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It's not a crazy powerful system. So I doubt inrush will get close to being a problem, but as I'll have computers running in the workshop too, I want a nice low impedance link to my supply. How would the DNO spec that? if there are 10 houses on a phase down my road, each with a 100A incomer...

As an electronics engineer, this is what I would expect... What's with the * though? Yea, I wish, would pay for a garden make over :p Alas, just some workshop equipment, welder, lathe, mill... etc. 60A due to high in-rush currents of some potential future things, as well as the possibility of...

Ok, so from this, I'm running on the basis that if I do export the earth, it will be via a conductor as opposed to armour.

Cheers for the replies guys. To answer the first question: Option 1 : 2 core with local TT Option 2 : 2 core with earth exported on armour Option 3 : 3 core with earth exported on 3rd core, armour only terminated to ground at supply. As far as all combinations go, I also see: Option 4 : Export...

3 Sparkies, 3 opinions. Any chance on a consensus? How should the earthing be handled when running power to my workshop? I have a TN-C-S earthing system in my dwelling. I have a brick built, poured slab, external workshop aprox 20m from the CU. with no extraneous conductors. 60A fused...

window on the wall next to it and boxing in would come out over that :/

Already have the toilet and don't particularly want to spend more on this thing :( Took the 9" grinder to the floor last night, got 50mm of screed off the top of what I think is the original slab. Going to try and chisel down tonight and see how it goes, if it takes too long, I'll build the...

Manhole cover is about 1m other side of the wall, vertical drops about 1m into the floor. Rather not go outside due to garden damage. I had thout 600 to 700mm would be enough.also, should i expect the clay to be in gravel, or concreted in all the way?

I have a concrete toilet waste currenntly coming up 250mm from the back wall of my toilet. Solid slab floor, 60s build. The new closed couple toilet needs the waste coming up more like 60mm from the back wall. At the moment, placing the toilet against the wall has is sitting right over the...

I've never had a mixer fail as such. But I've seen wildly different build qualities. Apart from the cheapest units which are made from welded stainless and dent easily, most are an acceptable chrome plated brass. The difference is often on the inside. A high quality tap will usually have...

Planning a wetroom. Going to have a shower curtain that can be pulled round, but I want a narrow (150 - 200mm) glass panel jutting out from the wall to overlap the curtain and hopefully remove any chance of spray escaping the pitched area of tiling. Something like a wet room return panel, but...

Ha, good point. Ok, the common sense opinion :p hepvo in screed or not?

Looking into embedding plumbing in screed. I know its a no no for supply pipes, especially with compression joints. How would the hepvo do burried? BR say anything about it?

So, fit a hepvo instead of having a trap. Plus sorts backflow issue? Could get away with a very low profile solution then

I might be able to tie into a grey water waste in the corner of the room, but there is a rodding point in the floor I would need to remove and replace. Did think about the block and backup issue. It's not too bad as the toilet is the only thing on it, so should be a very immediate problem...

Wouldn't that need to be fitted flush with the floor, and if so, I doubt I would get a good fall with the 40mm. Distance to drain would be about 600mm and I was going to use a combined drain and trap. Something like this...

I desperately want to fit a floor drain into a downstairs toilet while renovating it. need to persuade the (new) wife that it won't take long or cost much. Hoping I can get some opinions on the best way to do it. It's a ground floor toilet on concrete slab Currently, I think the easiest way...

Problem with asking a 3rd party for help is that if they say 'no' you can't plead ignorance :p The people behind us did the same thing and no-one's kicked up a stink since it went in

Good thinking on the bit by bit approach. As it'll be a longish project to do (lot of soil to move) and I value privacy, I can only do it bit by bit... Just, in a row, over a number of evenings / weekends :)