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  1. K

    Installing sockets in loft, wiring query

    Hi all, Just new to the forum so go easy on me :) I'm going through a personal project to lay floor down in my loft and whilst doing so, installing a couple of sockets to allow for some computer equipment to run. I've been speaking to a few mates and found that I am ideally wanting to find a...
    • KevSex
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    • installing loft query sockets wiring
    • Replies: 43
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  2. B

    Downlight hoods for upstairs/ loft

    Hi all, Have been asked to replace some ceiling lights in a customer bathroom; they're after LED downlight. Now customer has some IP65 mains LED downlight which are fire rated (closed, can design). Do I need to use fire hoods in the loft? The insation is deep enough to bury the back of the...
    • Billwah
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    • downlight loft upstairs
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Lighting Forum
  3. I

    Loft light - Boiler location - Building Regs

    Hi all, Can anyone point me in the direction of Building Regs reference for the requirement for a loft light when a boiler is installed in the loft. We have recently carried out a rewire and the plumber moved a boiler from the garage of the property (that has been converted by a builder) into...
  4. Startinez

    Loft insulation - alternatives to fibre glass

    Afternoon all, I am soon to be boarding out the loft on my new home as there's nothing of the sort up there currently. It is just to be for storage so I think I'm going to use 11mm OSB sheets for the actual boarding. When I went up there to measure up, I noticed the FG insulation has seen...
  5. E

    Strange Loft Hatch!

    Anyone come across one of these before? It's in a flat so possible the Landlord may wish to keep out rafter-crawlers, but my customer needs new lights! There's nothing I can see or feel inside the hole (other than a soft, spongy foam on one side) and I've resisted giving it an almighty pull for...
    • ennaress
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    • access anyone attach ladder loft strange
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  6. B

    Loft light question

    Just finished a small conversion in the loft and been running an extension lead up to a light. I'm looking to put a switched light in there and just want to check my thinking is right. I put a light in the loft running a new wire down to the bedroom switch that is currently a single switch. I...
  7. M

    Fan switching on/off with lights - 2 bathrooms only one loft fitted fan.

    Hello all, I had a professional electrician firm look into this when I was having my house re-wired and they said it wasn't possible, but I'm not so sure! The scenario is - one large extraction fan in the loft and a set of extraction ducting that has a Y piece in it so it can extract from two...
    • Matt H
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    • bathroom bathrooms extractor fan fitted lighting lights loft switching
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  8. ChipFanDave

    Cables in loft Insulation

    I’m an Industrial electrician and as such have limited knowledge of domestic installations (we all still use the same regs though). I’m wanting to know what people do about the increased insulation in lofts. For example my shower is a nominal 9.5kW with a 10mm T&E cable If I was to install the...
  9. W

    Loft Sockets

    Hi All I'm looking to install 2 double sockets in loft to power a cctv system, plug in light (for when im up there...rare) and a network switch. What's the correct way to install these double sockets? I've already found the 2.5mm cable thats feeding the upstairs sockets, can i cut this and...
    • wroenaldinho
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    • cable junction loft socket sockets
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  10. J

    loft wirng on rewire

    evening guys for you guys that regularly do rewires.... when you do the upstairs lighting wiring in the loft do you just use the existing holes in joists- and add a few extra 16mm holes if really needed who clips? who doesn't? to side of joist if insulation is on top and is also getting...
  11. S

    Power Supply To Tvs Aerial In Loft

    Can you supply to aerial booster from upstairs lighting in the loft
    • Sphurrell
    • Thread
    • aerial circuit lighting loft power power supply problem socket supply supply to
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  12. charlie76

    Loft / Attic space running cables

    Evening folks. Just out of interest I wondered what methods you guys are using in lofts / attics to keep your cables out of the mountains of insulation you can find these days? Are you running your cables under insulation against the plasterboard or are you trying to clip to the roof trusses...
  13. T

    Running tails through loft space

    Hi just installed new tails and moved consumer unit, cables are about 7 metres long they run inside a cavity from meter and i have then clipped on top of loft joists , on one bit though there is a heating pipe so i have gone under and clipped to side of joist.... i realise cables have to be 50...
  14. R

    Socket in the loft

    I would like to install an aerial signal booster/splitter in the loft but it requires a 13A socket. There is no power in the loft so is it ok to spur off the lighting circuit (with 3/5A fuse) and then install a single socket up there? What are peoples opinions on this? or any other suggestions...
  15. E

    Suggestions for some cheap emergency lighting for a loft please?

    I use my loft as a storage area, it is about 20 m long and fairly narrow, and I would like suggestions for some cheap emergency lighting for it please. I was thinking of a non-maintained light that I would connect immediately before the light switches, for the 5 off fluorescents in the loft. I...
    • electricans_son
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    • cheap emergency emergency lighting lighting loft please suggestions
    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  16. C

    Extending wiring into loft

    Hi all, I have a few questions regarding the loft conversion I’m doing at the moment: Is it okay to extend the first floor lighting circuit up into the loft? It’s separate from the downstairs circuit and currently has 5 lamps on it. It would be extended by five, two sets of recessed...
  17. A

    Loft light cables

    Hi guys, quick question looking at getting around to installing a loft light at my sisters house and the board is 16th edition lighting on non rcd side. Cables will be clipped to wood work but 1 foot and half roughly will be going between joists to landing light. In this bit it is boarded and I...
  18. M

    Loft wiring and insulation?

    Hi all. Our existing loft has had new insulation put in recently by the look of it, with the insulation covering the existing wiring. Am I breaking any regs or causing a potential hazard by fitting some loft boards for storage? Thanks guys.
  19. G

    Smoke alarms on loft conversion

    I'm due to start a loft conversion and building regs require smoke alarm, can anyone tell me if I need to install interlinked smokes on every floor ? cheers
  20. N

    Wiring In Loft

    I have recently started fitting new loft insulation and found a cable running between two bedroom lights ceiling roses is damaged and needs replacing, is Prysmian 1.0mm twin and earth ok there are no markings on the original but it does look to be 1.0mm, this is a straightforward job I have done...
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