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    Armoured Electrical Cable

    Is there anyway of me knowing if this is an XLPE cable? Just to make certain the max is about 30amp (which would be ideal). The cable run will be about 20m run.
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    Armoured Electrical Cable

    I have checked again and I can see that it says "3 x 2.5 SQ MM" - does that help?
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    Armoured Electrical Cable

    Ok, so you aren't able to find out based on the wording on the cable itself then?
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    Armoured Electrical Cable

    I have checked the cable and it says the following: ELECTRIC CABLE 600/1000V BS 5467 Does that help? I am not an electrician (obviously an electrician will be doing the work), but I was wondering what the capacity this would be able to provide in terms of amps used from it?
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    Armoured Electrical Cable

    Yeah the terminology and the way I explained it probably didn't make sense, as I am not an electrician and know very little about this, hence why I am reaching out for help. I will have a look shortly to see if there is any lettering/numbering on the cable itself. I ask this question because I...
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    Armoured Electrical Cable

    I have recently been given the attached armoured cable and I was wondering if you anyone can tell how many amps this will produce? I don't know if this is a daft question and it can't be determined by the picture, but I thought I would try. If not, is there a way I can find this out myself?
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    Pergola Structural Strength

    That makes sense. As I only have one bolt running through at the moment (because the sides have one too, so can't use another bolt otherwise they will hit into each other), so is there a possibility of using those, but without the bolt? So for example towards the bottom where the bolt it, I...
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    Paint for garden decking & pergola

    I should have specified in my first message - but I am wanting the decking and pergola to be a grey colour, to match with my fence panels - does that rule out using oils and would mean paint is needed?
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    Pergola Structural Strength

    Where would you use those, would this be anywhere where I have bolts at the minute? Will this make much of a difference, do you think?
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    Paint for garden decking & pergola

    I have recently built a pergola and decking area in my garden using timber. I am now wanting to paint everything grey, to match the fence panels and general style of everything else in my garden. Whenever I go to look at what paint is available online and read reviews, they generally keep...
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    Pergola Structural Strength

    I have recently built out a decking and pergola area in my garden. I must caveat this by saying I am a complete novice DIY'er, but like to get involved. I have attached a few photos of how this looks currently - but I have concerns about the top bit with the rafters from a structural...
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    Timber for decking - issues with bowing.

    Thanks for the response! So it looks like the approach I have taken isn't the best method. I assumed that with the help of someone that once this was semi-constructed it could be lifted / add blocks underneath to raise the amount needed and then fix to the posts etc. The nails were used to...
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    Timber for decking - issues with bowing.

    Hi All, I must caveat this by saying that I am a novice when it comes to DIY and this is quite a big project that I am figuring as I go along. I am building a pergola / decking area currently and I have done the majority of this from the posts, the decking and most of the cross beams. I have...
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    Making posts square

    Thanks for everyones responses, I have tried to follow up with each below: This sounds like a good idea with the bricks. For the first two posts that you mentioned - does it matter which those are? Should those be diagonal or does it not matter? I have already dug the four holes in each of...
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    Making posts square

    Thanks for your comment - how would you do this based on the fact the posts diagonally will be roughly 11m apart? Would you add one post in first (brace it, not concrete it yet) and then do the diagonal of that next? How would you then tackle the other two corners? Sorry for the many questions...
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    Making posts square

    Hey - I feel that this may be a simple question, but I am struggling to get my head around it to achieve it. Basically I am building a pergola that is going the whole width of my garden, from fence to fence (roughly around 11m in total size). I therefore have numerous posts dotted around to...
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    Pergola Posts Equal Height

    I am installing a large pergola towards the back of my garden, that goes the full width of the garden (roughly around 1065cm in width total). I am looking at installing a post in each of the four corners firstly and then add in further posts at varying intervals to perform the structure. My...
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    Pergola Height

    Ok, brilliant - thanks for your advice :)
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    Pergola Height

    Thanks for your reply - so just to understand this correctly and use this in my own specific context. I have bought 3m posts, with the plan of digging down around 0.6m down into the ground, with roughly 0.1m worth of gravel to sit at the bottom and then 0.5m of the posts to then be underground -...
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    Pergola Height

    I am looking at building a pergola and I am unsure what the maximum height should be. I've read online that this should be 2.5m, maximum if away from the perimeter of the house, so that you don't have to get planning permission. My question is, I am not sure at what point that 2.5m should...
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