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    Picture uplights in a flagstone floor?

    Hi all, On a current job the customer decides she wants to light a canvass picture from the floor??? The floor is real heavy flagstone - currently being re-laid. I cant find anything that would be directional enough that can also be trampled on and doesn't cause a trip hazard. I obviously also...
  2. W

    Where can I buy trendy looking 4 gang floor socket box?

    Looking to move our TV and the myriad of accompanying boxes and cables that comes with it from the corner of our lounge, as that's where the sockets are now, into the area around the middle of the our bay window. I'm looking for a, trendy brushed whatever, 4 gang socket box. Any idea as to...
  3. Leesparkykent

    gekko gripper

    super rod gekko gripper youtube - Bing video - https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=super+rod+gekko+gripper+youtube&view=detail&mid=69C636ED46FEF8DADA4C69C636ED46FEF8DADA4C&FORM=VIRE Any one used 1? looks like a hand bit of kit to have
  4. polo1

    Wet pants catastrophe

    Ok, so I've been asked to check a possibly faulty lower immersion element. Sure enough, it's gubbed. Fortunately I had a spare the correct size in the van. Drain down a massive cylinder, but can't get the element shifted. Not insured for hot works, so ask the letting agents to organise a...
  5. Karin

    sunday shock scenario

    ok so this is a scenario that i read on another forum that interested me. the solution wasn't mentioned. shock received from shower tap while standing wet feet on tiled floor. testing from the tap (PME earth via bonding) to a screwdriver in the garden (true earth) showed a potential difference...
  6. Soulsurfer

    Floor sensor tube / conduit

    Although prob easy question, I am installing my first heat mat and am wishing to make sure that the floor sensor is fitted right ! I have got some small tube that I'm pretty sure the sensor goes inside and protects it when it sits in chase in floor before self levelling goes down. But do you...
  7. yellowvanman

    Sockets in the middle of a shop floor

    Customer wants a number of sockets to work benches in the middle of a 'largish' shop floor. Walkways all the way around, high ceilings. I'm sure others would have come across this sort of problem, would appreciate some ideas!
  8. E

    Fault Finding

    Hi, Does anybody have any tips or tricks on how to find where a break in electric UFH cables. I was thinking of using a tone generator and hoping to trace the tone until it stops. Thanks
  9. charlie76

    Running cable through a switch back box

    I would like to run a cable through a galv back box (at a light switch) which is not terminating in that back box. Is there a reg which forbids this? Reason being the switch back box is already tubed from the switch to the loft. I am chasing from the floor up to the switch to get a 3c+e from...
  10. D

    Under Floor Heating thermostat - Inside or Outside the Bathroom?

    Can someone with an understanding of the Regs help me with. I have had two electricians price up a job to install underfloor heating matts in my bathroom. One told me it is ok to have the thermostat and fuse spur in the bathroom and the other said it needs to be outside the bathroom. Ideally I...
  11. F

    Underfloor cables under a underfloor heating system

    Hi, I am considering having a underfloor heating system in my kitchen. (Electrical mat system) my questions relates to whether i can also run some cables e.g. Rings mains under this system so I can have a central cabinet unit that has power to it in the middle of the room. I am concerned...
  12. I

    Electric Under floor Heating Installation

    Hi, A first timer to the forum seeking some help. I planned to put an underfloor heating mat (total load 6amp) in one of the room at ground floor. Room is just couple of meters away from the place where Main Meter is located under the stairs. Work-wise, It doesn't seem difficult or complicated...
  13. H

    JB's under floorboards

    What a ridiculous way of rewiring lights this was. Got L-N fault on lighting in a nursery. No lights on the entire bottom floor. With it being a nursery it's literally impossible to do anything whilst it's open because of the children. Anyway I went tonight to try and trace the fault. Every...
  14. GMES

    Domestic rewires

    Ok so as anyone who knows me will know That I try and avoid Domestic work at all costs but now and then I get a request from one of my Ind/Commercial customers to do their homes. I had to do one last month and once again realised pretty quickly why I try to avoid them, so the point of this...
  15. drzsta

    Building own shed?

    Hi all, I want a 18x10 shed/workshop to keep the bike and general stuff in however the sheds on the market are either overpriced or clad in wafer-thin timber. Anybody built their own and how did you go about it? Cheers :smile:
  16. D

    Does anyone know where I can get spares for MK floor boxes??? Code sf88113

    Anyone got any tips for getting hold of spare parts? A customer of mine requires new kids for 4 boxes as part of their tenancy agreement with a landlord. If I can't source the lids I'll have to replace the whole thing and they've been concreted in!! Any help would be massively appreciated, Ebay...
  17. 7

    Heating under floor heating help please

    Hello there If i could have some advice please on a heating system would much appreciated Done a few heating systems in the past with s & y plan systems however an extension i have first fixed the customer is now installing under floor heating. There is a circulation pump, a manifold and two...
  18. C

    Testing new floorboxes plugged into existing electrak

    Hi, We are adding some floor boxes onto an existing electrak in an occupied office,could anyone comfirm the tests we have to complete,only i've been told its classed as a plugged in appliance so doesn't require any tests.Is this correct?
  19. H

    Van Ply Lining the Floor

    Going to ply line the van floor tonight ready for me to build a bit racking. What's people's thoughts: self-drilling screws to secure; or try and cut it well enough so it doesn't need securing; or some other method of securing?
  20. M

    Under floor heating

    Hi guys, after some advice please. Been asked to install electrics for an underfloor heating system that consists of 3 x 10m2 mats, at a maximum rating of 2400 watts per mat, ran off the one thermostat (max 16amps). Has anybody ever wired this system using a 40amp contactor?? And if so all...

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