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Hi all. I'm doing a new flat conversion above a shop, which I also own. The meter is on the outside side wall of the shop and I'm trying to lay in some sleeves and pipes to cut down the amount of work my Gas safe plumber has to do (partly to save cost & partly because he's snowed under, quite...

Hi guys. In an ideal world, the lighting circuit would be as in the drawings, feed into the pattress or fitting, cable off to the switch and loop on to the next fitting. However, is there anything to stop you running the feed into the switch box, connecting the neutrals in a connector and then...

I'm trying to get enough low energy sources into a new refurb. but the rooms are really big and very high ceilings (up to the rafters) I've tried CFL lamps and they don't make a dent in it. I wanted to try 70W metal halide but I don't know if these qualify as low energy fittings. Any ideas...

I've got two flats to wire. The two meters are in a common hallway serving both. It's about 4 metres into each flat from the meter. Do I: 1. Put each consumer unit in a locked box and give the key to the tenants? 2. Run long meter tails and put the consumer units inside the flats? I'm...

I've just found a couple of places in my new installation where it's going to be very difficult, if not impossible to achieve the 25mm clearance between an internal 15mm gas pipe and a couple of cables. Is there a reasonably flexible plastic conduit that could be slid over the gas pipe to...

Sorry to kick a sleeping dog (actually, I would never do that- I love my dog), but I have an issue particular to the endless discussion on this topic. I'm a newbie, just about to be assessed for membership of Elecsa and I've done a complete new installation which he's going to inspect. I've...