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Hi i recently got the outside of my house roughcasted with beige pebbledash, the external staircase wasnt done and so the brickwork is still exposed. i have bags of the same roughcast/ pebbledash to do the job and feel quite confident enough to do it. my question is how to i prepare the...

It would be laminate flooring that is going on top

I am having a new toilet and whb installed so i thought it would be an ideal time to lift the floor while the old ones are took out and level it

Hi My bathroom floor runs off and was wondering the best way to level the floor. Its a wooden floor with floor boards not plywood etc. Its an old house and most of the floors run off a bit. From the bathroom door to the edge of the bath is only 800mm but the floor slopes about 20mm until the...

would it be alot easier and simpler to use a rcd fused spur from an existing circuit inside the house to feed the shed which aint going to be used alot tbh with fused spurs in the shed to feed the sockets and a downgraded 5a fused spur for lights

so if i change the fuse in the old shower box to 20 amp, run armored cable underground to the shed consumer unit, this would be ok? or could i use 500V Rated NYY-J Hi Tuff Cable overhead? this is the shed consumer unit...

Ban, u are fully qualified and us diyers are not that is how we ask advice that is the point of these forums, there is no need to riducule people and make a **** of them. ******

Cheers for the reply but can you tell whats wrong with the plan. I didnt think i should wire it direct to the busbar. I though it shoukd be on a fuse, what size? Is the 6mm cable to heavy going into the loft or should i continue 6mm outside to the shed aswell? Its a shed for using a few power...

But how would you wire it mate. Am competent at doing it a just want to know what is the best way. Is the 6mm cable to heavy for example?

Cheers for the reply, how would you wire it mate?

Hi John Thanks for your reply mate. what issues are there if you wouldn't mind explaining a bit more. Am not a numpty but a don't know all the regs, just a bit of advice on how you would do it would be great. Cheers mate

I have bough a new shed and want to use it as a workshop. I have bought a garage/ shed consumer unit rated at 63A 30mA RCCB with 1x 6A and 1 x 16A MCBs. I want to take the power for this from an old shower circuit which has been switched off. The shower was on its own single fuse box (30...

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