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    Electric shower pipe diameter...

    I want a good flow from my 10.8kw shower, but will 15mm pipes be sufficient to make the most of it? goes through two 90 degree tees from the stop cock, about 5 meters away on the lower floor. Cheers Tim
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    TAPS FROM EBAY, TEARS INCLUDED?

    Will I be ok with a combi boiler on basin taps for the bath? Cheers!
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    Self inflicted central heating problem...

    Hi, Sure this is simple to fix (when you know)... Blead a radiator and then the boiler stopped due to low pressure. Topped it up via the valve, and the next morning, dead again. repeated a few times... What should I do?
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    TAPS FROM EBAY, TEARS INCLUDED?

    Hi, Thinking of buying some taps from ebay.... Problem is, I was wondering if bath/basin mixers are interchangable. A bit concerned I might be waiting days for a bath to run... Are flow rates different for bath taps, and can I rely on sellers who sell a tap as suitable for baths or...
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    Shower CU and split Tails Question

    Whats the point of this forum then? Surely we should all just pay someone who knows?
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    Protecting cables in walls....

    Do I need to protect a shower cable (10mm) burried in plaster with metal shield to comply with regs? The cable runs up the entire length of the bathroom wall, 3 inches from the corner behind the door. Thanks! TIm
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    CABLE NEEDING PROTECTION?

    Its running three inches from the corner of the bathroom in zone 3 behind the door.
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    CABLE NEEDING PROTECTION?

    Do I need to protect a shower cable (10mm) burried in plaster with metal shield to comply with regs? Thanks! TIm
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    MCB types, What can I use? Currently type 2 M6

    So.... I need a new consumer unit??????? NOOOOOOOO!!!!! Why can't anything be cheap and simple?
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    MCB types, What can I use? Currently type 2 M6

    Thats my consumer unit! How did you do that? So, what kind of mcb's can I put in that? Cheers!
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    MCB types, What can I use? Currently type 2 M6

    hOW DO i POST A PICTURE? The make on the consumer unit is Proteus.
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    Extending a ring - ok with regs?

    Sounds eminantly sensible, but is that within regs?
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    Extending a ring - ok with regs?

    Then how would you attach a spur upstairs? Where do you put the J box?
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    MCB types, What can I use? Currently type 2 M6

    one for ring main, one for shower (10.8kw, one for double oven yet to be purchased.
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    Danger

    With the way things are going Soon Sparkies will have the power of arrest!
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    Extending a ring - ok with regs?

    by accessible, does this include under floor boards, under a carpet? I mean anything is accessible with enough force!
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    MCB types, What can I use? Currently type 2 M6

    My current box uses Type 2 M6 MCB's. These are no longer sold, what should I use that will fit my box? Thanks
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    Worried about my girth! Is 10 mm2 enough for 10.8 kw?

    To clarify, 13 meter long Cable, run in plaster, run separate to my extractor fan spur, and run above loft insulation tacked to beems will allow me to use the 10 mm and not have to use the 16mm2? So much conflicting advice... Thank you all anyway.
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    Worried about my girth! Is 10 mm2 enough for 10.8 kw?

    So what exactly constitutes a thermal wall, and Why is thermal insulation any different to brick and plaster? I was concerned because most things I come across explicitly say "tacked on to wall", or "in trunking" therby I presumed, excluding anything in plaster.
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    Worried about my girth! Is 10 mm2 enough for 10.8 kw?

    Why put the cable in trunking.It will be fine sheathed in plaster. The calculation on the link pasted above says otherwise. 16mm if in plaster for that length. I have a 10 mm cable already.
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