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    upstairs ring - cable routing?

    Hello! I need to wire an extension, and I don't normally do this type of work. Just need to confirm where the wires go, so the downstairs ring will come from the floor joists and chase down the wall to their position downstairs. Now the upstairs (1st floor) will I need to just do a small chase...
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    Routing Cable through ceiling voids

    I'm fitting downlighters to my lounge. Therefore I am interested in how cables are secured in the ceiling void and what is the best pratice to adopt. Please can you advise regulation wise and what you would do in this installation. Many thanks Simon.
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    2 questions in 1 (alarm): Cable routing from outside into loft and mounting sounder

    I am hereby admitting inexperience with 2 things: 1. Getting a cable (screened alarm cable) into loft space - I was looking at it yesterday and was thinking about sending it into the loft via the underside of the uPVC Bargeboard but don't know the soffit structure behind this and if this is...
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    SWA Scenario - Routing of cable

    I went to price a job up a couple of weeks ago that I was unsuccessful with winning. Nevermind, can't win them all. Today though I've been trying to annalyze why I have not been winning some of the work that I've been quoting on. With a day rate of £160 and pricing materials at the Screwfix...
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    Meter Tails - Routing - What Would You Do?

    Hi people, I'm sure there is one 'simple answer' to this but between those on site we now have a multitude of opinions.... So, thouight I'd ask people with a bit more experience what the best way of doing this is. The supply company has changed it's mind on the position for the meter for a few...
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    Advice please on routing PV cable onto roof.

    Hi Got a job coming up on a village hall with a large roof overhang. The inverter is going to located in a plant room which is at the opposite ends to were the PV panels are mounted. Ive not done a job like this before and therefore i need some advice. The main DC cables are coming...
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    routing of cables in domestic?

    hello again, what are your methods of chasing plaster board walls with skim. example : say i want new socket on to ring circuit at height 450mm, how would you get the cable down past the noggin/support between studs. do you chase out either side of noggin and cut into the noggin, so...
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    routing down the soil stack

    Chaps, are there any worries routing cables alongside a soilstack? The customer has an MDF framework all around it, running from the loft to the garage, and he says there are a few plumbing pipes going down the same 'cupboard' but no electrical cables right now. Is this common practice? It...
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    meter tails routing

    if someone could clear this up for me and finally give me a straightforward answer i would be very gratefull. when installing new meter tails that are not in a safe zone, ie 150mm from ceiling/angled walls etc and not going directly to an accessory, if they are buried in a wall and protected by...
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    Cable routing in a wall or false ceiling.

    Hi All Appologies if this has been posted before im sure you can point me in the right direction. Newley qualified and spent most my time doing second fixes, but heres the situation. Running first fix main ring in a resedential premises with concrete walls and ceilings (imagine a WW2 bunker)...
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    Cable routing in attic

    Chaps, Is it OK, regulations-wise, to run my cable across the top of the ceiling joists in the attic or do they need to be clipped beneath the top line if running in-line with the joists and drilled through if running perpendicular? Thanks
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    Routing cable from one side of an interior cavity wall to the other?

    Hi, This is my first post on the forum so, hello to you all! I've recently finished my training and am now doing some jobs in the 'real world' finally. However as I'm sure you'll all agree, it's one thing learning in college and another putting it into practice. As such, I've come across...
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    Routing Meter Tails Through Cavity? Thermal Bridging + Fire Protection

    Hi all, Am new to the forum so hope I've posted correctly. System 1966 lead TN-S Am about to move cu to new location, concrete cavity wall with meter box on outside. Intend to route 25mm tails + 16mm Main bonds through wall via 50mm steel trunking to cu and main earth to met (in...
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    Routing of 'Main Bonding Conductor'

    Hi, I'm replacing a Main Bond to Water which needs to run across a kitchen. The ideal route would be straight across the floor because, at the moment, it is yet to receive a final 'skim' of 50mm and will then be tiled over. Is it acceptable to run it like this - which I suppose is similar...
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    Outdoor power cable routing...

    So planning on running a cable from the house down the garden to supply power for some garden lights. I am planning to route the cable through some black MDPE pipe (highlighted to state electrical wires inside). My question is: Should I drill holes in the pipe to let any fluid get out? I...
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    Routing cable through flat roof

    Hi all, I'm just trying to route some cable accross a kitchen which has a flat roof. I've had a look at the ceiling void and could pass a cable over the top of all the joists / rafters (there's quite a good gap between the top of the joist and the insulation) but would that contravene the...
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    routing of main bonding?

    I have eventially decided to get regestered with elecsa for domestic, I am doing a new cu tomorrow and as I am wanting to use it for assesment just want to make sure on bonding as now he wants that doing too. The house has just been all done up and question is about routing as i am sure he won't...
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    cable routing

    hi.im after a bit of advice.im doing some work in an old terraced house which has an enclosed entry between two houses.my problem is that i have to run a new cooker cable to the other side of the house the cu is in the living room and the owner has recently had the room re-plastered and...
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    Routing main bonding alongside gas pipe

    Just completed 15 new builds and on 3 properties the main bonding was run through the pvc sleeve which the gas pipe runs through the caverty wall to the meter outside. Have now been told that they may not connect the gas meter to those properties unless the bonding is re-routed. Cannot find any...
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    some guidance on routing cables

    I am new to the trade This might sound a dumb question but I am looking for advice on the most efficient way to route new cables for a downstairs ring main in a property with dry lined walls. The property is modern and there is very little space betwen the breeze block wall and the...

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