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Hi All, I'd like to run power to a shed, and have a quick question on whether something is allowable under the various electrical regulations. We currently have a consumer unit pretty much in the centre of the downstairs floor of the house (under the stairs). This then has a thick 16mm2 SWA...

Good morning everyone, We've recently had the subfloor in our hallway lifted to replace a few bad joists, and I have a couple of questions about the pipes it uncovered if anyone can help: 1) Some pipes run across a few of the joists in notches cut in the tops. It looks like some carpet...

Hi everyone, I noticed the inspection sticker on our consumer unit earlier this week and realised we are horribly ovdue an EICR check, which I am planning to get booked in, but there is one thing I wanted to bounce off the gurus in this forum first. We currently have a powered shed with its...

Hi everyone, We've had a leak around the seal of our shower upstairs (silicone failure), which has then resulted in water pouring onto the ceiling in the kitchen to the point where the kitchen plasterboard has now bowed and started disintegrating. I've now re-siliconed the shower, and pulled...

Hi, Has anyone ever encountered a ceiling made of Tentest (Essex) board? The ceiling in our hallway look like a regular smooth plastered ceilings, but it is horribly bowing and sagging between joists, and from when smoke alarms were fitted a few years back, we have been told they are made out...

Hi all, Our house is currently wired with two RCDs in the fuse box. One of these covers the upstairs lighting circuit and the other covers the downstairs. The odd thing that I have just discovered is that the downstairs hallway lights are actually on the upstairs RCD circuit. I think this...

Hello everyone, I'm looking for guidance on when repairing a ground floor subfloor becomes notifiable to Building Control. I've tried searching the Building Control website and the forums on here, but am a little confused at what constitutes notifiable "renovation of a thermal element" versus...

Good morning everyone, I have a question I was hoping someone could help with. We have recently had to have a few bits of our existing chipboard T&G flooring taken up from our suspended floor for some rewiring and plumbing work, and given the age, state and squeakiness of it, are currently...

We currently have a disused chimney breast (capped and sealed), and would like to a have a socket fitted inside it to power either some light features, and maybe at some point a TV above the fireplace or an electric wood burner (mainly for the flame effect) - but that would be something much...

Hi, Before going through the length and costly process of notifying Building Control of my planned garden work. I was wondering if I could sound my idea on this forum, and see what everyone thinks. I have a CU in my garage, that I am planning to use to run lighting into my garden...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice on going down the DIY route with regard to Part P. I would like to install some garden lighting, which I've done in the past but not since 2005. I was wondering, if I notify Building Control of my plan, what usually happens and what...