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No check which zones you intend to fit your light in are the lights for those zones look up lighting diagrams on this forum sticky your proposed junction box has same purpose as a ceiling rose remember one of your existing cables is the switch wire so both cores are live get a 20 amp...

crafty how did you sus it was a Girl friend I read it as Ground floor :shock:

ce;otex or Kingspan have much hire insulation levels than fiberglass but you will pay for the fact 100mm kingspan will probebly come close to your 250mm (check out their website. it wont account for heat loss through joists or gaps though which is why you insulate between and over Rockwoll is...

shouldnt be I would need to poor over regs myself to confirm but 20min fire doors normally required for loft cons insumecent strip in frames makes them up to fd30 but if you are buying fd30 stamped doors he will be more than happy closers must actualy close the door to the point where it...

woody gave sound advice /information at this stage you can still make a formal objection in writing to his proposals there are limeted valid reasons planing dept will give you info. previouse extensions don't count when you are applying for planning permision. stick to objections re proposals...

hi if you have seen my thredes you will know im working at improveing my instalation practice and currently testing my work (hell of a learning curv) when insulation testing do i need to disconect RCD's . pull the wiers) or just swich them of. i am refering to 30 mamp on a split bord if in...

You will get some stuff about keeping it as near original as possible =letting the building breath etc etc. Current build regs if followed to the letter mean that if you replaster an external wall you should Insulate it as well. I like to hack everything off scrach coat then dot dab with...

as i understand it meter can be set to recover any amount ie previous outstanding debt arising prior to meter instal when i worked in and around halifax 15 years ago meter jumping was fairly common when leaving the property the tenant would then smash the meter so supplier couldn't tell how...

unfortunatly u didnt read it wrong. a perfect case of a littel knowledge can be a dangerouse thing :oops: This is first new instalation/rewire Job I have done start to finish without a sparks of long standing /fully qualified being around to help with design and final testing due to part p...

dose that mean connecting it with a chock bloc to the earth and or to the earth terminal at both ends

not realy what are u using it for and what size is your 3+e what colour are the 3 cores

if you need a 100amp isolator because the calculated design load (allowing for diversity) ruining from the cu requires it then theoretically when running on full load your main fuse would blow and you need to speak to your distributor about having a bigger one fitted. If however you are a...

I didn't think of that i've used an MK 12 way with standerd 100amp incomer with 80amp rcd guess thats a trip to cef then dont suppuse you have a part number yes the rod is new but possibly going into filled rocky ground I remember the apprentice taking ages trying to get it in

thanks for quick response I was just eddditing my question I will relax a bit now Ive got test kit books and bits of wire all over the live rm floor trying to work out if I was doing somefhing wrong what about the other couple of points :lol:

Testing my first house today4 bed 3 floors TT earthing Got a split board and I am using a megger 1552 I am getting a wapping <299 Mohm P-e P-N and N-e on 500vdc are these results realistic or am I obviously doing something wrong ie should I have a link in somewhere :oops: :? to achieve...

planning on learning more about crimps, I thought they were a permanent fix so you didn't have to enclose them other than in heat shrink and therefor would be ok in a floor/wall/ceiling. :? :o So you could use them to extend all the cabals if you deeded to move a consumer unit???? Anyway...

Well ended up buying a megger 1552 seams a nice bit of kit :D not impressed with the instructions though did as they said to check battery level Quote "With the machine turned off" anyway nothing ---Turned it on and spotted the reading came on :? and there isn't a description for how to do...

:roll: 3amp you could extend the spur from one of your sockets in the shed to a fused spur switch by your door .change the fuse provided in the fused spur for a 3amp and then conect a light to your fused switch Note Im a builder not a sparky :twisted: :twisted:

i havent worked with these myself but I would definatly get a structural engineer too have a look and advise. they will charge you £50 per hour including traveling to and from their office to look give advice and calk the figures 1 hr max so its how long they spend traveling and chating with you...

Reading the forum there are obviously a lot of people who aren't; aware of part p and its implications and what is required. I realize that most new things take a while to bed in but it seams fairly clear to me that most DIY aren't aware of part p unless been informed buy b&q , focus or forums...