

    I’ve picked up this boss collar which is more slender than others I‘ve seen, I think with a bit of effort and swearing I should be able to fix it around the pipe. Question… what do I seal the inside edge with? Solvent weld glue? Are all soil pipes compatible with solvent glue?
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    40mm Waste into existing vertical sewage pipe

    The bath is the opposite side of the room, thankfully. The holes for the waste are by far not the most concerning holes/notches. These 8”wide notches cut by whoever did the central heating are right in the middle of the 3m joist span. By a small mercy they align right in the centre of a 60cm...
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    40mm Waste into existing vertical sewage pipe

    It does, but thankfully it’s only a 2m span (5 joists) so I believe I can get the drop required with holes within a reasonable tolerance of the joist centreline. I’ll brace it witch some steel strapping above and below also.
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    40mm Waste into existing vertical sewage pipe

    The shower is the issue, want a low-profile tray in there so the waste outlet will be below the floorboards before it’s even started. I’m going to try and put a boss adaptor below the lip of the bottom pipe so it’s right at the bottom of the joist, the boxing below is fairly generously...
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