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Thank you for the replies. So basically the cables are naturally resistant to interference? So in a domestic setting this would be okay, is it only in a more industrial setting this would become an issue? I just want to be sure before I go ahead because once it’s in I can’t change it.

Thanks for the reply. Why would it be okay? Looking online some say it’ll be okay and some say it won’t. Is it not so bad with domestic electrics?

I am in the process of installing a Reolink CCTV system in my home. So far I have run 3 cat6 UTP cables to 3 cameras but I am stuck on my cable run for a video doorbell. This run will have to run alongside a ring main circuit and the lighting circuit as well as various light switch wires. I...

Thank you for this! The cable comes from a drop wire and then around the house into the lounge window. So I have to have that terminal box? I can't run the wire from outside all the way in to the master socket? I might rethink this idea or go for somewhere else so that in the future when fibre...

That person would be me! ‍♂️ when I had the internet put in I didn’t know where I was going to have the socket so the guy just left a load of slack and had it loose for me to do as I pleased with it. You’re right though the master did used to be there. I now want to run all new cable from...

That junction box looks to be what I have in my window sill. The external cable comes into this and then a white cable from that to the master socket. I may not have been all that clear but I want to renew the cable from where it joins the outside of my house down to the master socket, run a...

Thank you for your reply. That's right, an internet or broadband connection. The phone line is described as "Digital Voice (VoIP)" from Vodafone who is my provider. I'm not sure if this is the same as DECT. I like the sound of future proofing for fibre as in 5 years or so I don't really want...

Strictly speaking you're right but I'm sure it won't be an issue in reality. Ive found the cable thanks to bumping into my neighbour that has a background in this stuff. I am now after a way of improving the bulkiness of the master socket or swapping it for something else. I don't want it...

Doing a bit more digging it seems that only 2 cables are actually connected, presumably this is all I need for the internet and the others were for a landline?

My phone line comes into my house in the lounge window cill. This isn't ideal and is ugly. When I moved in and had the wifi installed the fitter told me I could move it by installing a new cable from the point it connects to the outside of my house and run a new cable to wherever I needed. I was...

Thank for the replies. The cast iron pipe went into the kitchen in a void in the wall, presumably going up to the airing cupboard above. I’ll try dig out a photo from before I blocked it up. The plan is to have a wood burner put in, I’ve had a couple of companies round that are happy with...

Hi, I’ve been knocking out the old fireplace in my living room to replace a previously broken lintel and install a wood burner. In doing so I’ve noticed what looks like 3 chimneys in the fireplace. There’s the central flue which is what I’d expect but a 4” cast iron pipe to the left, looks to...

Thank you for your reply! What if I did this but instead of PIR I used polystyrene insulation instead? I just don’t want to spend the money on the PIR which will eventually be ripped out anyway.

I’ve added a picture to help show what I’m trying to do. The studs don’t run all the way down the brickwork. I was thinking of painting the brickwork in black jack bitumen paint to stop damp then running some 1inch roofing batten all the way up from floor to ceiling to fix the plasterboard too...

Hi, New here and this is my first post. Over the last almost year I have been renovating my first home. On the side of the house is a small extension that has a single skin brick wall half way up and then timber frame the rest until a tiled roof. There is no insulation and the room gets very hot...