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Yes that what my conclusion was too. But the problem is, having 2 RCDs and fly leads being connected to each Neutral bar from RCD were are you suppose to put the neutral fly lead for the RCBO unless you have 3 neutral bars.....

At work at the moment so will not be able to take pics till later tonight. Thats right, two CU, main CU is near the meter head downstairs. The loft unit is powering all the loft. SWA 16mm cable brought up from downstairs which consists of main head going into an isolater. Isolater then...

Hi, Well, I have two consumer units. One in the loft and the main one downstairs. The loft has one RCBO which is the Smoke Alarm Downstairs has 3 RCBOs, Garden Shed, Steam Shower and House Alarm. They all sit before the RCD (first) one. But the problem is the CU only has two Neutral...

Hi Got a slight issue. I have an RCBO for the Smoke Alarms on a 17th Edition CU. As the CU has two Neutral bars, the Smoke alarm RCBO was connected to the first neutral bar same as the first RCD set. The issue is as soon as you switch on the power it trips the RCD, which makes sense...

Hi Thanks for the recommendation. Is there any particular brand I should be looking out for or can you recommend one, esp on the Superwax Polish. Also would you use a brush or sponge to apply the shellac, same goes with the polish. This part is all new to me hence the questions. Also in...

Hi thanks for replying back. Alot of people that I have spoken to including the door manufactures they all said not to wax and use clear varnish. Even when I've googles searched it recommends clear varnish ESP on doors and pretty much says not to use wax. I don't know why but would...

Hi I recently had American White Oak installed pretty much everywhere, doors, door frames, door architraves, skirting boards, stair spindles. Wanted to find out which clear varnish I should use. i've looked at the Sadolin range but am confused if I should go for the Polyurethane clear...

I have now :D he pretty much said to hold fire until I have purchased the Oven/ Cooker or know which one Im going for. Make the decision then. As mentioned earlier, he was coming in at 10am and posted the question about 8ish. I believe its good to get others opionion so that Im not...

Thanks Guys I found the note afterall. Had stored the note on my phone. I had to buy 10m of 10mm cable x 2 and a 40amp fuse. Thanks for the RCBO advise, went for that. Electrican should be here after 10am to kick start this. last question on this topic. Is it worth while going...

Builders Ive used before in the surgery and other places. Theyve always been reliable and done good work with me. The electrician is the first, didnt really shop around And the plumbers, dont go down that round, worst mistake i made in my life. a 2 week job in plumbing 2 bathrooms has now...

yes Ive had brick layers in and Plasters and I had to BUY all materials before they started the job. Same with the electrican, for the loft job he did, I had to BUY all the material which he installed. So I really dont understand what the issue is here and why the hell would I be making up...

dude Thanks for the links which youve sent quite a few times. And yes I have gone through them and tried to work out what I need. Theres loads of calculations. I managed to do the first one 8kw, 230v which give me a rating of 34.78 The rest I dont understand.

The steam generators power is: Electrical Supply 230v 1N~ + 400v 3N~ Its a new CU so at the moment the slot is empty. The run of the cable will be about 4.5/5 meters max. CU installed under the stairs and the Steam Generator will be installed in the side extension of the house. The...

Yes, thats right. Sparky starts on Monday to feed the cables into the Fusebox. As hes on holiday, he told me to purchase the equipment so everythings ready for Monday. He wrote it down on a piece of paper but as the house is like a building site I cant remember what he wrote down. So dont...

Hi Ive recently purchased a 8KW steam shower which will be installed in the next month or two. I need to run new power cable from the fuse box as well as purchase a new MCB. Wanted to find out what sort of cable I will need to purchase and what MCB rating needs to be installed. Thanks

Hi All, Recently had some plumbing work carried out and the first plumber installed cock stops to isolate the water for the first floor and loft. Another plumber turned up and mentioned stop cocks are not full bore and better of using full bore lever valves. The third plumber said stop...

I dont have any problems with continous air. At the moment due to loads of building work, the CH system has be drained quite regulary as the rads at being installed in stages, i.e. loft, first floor and then eventually ground. Everytime the CH is drained, it needs to be refilled and the...

Hi Guys I recently had new Aluminium rads installed in the house and they all came with the Aladin automatic bleeding valve. I wanted to find out if there any good as Im considering replacing the towel rad valves x3 and also the hallway rads x3 which is the vertical ones. They take...

I will try doing that today. Problem is, as its a large shower head which doesnt come off quite easily, will be difficult to get the exact flow rate. I also have a pencil shower in their as well so can take the measurements from there Also with the 1st floor bathroom can take the shower head...

Thats all been done. All the shower components were removed, shower head, module, thermostat etc and all filters cleaned. Same thing on the shower below on the first floor. The basins are fine on both floor, its just the showers. There was loads of crap like ptf tape, joining compound...