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Quick question about the best way to box in an RSJ. It's on piers made of standard concrete blocks, which are obviously much wider than the RSJ. I could either box in the RSJ and the piers separately, so there's a narrower beam going across the room, or I could frame it out to make the boxing as...

Thanks mate, I'll let you know how it turns out. Unless I get crushed by a shelf

I was kind of hoping that might work! It's a pretty big bracket that's getting attached, so it will hide whatever's behind it -- just has to be a strong fixing. So on reflection I could actually skip the wood block and just use the bracket itself -- screw through the top hole in the bracket...

Sadly not possible!

I was drilling into the wall (1930s concrete blocks) to install some heavy shelves and the SDS hit a chunk of something and made a ridiculously massive hole -- 50mm across maybe. The fixing's got to be exactly there, so I can't patch it and try again 3 inches to the left. What's the best...

ps Is that correct with the brown?-- to show that it's not a neutral coming out of the switch?

Thanks for your reply -- See attached photo. As for 'large loads,' I asked the electrician who installed the unit and he said that nothing I intended to run would be a problem. The context is that he suggested I wire the lights and sockets myself, and he return to check over and ok the work.

There's a fuse board in my outbuilding (with nothing currently attached to it) and I'd like to add a simple lighting and socket setup. Three lights all controlled by one switch, and four or five plug sockets spaced around the room. Unfortunately I can't get the images in the FAQ thread at the...

Oh yeah -- I can use shims or washers when closing it up to ensure there's a gap so air can circulate.

Yeah, that looked mental to me, though I'm no expert. I just wanted to check that when those wires are goine it will be safe to attach the three wires to the terminals visible there.

Sure -- here as a whole, and with the part that receives the bulb attached. Unsafe to use?

Great, thank you. The cable's 2.5mm but Screwfix doesn't seem to have green/yellow sleeving in that diameter in quantities of less than 100m. Is it ok to use a larger diameter sleeve, since I can get that in smaller lengths?

So would this be the gist of it? Sorry for the entry-level questions, just conscious this is an area where you don't want to mess around.

Ok thanks! Is there anything else I can show that would be helpful? And is it something where if I got a professional electrician to make it safe it would be useable? Or just unsalvageable junk ...

Sorry to make more than one thread, but I figured it was clearer to do separate threads for separate questions. I need to put in a couple of sockets and the ones I bought contain something I haven't seen before -- the instructions specify connecting a wire 'to functional earth'. I've included a...

My wife bought a couple of reclaimed old lights over ebay and I'd like to check whether you think they're safe to use. This is exactly how it appeared when I popped it open. If I were to get rid of the wires that are currently in there and wire live to the left, neutral to the right, and earth...

That looks good I think. I think I'll use the black conduit; I'd been thinking about galvanised conduit but started to fret about having to spend too much time sitting down with the die set trying to get it to fit -- plus I wasn't sure if I'd have to earth it & if so how. I can follow a diagram...

Just the ticket, thank you so much mate

Thanks for getting back to me! Sorry not to have explained myself properly -- the cable is going to have to run along the surface of the joist and the fitting is going to have to be mounted directly on the joist, as it's a pretty simple timber framed building with all the framing exposed. Like a...

Hi -- I'm installing three ceiling lights in a workshop. They're old lights from a barn and each hangs on a chain. I'm going to hang them from the joist that runs along the length of the pitched roof. I understand the wiring diagram for the circuit, what cable to use, etc., but I just don't know...