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  1. R

    Bathroom bonding with steel stud walls

    Hi all, after some advise on bonding in a bathroom, ive fitted an electric shower, its RCD protected and ive bonded the water pipes. 2 of the walls in the bathroom are steel stud walls, another electrician says it doesnt need bonding as its on a RCD ? Help
  2. oxford 12

    Time delay RCDs and cables in walls

    Your carrying out an eicr on a domestic property with a time delay 100mA RCD protecting lighting cables within 50 mm of the surface. What code would you give it c3 or c2?
  3. charlie76

    Stramit - Straw Walls - Installation Reference Method

    Evening all. Working on a bungalow at the minute with the dreaded stramit walls. All my new cables have been surface, galv capped and the builder is dot 'n' dabbing over. There is an existing radial serving sockets in the living room which is not being rewired. For those that are familiar with...
  4. Leesparkykent

    Stupid builders........

    Been doing a barn conversion/extension at a builders house I do work for. All the ceilings are vaulted/exposed oak beams....The builder boarded, insulated and tiled the roof from the outside leaving the beams exposed. Instead of getting me in to put the switch drops in from the chandelier...
  5. M

    Fixings for double plasterboard stud walls

    Hi.Im a new apprentice electrician and was after some advice on fixings please!? I today's had to fit an emergency exit sign in stud wall but it had double layered plasterboard. I thought plasterboard fixings(pig tails) would work but they never gripped and kept spinning out! Am I using wrong...
  6. robd

    Crabtree 50a pullswitch...chrome

    Afternoon all, I'm after a 50a pullswitch, crabtree in chrome. I know they used to make them but not sure if they still do or if there are any kicking around anywhere. Actually want one for my bathroom, don't suppose anyone on here has seen any lately?
  7. D

    Cables through walls

    Is there a regulation that states you must protect cables passing through walls (i.e. drilled, from one side out to the other), or can you just pass them straight through the wall as I've seen on untold occasions..
  8. R

    Thick plasterboard wall?

    Not stricly an electrical question so apologies if this is the wrong place to ask... Has anyone ever come accross a dividing wall which appears to be solid/thick plasterboard? Drilling in for fixing trying to feel for the cavity and drill bit emerged in room next door. Wall seems to be...
  9. Leesparkykent

    Metal partition walls

    Hi any one got their regs book near them? On site and forgot my bag this morning so haven't got the BYB with me.... Looking for the reg number related to rcd protection for cables run in metal partition irrespective of depth. Cheers lee
  10. N

    installing socket in shed

    Hi, I'm currently on a level 2 C&G course at college with a bit of experience. I have to install a socket outside in the shed in my own house. I have a few questions i'm not too sure about: 1. is SWA cable the only one to use for taking power to shed or can I use T&E run in conduit? Is...
  11. J

    Alarm Wiring

    I know this isn't in the security category, I can't post in it. Ive never installed a security system in a domestic property. Will I have to chase walls like normal a electricial circuit? Haven't seen anything about how to run alarm cables to PIRs and I don't want to go to a future client...
  12. E

    Lathe & plaster walls

    What do you do when the builder is being a cheap &@?! and won't pull them out? I either chisel a bit out of the uprights or get a bit of wood that spans between both. Any other ideas that don't involve a 16mm back box?!
  13. A

    Straw in stud walls

    This is the first time I have ever seen straw in a stud wall. House was built in 1990.
  14. Dave OCD

    Supply for Combi Boiler - RCD required ?

    Allright chaps I have to connect a new Combi this Saturday morning, intending to fit a 3 amp fused switched FCU and take the supply off a handy socket [about 2 feet away and on a RFC not a spur] The consumer unit is an old MEM with cartridge fuses and there's no RCD, [TNCS system with Ze of...
  15. I

    Installing sockets in a thin block wall.

    Hi guys, I have been asked to install some additional sockets for a family friend. However when I have been to look at the house (1950's built) I have found that the upstairs walls are really thin. They look like breeze but are much softer (I can pratically scrape them away with a screwdriver)...
  16. driverman

    Cables in cavity walls?

    Hi, 2 things really but related. 1. When I worked for a DNO company, no way would they allow their service cable to the OMB go via the cavity even if a hockey stick was installed. Yet in the UK Power Network (old Eastern) area it would appear they do. Any one know from their experiences? 2...
  17. S

    Book times for chopping boxes in walls

    Evening, Anyone know the book/industry times for chopping 1g & 2g 35mm back boxes in concrete block and then fixing . All using power tools. I know how long it would take me! But will be subbies... My luckins doesnt list it and my old spons only has chopping by hand times which I reckon my mum...
  18. D

    cab routing-insulated stud walls

    just trying to find out what most do in the following situation. 95mm wall studs/noggins full of acoustic insulation, running cables in prescribed zones and cables need to be in contact with plasterboard do people generally notch the noggins(vertical runs) and studs(horizontal runs) or drill...
  19. O

    4mm in walls is <32 yet we use 32A mcb

    I know this has been around but how is it reconciled that 4mm in plaster (with or without capping) can be used with 32A MCB when tables say cable rating is less than 32A? Also: I can't get my head around why a single socket spur on a single socket spur on ring is different to one double socket...
  20. M

    Difficult customers...

    In a chatty mood.... So just wondered if anyone had had any really difficult customers...Or the customer that calls you up to do the work and then they know better once you've arrived. Had one recently, Customer wants a downflow heater put in 2 of their bathrooms. Had a look around the property...

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