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thanks again i get onto that when i get the RCD

hi thanks for replying there is a double socket spured off a fuse connection unit in the shed and a SWA cable running back to the house but not sure where is connect inside .there is not a RCD in the shed. should there be one in there as well with the FCU? if so could i use one of them RCD...

Hi all .. Just a quick question to make sure its ok to do.. I have a large decking at bottom of garden with a wooden shed also sits on it.. I want to put a tall lamp onto the decking and feed a 1.5 flex from a three pin plug into a socket with a 3amp fuse in the plug. The flex with run down...

many thanks for the replies.. i was going to put the posts onto galvanised base anchors which will be concreted in place and bolted to the posts at the bottom as I think they are a good idea keeping the post away for ground level..i have used similar ones on low level decking where I put...

hi all just a quick question as I cant find an answer through other posts.. I want to build a 6mts x 3.5mts carport with polycarbonate roof fitted onto joists with glazing bars along side of the house..im using c16 timber for roof framing. . just need to know if 4x4 treated fence posts are...

thanks for the reply Terox i will leave out the worktop upstand..and go for the clearance zones..

hi all im in the middle of putting new worktops in the kitchen.. i have a free standing oven with gas hobs and it got a glass lid on it..what i need to know is there a regulations about running a wooden worktop upstand along the wall at the back of the cooker opening from either side of the...

hi all can some one tell me if its ok to run 2 lenghts of 0.75 flex together into a 20mm plastic conduit at three metres long outside.. its for two 60 watts lamps.. just thinking about if it be too hot during the summer nights? thanks

thanks for the reply chri5

Hi there I got an outside 60 watts lamp on the wall and I want to move it another 4 metres away along the wall.. Can I use 4 metres of 0.75mm flex? It be in plastic conduit..the flex will be in a junction box next to where the light is now..there is a 1.5mm flex going in and 0.75mm coming out...

thanks for the replies i tried finding out on travis website.. nothing.. but i knew it be easier finding out on this forum..

forgot to add...i think its redwood

hi its imported kiln dried c16 regularised PEFC treated..from travis perkins.. this help?

hi all could someone tell me how much does a c16 or c24 6x2 weighs per metre..? many thanks[/u]

thanks ronnyraygun.. had a bit more time to expain tonight.. :D

ok i try again... the width of the old detatch garage is 4mts and 5mts long..at the rear of the garage wall which is 4mts wide , someone has built a bricked shed up against it on the outside..that shed goes along the whole width as the garage but goes 2mts away from the rear of the garage...

Ronny.. The span of the 4x2s will be 2mts long as they are sitting on the rear of garage wall where the garage been extended by 2mts and I need to open up the other wall where the 4x2 also sits on to created a 3mts opening..hope it make sense ..many thanks..

thanks for the replies yes the span will be about 3mts as i will be taking a section of wall out so i need to have a minimum depth for the beam supporting the roof for head clearance .. so now i will get 8mm by 90mm plate.to make up the flitch beam?..

hi if i contructed a 2no 47mm x 100mm c16 with a 8mm x 100mm plate and bolted with 12mm bolts at 300mm staggered to form a flitch beam say at 3mts.. what size would a timber beam be at the same spec? all the load going to be is taking the weight of 4x2 at 600mm centers and corrugated sheets on...

to match the decking with timber handrails, spindles..don't wont to change the timber affects...