Recent content by VogonPoet

Understood John, thanks. I've now spoken to my local Building Control department again and they have assured me that their Building Notice charge for a rewire (around £360) includes all the fees required to get sign-off and that I would not need to pay any third parties as part of the process...

I like the idea of using radials and running some extra earth cable to make the earth into a ring for added safety but I find 4mm twin and earth cable a bit harder to work with than 2.5mm so would prefer to limit how much of it I use. Would this be acceptable: Kitchen/Utility/Outside socket -...

Thanks everyone, some food for thought there. Clearly there isn't a consensus on the "fridge on a separate circuit issue", or on the best wiring method out of ring final and radial. In my house I only have space for a standalone combined Fridge/Freezer and that will be in the kitchen. Given...

Hi, I'm planning on rewiring my house in the near future. As I'm not certified I'll be getting building control to inspect and sign off on the installation. Before I send in the BC notice I was hoping that some of the experienced people here could run an eye over my initial plans to see if there...

Thanks all :)

Hi, I've just skimmed the walls and ceiling in what will become my new bathroom. I'm going to give them a couple of weeks to dry out and then paint them with Zinsser Permawhite but I'm not sure how to treat the bare walls before the top coat. Should I thin the Permawhite to make a mist coat...

I think the shallow inspection chamber is a good idea but I'm a bit concerned about the loading. As I said in the first post a driveway runs along the side of the house, the drain I am working on runs under this, so anything I put in will have to be able to stand up to having a car parked on or...

I'm hoping I can get some advice about my drains. I'm adding a bathroom to my property and I need to fit a new soil stack next to an existing rainwater downspout. There is a driveway made of concrete slabs running along side the house and beside the drain, I took one of the 3' x 2' slabs up so I...

I don't know how wide the sewer is, the drawing is not to scale - it just shows the route it takes. The manhole is around 60cm in diameter. I agree it'd normally be my responsibility to correct a cracked drive but if damage to a shared sewer is the cause of the movement then surely the water...

*I'm posting this to the Building Regs subforum as I've seen quite a few posts about building next to or over sewers, I'm hoping someone here will know enough about working with the water companies to answer this one. If it would be better off in another area please let me know* Hello all...

It is a 30mA RCCB so it looks like I should be okay on that front. Any thoughts on my other questions?

Moving on to my second set of questions; I plan to run a few different things off the 3amp fuse and RCD protected spur discussed above. Ceiling lights It will be a fairly small bathroom so I think three recessed downlights will be enough. The plan is to get 240v IP44 rated LED ones and...

Getting rid of it depends on whether both the Local Authority and the Water company decide to play ball. I'd have to modify pipes on my land that run very near major shared sewers. The pipes and electric runs are such that moving the Saniflo is going to be a relatively easy (though no doubt...

I have a few questions regarding a bathroom renovation I am planning. Rather than put them all in one big post I thought I'd split them up, the first questions are about RCDs and FCUs. Background Currently my house doesn't have a bathroom upstairs. Instead there is a sort of en-suite...