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I’m struggling to understand the on-site guide table for Conduit factors for runs incorporating bends and long straight runs. (Table E4 amendment 3 on-site guide) - I’m out of date and need to do my 18th I know, but it isn’t something I use as a maintenance engineer. *This is just to get my head...

Hi guys, hope this is the right place for this post! I bought a 1960's house this year that we've completely renovated, it has UPVC windows throughout but I don't know how old they are! (not ancient, but not brand new) We've had some plaster work done and now today after the first heavy rain...

Hi Guys, Ive just had my kitchen floor tiles in 2ft square polished porcelain tiles. They are from B&Q and are a Grey/Anthracite colour. The tilers has finished and there's still grout spots left over. There's also a 'Haze' look when you look at reflections in them. I've bought some residue...

Hi Guys, Ive recently ran a new water main pipe into our house, it comes up through the concrete floor in a room where i am currently fitting a kitchen. Somehow ive managed to bring it out the ground right on the joint of a unit, so it dosent fit. Its about 6-8 inches of MDPE then into the...

Hi, Just had an extension built on the rear of our house, creating a 25sqM room. Half is new concrete floor, the other is an existing black asphalt floor. The builder has levelled the concrete roughly to the asphalt but to lay the large 600 x 600 porcelain tiles we've chosen, the tiler has told...

Hi, Currently in the middle of renovating our house, it's practically back to bare brick and want to install some TV cabling before we plaster. (The house only has one cable entering the rear) I want to move the incoming cable to the front of the house, then run one to three other rooms. I...

hi guys, Just run a new 25mm MDPE water supply to my house and it's currently waiting to be connected by United utilities. I've got a plumber to connect it to the rest of my system, but I need to get a stop cock and drain (cock?) I've had a look online and can find a suitable MDPE to copper...

Hi Guys, So we've recently bought a new house and there's a ton of work that needs doing. One of the jobs is to find something to disguise this big pebble dashed slab above the front door (See Pic below) Sorry the pic isnt very focused, but you can see the slab im talking about. I've considered...

Hi guys, Simple question, is it acceptable to put two separately fed socket circuits in the same room? Kitchen is 5M wide and wanted half on one circuit, opposite end on a different circuit. Would this be frowned upon? Thanks.

Hi Again, I'm trying to work out the It of a ring final, and can't get a logical answer that I understand. It must greater than or equal to In/(Ca*Cg*Ci*Cf) 32/(1*0.57*0.5*1) = 112.2A ?! I've never designed a ring final before so my knowledge is poor, however I do know 25mm2...

Hi Guys, I'm planning on having my consumer unit changed shortly, but am in the early stages. The house is very old - The consumer unit is currently in a small cupboard under the stairs (Under the bottom 5 stairs to give you an idea of how small the cubbyhole is!) I know there are...

Hi Guys, I am currently in the process of buying a house that needs to be rewired. I am a qualified Electrician(NVQ3, HNC, 17th Edition), but from an industrial background, and have never attempted to re-wire a domestic property before! I have been in contact with my LABC who have said...