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I ended up using a small bit of washing up liquid, wow what a difference it made! Thanks all.

I am aware and note that you have suggested it already too me. I have done it the hardcore mains wired way now, so here we are.

Thanks all. hahaha. Certainly latex sheathing friendly in case that actually exists... It is for my mains wired interconnected fire alarms, which I am in the process of installing on every floor of my house.

Hello all, I want to pull a light wire through an extremely narrow wall space in between two wooden studs. There is about 15mm width (but +100mm depth) and to make matters worse, there are already 3 cables going through this space. And to make it even more challenging, the cable I want to run...

Probably overkill, but I went with a Gebo repair clamp specifically for copper pipes... seems rock solid. Spoke to my plumber, and he was not too worried about it actually. Given that the area is accessible he recommended to check it once a year or so. Thanks for everyone's response.

like I said.. is was requested in the written quote from my electrician. I don't know if it is common or not (apparently not), I am just providing this information and you (or the op) can choose to ignore it. really simple.

yeah. when I had my solar panels installed the electrician specifically required double boarding and some other things... In the end there was no double boarding (or at least partial) and nobody complained.... I guess if you need to lift up heavy materials they might deem it safer... although a...

+1. I saw prices ranging from 600 - 1500 for 12 weeks hire so definitely worthwhile to compar. Make sure ladders are included (should be default really) and a rope pulley. Some tradesmen require double boarding, depending on what they do.

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Thanks for responding. I don’t have any solder, any other way for securing in a DIY friendly way? Ideally I would like to avoid to drain the system.

Hello, during some re-wiring I noticed that one of my CH microbore copper pipe had a small nick/scratch. The floorboard had a small piece of metal pushing against it! It is not leaking and may have been like this for years, but keen to hear your views. Does this absolutely need to be...

Been thinking about this a bit more.... I do not have the right equipment to do heatshrink and crimping... I did buy this Hager JB, but it's huge! The box is as large as the entire opening. Even if I open up the hole a bit more and free up the void, it will still take up a lot of space and...

I used 47mm centaur drylining boxes e.g. here in the past to install a box into a laths and plaster wall, as I required extra thickness to pass the plaster and the laths. I can't remember the max depth they do, but they have a spring system for the holders and they were recommended to me...

Alright, I've decided to go with option two. Frist, enlarge hole downwards and remove as much debris as possible. So that will give me some space inside the void. Remove some of the laths and push cables back inside the cleared void. I severed two cables, one ring and one 3core+cpc light...

If it's okay with you lads, I would like to continue on my thread and ask some more questions... Bank Holiday weekend allowed me to do some more progress on this, but it was a pain. I managed to drill through the joist and place a cable, but no chance to get it into the void. This is the top...

Tried, didn't work for me. Why make things simple when you can make them complicated... I've cut a hole in my ceiling now...because... why not... the plaster was bloody 40mm thick and the lath screws are super old. Even with no plaster in between my magnetic stud finder did only just about...

Ok, so after a week of easter hols, feeling a bit more refreshed to make some progress on this one. I am starting from the top floor, as the lower ones are much easier >> Just lift carpets, open floor board and run wires. The Top floor is the difficult one. I am looking to install the smoke...

Same here, I just switched to agile today actually. Octopus keep switching simple enough. Let’s see how it goes.

FYI, GaryDoesSolar just uploaded a new video discussing the very recent drop in export rates on octopus flux and it looks like it could stay or even get worse. I never plan to export at peak times, because I dont have quite the capacity, but also want to reduce battery cycles as much as...

Not sure about the remote switching, but stories of bad installations I have heard as well and there were various articles on the BBC reporting about it. Mine has worked flawlessly but this is definitely a fair argument to be cautious. I thought it was more based on a specific technical issue or...