Summerhouse Project

[mdbalson]

Here are some Pictures of the Summerhouse:

Starting to lay the base:

The finished base (Side view):

The finished base (Front view):

The Parts of the Summerhouse:

Side view of the Summerhouse:

Front view of the Summerhouse:

Lagging & Plaster-boarding inside of summerhouse:

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Wiring:

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Light switch:

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CU wiring:

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Power cable:

Power supply is from the main CU in the House, via 40m of 6mm 3 core SWA on a 32Amp MCB

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Outside lights:

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Laying the carpet tiles:

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[Spark123]

I'd get shot of the but-splice crimps and use a piece of terminal block in the light switch. What colours are in the 3C&E, they almost look like red black and grey?? Assuming it is a neutral, the grey needs to be sleeved blue

Your SWAs are meant to be deep enough to avoid accidental damage with a warning tape (laid flat) buried higher up (at around 1 spade depth), not 100% clear from the pic but have you wrapped the tape around the SWA?

 

[mdbalson]

What colours are in the 3C&E, they almost look like red black and grey?? Assuming it is a neutral, the grey needs to be sleeved blue

The colours in the 3C&E are Brown, Black & Grey.

The Black (Sleeved Blue) is the neutral to the ceiling lights

The Brown is the Switch Return to the 2nd light

The Grey (Sleeved Brown) is the Switch Return to the 1st light.

 

[big-all]

do you have an air gap and breathable membrane between the outside wall and insulation
nice job by the way

 

[Spark123]

Wiring:

Light switch:

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Looks like brown sleeve in the second pic, if it is brown why sleeve it? Just seems a bit odd to me.

 

[streetlighter]

Id try some Wago connectors in place off the butt crimps, first tried them last year and think they are great.
I also use the Ideal Twister wire connectors which i find very useful in certain applications.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Your SWAs are meant to be deep enough to avoid accidental damage with a warning tape (laid flat) buried higher up (at around 1 spade depth), not 100% clear from the pic but have you wrapped the tape around the SWA?

Looks like it.

I know that this is an old post, and it's too late to do anything about the OP's mistake, but that image has just shown up in a google search, so for the benefit of anybody who does find this thread, that buried cable is not the way to do it.

It should be deeper, and the tape should be above it, far enough to warn people of the cable before they encounter it, not wrapped around the cable they've just hit, and possibly damaged.