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but u got no safety with pvc eg, drilling into it with a masonary drill bit goes straight into it, whereas galvanised take a while to go through, you get some idea you shouldnt be drilling there with it. I myself always use a wire finder before i drill into a wall with sockets on it, but the...

mmmm..... You are right :-) But i still dont know why diy stores have stopped selling it and they only do the crappy pvc capping now

they did used to sell it in wickes and b&q near me but they have stopped now. Ive seen it just installed screwing it to the wall with rawl plugs or nails, what is the proper way to install it then

ok, thank you for ur help. I will start reading through them 2night when i get a moments peace from the kids. Hope i have done it correctly as most of the wiring is done, all ran vertically or horizontally and capped in pvc conduct as all the hardware stores near me have stopped selling metal...

hi, thanks for your reply, but that is alot of books to read to just find out if this is possible, im sure it is, i mite just have to crimp a 2inch extension on the live wire in the consumer unit to get across to the 32amp rcd mcb.

hi all, thanks for your comments. Just checked my cu and there is a 32amp rcd switched circuit breaker (mcb i think there called) spare in my consumer unit. Can i just swap the cables from the 32amp non rcd mcb that runs the upstairs ring into this and job done. cheers again. Also is 1mm...

thanks for your replys there is wiring directly to brick work protected only by pvc conduct then dot and dabbed plaster board over the top. Can i spur off the upstairs ring main to a fused 13amp rcd protected unit and run all the wiring off this, obviously i would not be able to have a 3kw...

Hi all, I am currently doing the wiring for my conservatory. I am running the 4 sockets in the conservatroy off the upstairs ring main which is not rcd protected due to being on the 16th edition regs. I am extending the upstairs ring to my conservatory so i have 13amps at each socket in...

ok thanks, that is good advice, will get onto it on thursday morning. Be glad when it finished. thanks again all

cheers coljack, mdf it is then. should i screw into concrete blocks or just gripfill or both. i have used gripfill before when doing small bits of skirting and after a yr or two they are falling off due to movement in timber cheers

hi all, just at the stage now to put window boards in my new conservatory. I am just asking for suggestions as to what timber to use. I could use pvc but i think it will look cheap and tacky, so i thought use mdf board but not sure if it will warp and bow due to moisture, sunlight etc... i have...

no the wall was rendered previously, so below the conservatory roof now i have knocked all the render off as some of it was blown anyway and i have left the render above the conservatory roof on as didnt want to render it all again and it all seemed ok thanks for your comments Think i mite...

that is a good point by john, i have not really done many shop fitting jobs, always been domestic work i usually carry out, so hiding wires behind the walls is always best option to customer. If i am doing a kitchen for example and have the plan drawing to the new kitchen to hand , i will always...

hi john, thanks for your reply. At present there is no moisture on the wall, but i was thinking as this was a exterior wall of the house, and is now a interior wall of the conservatory, will damp not come down through the bricks onto new plasterboard that i am about to put up. andy

Has no one ever come accross this is, or anyone that has skimmed the outside wall that joins the conservatory, wot have you done? Has there been damp patching appearing after a year or two cheers andy

either chase the wires into the wall and fix conduct over them, then board, or fix wires straight to brickwork with conduct over them and dot and dab abit thick enough to get over the conduct

to be honsest, i would always dot and dab as so much quicker, you can get walls practically bang on plumb dot-ing and dabbing , just put enough adhesive on the wall, quite wet and use a big spirit level to bang the boards level, you do have to be quick as the adhesive goes off very quickly. I...

Hi all, just erected my conservatory and now ready for boarding and plastering all walls. I did not put a cavity wall tray in the house wall before i put up the conservatory. I was just thinking, would it help to stop damp coming through from the house exterior wall into the conservatory, if i...

hi all, the radial i will be creating will be rcd protected as i have purchased a rcd protected fused connection unit, this will go off the upstairs ring main, which will power the sockets then at the end of the radial go into a 5amp fcu which will in return power the light / ceiling fan. I...

thanks for ur help guys that put a answer to that question, as my dining room light is 2m away from the sink i cannot take a feed off that light either. looks like i will have to take a fcu off my radial that is going to feed my sockets and link the light up that way. i was hopingto put the...