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Is there a standard for colour coding different ratings, or is it each manufacturer to their own? I'm trying to make some diagrams of a CU and I can't seem to determine which colour goes with what rating. Does anyone know of any standards? Or is it just a case of picking one manufacturer...

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Would this be of any help? http://www.njug.org.uk/publication/114/ That's UK standards, check with local authorities to make sure they are the same.

In my case I have gutted room by room as far as I need to gut it to be able to work effectively, and build up more or less one room at a time, but since I'm working on a spine wall it kind of ties everything together! But yes, I try to aim for 1 room at a time, so whilst im waiting for...

Still fully functional.... Main incommer into house, straight to the overhead wires. 3phase + PE-N Aluminium wiring, 63A per phase rating max. 1 phase the insulation is burnt vapourised/missing, 10cm bare wire to terminal. another phase insulation is burnt, 3cm bare. It's only 20 years...

Get lots of pictures up, always interesting to see what people are doing and progress being made and decisions made as to what needs to be done :) Take a look at my thread (Also in this "your projects" section) to see what I'm up to, also a full house renovation :)

Thanks for reminding me to ask future builders about this before hiring them. Its this kind of attitude which is complicating things for me, as none of the existing walls are straight. You get one chance to make it right, might as well do your best to get it as exact as you can.

Updated again, started a little bit of building walls again but I need to go out and buy a new SDS+ drill as the last one decided to die. Few more things to sort out with School this week, then I can go into full swing building mode since most of the material is here and ready to go!

Looks very nice in my eyes, a good effort and excellent write-up! The only thing I would consider changing about that at first glance is placing the metal feet directly onto the concrete, I would have used some bitumen paper or something to eliminate the concrete corroding the metal bracket...

Here, if anyone is interested, did a quick little show of how exactly it works :) http://brit-living-in-sk.blogspot.com/2012/05/laser-leveller.html

Because the wall is being built at the far away edge of the already existing wall, about 5m from the "new" wall I want it perpendicular to. The wall is being built up in stages, I'm working with 4 acro props at a time, and want to move the roof beams onto the new wall before moving onwards...

Because I am building new walls inside an old (Squint) house, the longest of which will be 5 m long. All the existing walls are squint, and I want to base everything off an already rebuilt wall which is a compromise between all the rooms in that its not square with any corner, but just about...

Just a quick update, ended up buying a Fukuda EK-234P Has a dot laser projected below the device for alignment Does 1 180 degree horizontal line and 4 vertical lines spaced exactly 90 degree apart. Self levelling too, and you can switch between Horizontal On/Off + Vertical 2 line/ 4...

They wrap around the blockwork Woody, and they have a welded on flexible tie halfway up which is supposed to be tied into the blockwork next to it, but offers bugger all in terms of fixing as they are right in the middle of the frame creating a nice position for the doorframe to rotate around if...

That would mean: A. Need to drill a hole for the screws/bolts through the metal door frame. B. The screws/bolts would be visible C. The screws/bolts would protrude from the frame as it will be very hard to recess them. That is far from ideal as it will be ugly as hell and every time you...

Has anyone got any obvious suggestions as to how this is done? 1. physically cut each block so that a lip fits into the doorframe, then seal with mortar to stop it moving. 2. Drill holes through the frame and anchor it in place using rawl bolts (But you would always see the heads of the...

Updated a few days ago again, moving in almost full swing again now, 1 more week of the semester and then final exams. Took delivery of 7 pallets of Ytong and 60m2 XPS insulation for under the floor, also 35 bags of cement etc to get started on building up again soon. Once I've worked...