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    20amp FCU or higher?

    Ok, sounds good to me, Thanks folks 6mm it is
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    20amp FCU or higher?

    Extract from instructions This dryer is supplied without an electric cord and plug. It must be connected by a competent electrician to a single-phase electricity supply at the voltage shown on the dataplate, using a suitable fixed wiring installation in accordance with local and national wiring...
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    20amp FCU or higher?

    I initially thought that i would need 4mm cable but the manufacturers instructions do say 2.5mm.
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    20amp FCU or higher?

    so lets change the question slightly, 32amp mcb to under counter Connection Unit with a 20A accessible switch?
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    20amp FCU or higher?

    Ive got an american style tumble dryer that must be hard wired. The instructions state minimum 2.5mm cable from a 30 amp supply. It is 4.5KW, can i have it from the 32 amp MCB that i have spare to a 20 amp Fused Switch? I can find any 30 - 32amp fused switch units so the next one up is a...
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    Kitchen sink waste to underground drain connection

    what if i capped off the two terracota pipes with screw access caps and ran a 50mm pipe from the kitchen, past the bathroom and into the existing soil pipe ?
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    Kitchen sink waste to underground drain connection

    Ok, so that's not going to happen lol cos the foundations are laid
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    Shower enclosure with RCD plug

    Its a reasonably modern consumer unit (4 years old) with MCBs
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    Shower enclosure with RCD plug

    Im assuming you mean a spur from the ring main? and not a seperate direct connection to the consumer unit? My thoughts were to feed the cable through the partition wall to a FCU and have a switch higher up the wall?
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    Shower enclosure with RCD plug

    I have one of those shower enclosures you can get off ebay. The shower is not electric but the enclosure with the LED lights and radio / steam unit etc is. The shower comes with a fixed RCD plug .... how should this be wired? I cant have a plug socket in the bathroom!
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    Kitchen sink waste to underground drain connection

    Also, i need to extend the soil pipe up and out of the extension but the current pipe is 75mm cast iron, is there a connecter i can buy for joining on 110mm pvc?
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    Kitchen sink waste to underground drain connection

    Here is a crude drawing of the setup, the red box shows where the extension will cover. Any suggestions for the airlock issue?
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    Kitchen sink waste to underground drain connection

    Can I just use this? And solvent weld the waste connection
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    Kitchen sink waste to underground drain connection

    I should have taken a photo but it's dark now and there's no flash! My kitchen sink waste flows into an old cast pipe about the diameter of a rainwater pipe, this was on the external wall of the house. The cast pipe then disappeared under the ground where it connected into the drainage by...
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    Waste trap or s bend for horizontal discharge?

    I'm having one of those days where you stare at something for ages but to no avail. I have one of those 'all in one' shower units that you get off eBay and we had it installed before with no 's bend' or trap as it discharged into an open drain. Still not ideal I know but it was temporary...
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    Waste Pipe Arrrgghhh!!!!!

    First thing I thought of but that wall has the door in it, the opposite wall leads to front of the house with no waste pipes so I would end up wrapping the house in waste pipe lol. I think I'm on to something though, looking at the guidance, if I use 32mm pipe (not ideal) I can cut a notch...
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    Waste Pipe Arrrgghhh!!!!!

    Yes, given the span of the joist the position of the required hole would be too close to the middle of the joist and therefore weaken it. This is following the guidance issued on the size and position of notches and holes in joists.
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    Waste Pipe Arrrgghhh!!!!!

    Thanks XR, any other thoughts or suggestions .... Cutting a hole might be the only option but it's outwith the recommended distances for a hole
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