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Many thanks to all, I've posted this in Plumbing - Mods please feel free to remove from here

Hi there. I'd originally posted this in the Garden forum, but actually I think this might be the better place for it, apologies to anyone who's had to read this twice! I need to run hot and cold water supplies to an outbuilding and also to either end of my garden. What's the best way to go...

Hi, well actually that's not the main reason, but if it'll work yes I might do that. Yes, I'd like to know what depth and how to insulate the pipe....

Hi there. I need to run hot and cold water supplies to an outbuilding and also to either ends of my garden. What's the best way to go about this? I'm guessing I'll need to use blue plastic water pipe (I need to replace the house's lead supply pipe anyway), but how deep should I lay it, how...

Right, that’s great advice, much appreciated. Very useful and has given me a decent starting point - looks like I might need to rethink the electric shower for a water fed option for starters.

Thanks for the link, I’ll have a look at that. I am not intending to do any of this DIY!! What I was after was just getting a feel for what is involved and the available options which I can compare with what I’m told when I get people around. The deal breaker is whether we can connect to the...

Ah ok, I see. Well this is a good point because I’d actually like to be able to run my air compressor off the electric and this routinely trips the mcb in the garage - I think it really needs a 20A supply. Long term I’d still like to run that as well as a fridge, computers, TV etc etc, it’ll...

Hi there, many thanks for taking the time to reply. Yes I will be doing this properly, using a qualified electrician, but I don’t have one as yet and I just wanted to find out whether what I’m asking is possible or not. I.e.can I run SWA over the ground, either temporarily or on a permanent...

Hi there. The situation is that I have just built a shed half way down my back garden and in the future we will want a log cabin/office at the bottom of the garden and maybe a workshop/tool shed down there. Currently the house has old wiring which will need replacing but I don't want to do that...

Many thanks for your reply, much appreciated. So far I've checked with my local timber/building yard and all the DIY chains and none of them stock the stuff (WBP I mean). I've just been told that WBP referred to the glue and not the wood anyway and that now I need to look at the BS numbers. I've...

Hi there. What's the score with plywood now? I was amazed to see that WBP now seems to be scarce or unavailable, it used to be my go to product for all sorts of lining applications where water might be involved and now I can't find any. I need to line a shed after insulating it and I thought...

Putting a gutter on will reduce the width of the lean to a bit too much unless I can find a clever way to integrate it.... Yes, I've already found Marley Cedral, can anyone advise is it the best to go for? Also, I take it you can fix this stuff just like fixing normal timber i.e. with...

Hi there Well, I need to construct a lean to over a path between my house and the boundary fence. I will of course be checking planning requirements and with the neighbour first. My idea is to use polycarbonate sheeting for the roof, but I'm not sure what the best way forward is for the walls...

Ok, this is all great, many thanks for the advice and info. I'm thinking then that 1 trench, power can be run in either armoured cable or in a duct as linked (many thanks endecotp) and phone/ethernet in similar ducting. Sounds like heating the place had better be done with storage heaters...

Right, thanks all. I'll need to inspect the sewer I guess. Hmm...the manhole at the side of the house services our bathroom, but when you lift the cover the drain inside is only just below the ground level. How do I inspect the sewer level? Manhole in the road? Not sure there is one.... If I...

Hi there. We're going to build an outbuilding at the bottom of our garden. It's about 50m from our house's back wall and about 60m from the nearest manhole drain cover down the side of our house. I want to have a plan in place for running electricity, hot and cold water to the outbuilding. We...

Right, many thanks to you both. I'll have a good look at the innards of these lights before I order parts.

Yes, I have. It results in the same fitting not working, so I think the next thing is to swap the ballast.

This is my bad, I don't know why I didn't come up with anything when I searched before, but yes now I see I can order them. Many thanks. It's going to be much cheaper and less wasteful and I won't have to destroy/alter the wiring if I can replace the ballasts. Now, other than taking the...

No you can't buy the ballasts, or No I'm not right in saying that?