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No, the room isn't adjacent to the bedrooms and it's a single storey house, I'm guessing that I'll still have to use intumescent paint though.

Sound proofing isn't really my main concern - I just assumed that I can't fit matchboarding or T&G directly to the counter rafters without first fitting a solid surface. Plasterboard seemed an obvious choice, but I'm not sure if I should create an air gap between the board and T&G If it is...

It's a small single storey barn conversion - the roof section from inside to out consists of: 50x35 counter battens, multi-foil insulation, 100x50 rafters at 400 centres, breathable mebrane, roof laths, pantiles. The completed part of the barn has two layers of plasterboard with staggered...

I've got an elevated kitchen ceiling with king trusses and multi-foil insulation with 35mm counter battens - I was thinking of using matchboarding or similar T&G boards on top of a single layer of plasterboard (for some additional sound proofing). Will I have to add furring strips between the...

Thanks for the replies, never even occurred to me that it could reverse the flue - makes sense though.

I've got a log burner that will be fitted in a room with an elevated ceiling, and as most of the heat produced will be wasted just sitting in the roof space I've decided to duct the warm air back in to the next room/main living area. Is there an existing product that I can buy to switch a...

OK, will get them changed. These were fitted by the first electrician I used, not happy with his work (and advice), lots has had to be altered.

Thank you for the replies. I think for ease of installation and cost I'll just get heaters with built in time switches connected to their own board fed from the busbar chamber. There will only be a maximum of 3 heaters and I could always invest in contactors etc. later on. Is the 'DNO'...

Yes, the tails are single insulated SWA that go to a switch fuse then busbar chamber.

Yes, I already have economy 7, and no we don't have any storage heaters. The house is heated by a 3 phase ground source heat pump, but the garage/workshops aren't heated.

I've got a domestic 3 phase supply with economy 7 and want to connect a couple of storage heaters in the garage. I'm planning on connecting the heaters on radial circuits to a seperate consumer unit and timeswitch, but recently I've read a few artilces that mention radio teleswitches but...

I'll have to check the inverter, but if it can supply 415v do you leave the motor wired in star config and delta if not?

Here's a pic of the original motor wiring, motor plate star and delta wiring diagrams stuck to the underside of the junction box cover. Both the original and replacement motors are identical, as are the motor plates, it's only the connections that are different. I was probably...

I'm struggling to keep up with the various conversations going on, but am I correct in thinking that if I reconnect the motor terminals in the star pattern and attach the wires as they were on the original motor then everything will be fine? I was a bit concerned that because the...

One of the motors on my 3 phase universal woodworking machine died a few months ago - bit of a bang, lights went out, ran for a while, but with loss of power before throwing the electrics again. After discovering that a motor rewind would cost roughly the same as a new motor I decided to...

So should I separate the single and 3 phase connections? The boards are only supplying a couple of small workshops, one for my wife's kilns and the other for my woodworking machinery - just the two of us and we haven't had any problems with the installation in the last five years.

http://www.ecollege.ie/site/liu/electrical_notes/LL227.pdf Just tested the link and it opens as a PDF. Regards, Steve