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Will do Andy. Cheers John :-)

Thanks all. Going to joint it and follow the earlier advice. The guys a mate of mine so not going to fall out over it. I'll let him know what's happened and then sort it. Thanks to everyone for the brilliant advice

That's brilliant Andy. Thanks so much for the links. I've ordered that now. Will sort it. Cheers :-)

Hi all, I ran a 4mm SWA cable to my summerhouse. I buried it inside some conduit but the guy doing the garden has hammered a metal stake through it (I've not dug it up yet - but it's tripping my RCD). It's not a direct short but measuring resistance from Neutral to his spike is about 1.6MOhms so...

No the screed didn't have any cracks at all. It was perfect. Thanks for the reassurance. It's much appreciated. :-)

Thanks for the info. The screed isn't sand/cement it's the pouring screed. It was a depth of about 65mm. You're right, the base was concrete, then plastic sheeting, then insulation, then more plastic sheeting, then the pouring screed. The UFH was on but very low and only after 3 weeks of the...

There's no decoupling membrane either? Just tiles down on top of the screed? I'd not heard of a decoupling membrane until you mentioned it. I've just had a Google and it mentions decoupling membranes on Anhydrite if it's expected to get wet. Hopefully this means a lot of dampness, like a...

Yep, I was told that it was going to be sealed but, by the time the tiler turned up (a couple of weeks later) I'd forgotten all about it. I've been doing all the electrics / garden etc myself so was really busy when he arrived and started work. Had a quick chat with him, made him a brew and then...

That's a good idea. My mate is running the job (extension) and so I am confident that if a problem was to arise then he would facilitate getting it sorted for me. But, I'll maybe ask him for a written guarantee that it will be fine. That way it'll be on him to help get it sorted if the worst...

Hi all, I'm currently going through an extension build. It's 56 sqm to be used as a kitchen / utility / dining area. We had poured screed put down on the 4th August. It had something added to it to promote quick drying (could be walked on in 48 hours). It has wet UFH underneath it. The...

Yep, but ideally want to adhere to as many recommendations as I can. Especially if it's of no consequence (extra work / cost) to myself. But, you make a very good point. Thanks :-)

That's great news then. I can just put the rest of the sockets at the same height and I'll just refer anyone to those regs if it is questioned. Thanks for the links and referring to the relevant parts. Very much appreciated :-)

Hi all, I'm going to be running 1st fix in for sockets in my new extension and have come across a dilemma that I hoped someone on here could give me a definitive answer for. The extension 'extends' an existing dining room wall that has two sockets (part of the existing ring) in the wall. The...

Really good points! I will run it as you say. Probably going to stick to 1.5mm though as I've got a 100m roll of that so got plenty. I watched a YouTube video on the FireAngel range and the guy on there got two 1.5mm cables into the alarm okay so hopefully I won't have a problem - maybe just...

Thanks for that. The alarms are connected via RF so don't need a hardwired connection thanks. The reason I didn't think it was possible was just due to the lack of room in the switch box. Didn't want a separate junction box as it would need to be "accessible" according to the regs from what I...

Just wondered if someone could cast an eye over this lighting circuit and make sure I'm approaching this correctly. I want to run my smoke alarms from my lighting circuit. I also want a neutral at the switch so that I can upgrade to 'smart' switch in the future. I'm going for the "two plate"...

Thanks. I'm fitting these ones: https://www.safelincs.co.uk/fireangel-pro-connected-fp1640w2r-mains-powered-smoke-alarm/ There is a control panel though but I wasn't going to fit one as I didn't require access via an 'app' or anything but may look into them more based on your advice. Thanks...

Thank you for the clarification. That all seems very straight forward to me. I'll just extend the lighting circuit to the alarm. Cheers :-)

I was interested to read that the new regulations governing smoke alarms in Scotland that come into play in Feb 2022 are on the back of Grenfell. Every household needs interlinked alarms - at least one smoke alarm in the main living area, a heat alarm in the kitchen and a CO2 alarm if you have...

Presumably because the cable to the alarms could then be damaged but the lights would still work so you might not notice? Only a guess though.