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    Remind me not to use my bare hands to trace a wire under the floorboards

    Had a floorboard up recently following a water leak. While there, thought I would connect in a stair light, which previously was switched separately to the landing one. Discovered a previously unknown junction box - not normally maintainable, but moving past that ... - wiring very neat...
  2. J

    Exposed copper wire under the floorboards after rewire

    I have just had my house fully rewired. I lifted a few of the loose floorboards to clean and noticed at junctions there is a lot of exposed copper wire. Is this normal or even safe?ī
  3. N

    how to detect easily damaged cable under floorboards

    hello theres a damaged cable under floor boards in either the living room, hallway or dining room. the 'downstairs sockets' mcb type b in consumer unit trips as soon as i flick it back up, so the problem is in one of the rooms above. how do i detect which cable under the floorboards it is...
  4. Q

    Reference methods for cables ran under floorboards and into stud walls no thermal insulation

    evening all I am wondering what the installation methods should be for cables run under floor boards and then into stud walls but without thermal insulation...102,103 dont seem relevant and so my understanding leads me to think it would be a cross between c for clipped direct under the boards...
  5. D

    Coax Cable Insulation Damaged, Copper visible, Cable can't be easily replaced I think

    Hi, I'd really appreciate your help. This is in Europe. I have no electrical knowledge and very little construction/DIY knowledge. I know electricians / cable-provider-technicians can measure coax signal strength at the outlet with a specialized device. A cable is damaged right down by the...
  6. Martyn Campbell

    Wiring to Garage under floorboards SWA Required?

    Hi, My Garage is attached to my house and currently there is a standard 3 core cable running from my consumer in there. I have just had my consumer upgraded/replaced and starting renovations on the bedroom directly next to the garage so would like to replace the cable as well. As the cable...
  7. S

    Re-wire preference - under floorboards or removed ceiling

    Hi! I'm new to the forum - thanks for having me. I have a question for a domestic rewire - I just bought my first property and want to know the prefered method for a rewire and if it really matters or is a personal preference. I'm going to rip down the thin chipboard ceiling and have it...
  8. HappyHippyDad

    One vent for 2 extractors, under floorboards?

    I have to get a kitchen extractor and shower room extractor vented outside. They are back to back to each other on the ground floor. There are no external walls that lead to the outside. I can run the ducting under the floorboards between the same joist (both extractors) all the way to the...
  9. G

    Found cabling under floorboards, is it safe?

    Been living in our current house for a couple of years and finally turning our spare bedroom (junk room at the moment) into a useable bedroom. I want to move a double socket a couple of feet to the left so we can fit some wardrobes in so I lifted a floorboard up today to see if it would be easy...
  10. T

    Getting up floorboards with no marks?

    As a matter of interest, I was mulling about a tool that could lift floorboards with no marks. I wonder if anyone on here has any method/tool to do so. Having lifted, no doubt, hundreds of floorboards over the years I can certainly get pretty well any board up without breakage. However I cannot...
  11. T

    Wires under no floorboards ?

    How would you approach laying in ring downstairs with no floorboards or joists just bare ground, the property is being refurbished ? Bit puzzled by this one !
  12. 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...
  13. I

    Cable run under floorboards

    Hi Group Had a third party inspection by a NAPIT tester, to get building control approval for a pv installation. He has failed the cable run in Twin and Earth under my floorboards even though its greater than 50mm from surface. No 30ma RCD fitted to this circuit. I though it was acceptable if...
  14. B

    Floor Box's Installed in Floorboards

    Anybody had any experience installing floor box's in floorboards? Done some before in an office environment in a suspended floor system, which was no problem. Been to look at a job at an old office building, with some desks in the middle of the room. There looking to move all the sockets/data...
  15. F

    looking to put 4 power showers in hotel

    hi, im looking to put 4 power showers in a very small hotel, so far on the consumer unit i have b6, b6, b32, b6, b6 ,b16, b16, b32 and another b32 so i was wondering as there are another 4 spaces for mcbs could i install 4, 10.5 kw showers shower 1: has 10m horizontal run under floorboards...
  16. Paul.M

    The Best Floorboards Ever???

    Went to a job last week and found this Oh dear the plumber has had a go at the chipwood and then did this Yes that is compacted cadboard covering a hole in the floor....... And there's more....
  17. D

    Junction boxes under floorboards

    Just a quick one guys. Just wanted to clarify something which I've heard many opinions on... Is it acceptable to have a junction box under floorboards? Just doing a lighting rewire and several lights are of the kind without the loop-in/out/switch terminals, just the line, neutral, earth...
  18. L

    House rewired - find cables were run just under floorboards

    Hello, A few years ago I had my house rewired and received a Building Regulations Compliance Certificate from the installer. I've recently had to raise some floorboards and now see that the installer in many cases ran cables through notches in the joists and these cables are not protected from...
  19. S

    Best joint for permanent telephone cable under floorboards

    Hi folks, as part of a room refurb, I'm moving a secondary phone socket to other side of a room. The cable coming in is already under the boards so I propose to join under boards at existing location and run new cable to new position other side of the room. For the joint the options are either...
  20. A

    Ring problem - customer dosnt want floorboards up?

    I've never come across this before, so need a little advice. I fitted a new circuit to a kitchen. In doing that, noticed a few errors in the existing wiring. I fixed all of those, apart from one ring in the living room. 4 sockets on a ring, with one on a spur. Continuity shows a fault on L-L...

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