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  1. 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...
  2. 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...
  3. N

    Running container off generator

    Evening All, hopefully i I can explain this without going around in circles. I work for a youth group and we have recently taken deliver of a container unit which we plan to use for working on DIY projects with the young people. When we ordered the container there was option so I added an...
  4. BigSi

    Supply cable running through adjoining property.

    Hi Guys. Is there a specific reg regarding a supply cable to one cottage, being run through another privately owned cottage? Reason I ask is just completed an EICR on a vacant property, where its meter and isolator switch were installed in a recessed external meter box on the next door...
  5. B

    Trunking for cable

    I have a job of running a new cable to a DBB. The 16A MCB is in place and the oven is rated at 3.9kw so needs to hard wired. The customer has tiled walls and will not allow me to remove them to run the cable. He wants the oven switch surface mounted. I have approx 0.5m of cable from DBB to the...
  6. L

    Running a lighting cable in ceiling plasterboard - wrong?

    Hi, I understand from the wiring regs that if I am to run a cable through a ceiling/floor joist I have to adhere to certain rules to keep it safe -50mm/armour etc. I currently have a plasterboard ceiling with some holes in it. My plasterer will put another layer of plaster board over this when...
  7. J

    Self build - wiring a new network. Advice please.

    Hi all, Thanks for taking the time to read this and hopefully to give me some advice. :) 1) I am building a self build home and want to wire it for networking 2) The network will be wired through a NETGEAR GS608-400UKS 8 Port Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps Switch: Amazon.co.uk: Computers &...
  8. Hellmooth

    Running new lighting circuit earth

    Hi quick question, got a newly wired lighting circuit that has had the earths chopped, would be easier for me to run a new earth alongside, is there a minimum size of earth if ran in singles and not protected by an outer sheath, got 4mm in my head but not sure where from!
  9. P

    pvc conduit

    Hi guys :) I would just like to seek some clarification on running multiple circuits in conduit. This is for a domestic installation, installing 2 new circuits, one of which is 6a lighting circuit and the other a 32 a ring main. Both circuits will be run in round pvc conduit which will be...
  10. M

    Upstairs flat tails running through wall issue?

    Have been doing a Re-wire on a flat. However have come across bit of a problem I could do with a second opinion on. Basically the tails (16mm twin) going to the 2 floors above are going through the floor boards, then straight up the middle of the bloody bathroom wall :whatchutalkingabout No...
  11. J

    Running a submain through distribution board, right or wrong

    Hi I've been pulled today for installing an swa glancing into the top of a header trunking then taking it through the db, saying its against the regs saying a once a main sw is off the whole db has to be dead, I can't find a reference to it, normally I would always gland it in the bottom of the...
  12. S

    Garage Sockets

    Im looking to add 4 new sockets into a garage, there is no live sockets or anything to come off In the garage already so Im looking for something the otherside of the wall to come off of to get my live connection. I have located a socket indoors which already has two wires already going to it...
  13. G

    Vokera 29e fault

    Hi all i am having a bit of bother with a vokera compact 29he ,the boiler wasnt firing up the fan was just running and not trying to fire up so i thought there was a fault at the air pressure switch so took the cover off and checked the tubes were clear and the switch was clickin then turned the...
  14. C

    Mains electricity cables running under footings

    Hi guys, I stumbled across this forum hoping to find s one answers to an issue I have. I am digging the footingd for a porch we are having built (permission given all clear by council ) however whilst digging I've come across some mains electricity cables. I have since checked the deeds to...
  15. D

    Running wires from upstairs down to the CU in the under stairs cupboard

    Hi All, I have a bit of a dilemma I need to get 4x 2.5mm T&E cables down from the landing into my kitchen cupboard and then into the under stairs cupboard where the CU is I am aware of the safe zones that are 150mm from ceiling and internal corners but does this apply to a slope or curve as...
  16. M

    2 three port valves with boiler running constantly

    Hi Guys, I've just looked at a heating system which has a few issues like immersion stat faulty. This is the current set up - Upstairs has H/W tank (that also feed downstairs) and heating both fed via a 3 port valve to a pump down by the boiler. Downstairs has heating fed via a 3 port valve...

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