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  1. charlie76

    Asbestos light switch accessory boxes

    I've come across what I think are asbestos accessory boxes. 1938 wire VR. Just popped light switch off and came across this. What do you think?
  2. K

    Wooden Fuse Board

    Hi all, I recently replaced a fuse board for a new consumer unit and the board was an old wooden Wylex 6 way, was wondering if anyone knew how old this was approximately? When did wooden boards stop? Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures.
  3. D

    EICR coding

    Hi guys, Just want some advice on codings for an EICR I am doing at communal area in block of flats.all the flats including landlord electric meters and communal consumer unit on wooden board in basement.wooden board is rotten due to dump.which code shall i use?
  4. dlt27

    Eicr

    Hi all, I have done a few EICR's before however could do with a bit of advice on what codes you more experienced guys would give these observations; 1 Old 3036 DB made up of wooden base/back. (C3?) 2 Underszed main bond. (C3?) 3 Cooker switch mounted 18" above cooker (C3?) 4 Mutiple cct's in MCB...
  5. G

    Wylex wooden back db

    Eicr code 2? Thoughts
  6. P

    Main consumer unit in wooden outbuilding

    Looking for a bit of advice here. I am replacing the CU which is currently in a shower room. Now, don't gasp too hard, it's not as bad as it sounds. The shower is in a totally enclosed cubicle with a good extractor, and the room never gets steamy or has condensation. The existing CU is in a...
  7. i=p/u

    Lights in wooden made garden bed

    Im looking to put lights in my planter. My thoughts are come off rcd skt into fused spur on outside wall in enclosure , then onto switch, then off too lights. The lights I'm looking at say ip67 which is dead on but assume will have 300mm flex which will need to be jointed which I'm unsure if...
  8. D

    pre victorian wooden building

    Hey guys, im starting a project where the building structures are as described above but at some point (possibly original) rendered on both sides. This is new to me and I would be really grateful of any info you may have for me. It is a high street and the owners would like brackets fixedto the...
  9. N

    Protection for wooden summer house

    Evening all, Just got a few ideas for a job I'm doing to run past you's. Been asked to wire up a wooden summer house and I priced and got the job but just had an after thought as he said he was planning to use plywood to board it instead of plasterboard. Should I instead of 30mA be installing...
  10. J

    Moving electricity meter on same (wooden) board as the main breaker?

    Hi We need to move our electricity meter so its out of the way of some new stairs. The stairs will clear the main breaker however the meter needs to be moved also the backing board will need to be cut shorter. Two questions: Would I need to get Western Power to shorten the backing board for...
  11. C

    Age of installation?

    I've just done an eicr on a house with a Wylex rewireable fuse 3036 cu. how old would that make it? The wiring was all red and black t+e. Just need to put a number on the report. I'm thinking 10-15 years?
  12. Doomed

    Conduit on wooden fence

    I know that conduit on wooden fence is bad practise, but where does it atually say this, and is it just bad practise or a no no? (25mm conduit feeding a garden shed, saddles approx 1 foot above ground level)
  13. S

    CU change & wooden switch boxes.

    Chaps, Just doing a cu change today. All bar two light switches have metal knockout back boxes. The remaining two have the original wooden back boxes and the client does NOT want them changed due to decoration (cant say i blame them). I cant think of any regs off the top of my head that says...
  14. S

    Downlights in outside wooden soffit

    I've already wired these for someone but have yet to fit the lights. The lights had already been bought by the person whos house it is but I'm not sure if the ones they have got are really appropriate. They got IP65 shower gu10 lights but they ain't fire rated which I thought they might have to...
  15. I

    What to fix a garden socket to.

    I have to install a socket in a garden but do not have a permanent structure to fix it to can anyone give me any ideas, thanks.
  16. R

    Electric Underfloor Heating On Tiled Wooden Floor

    Hi, Can this be done? It's normal floor boards, which will be tiled over. The ones i'v done before had a floor stat, which I seem to remember were chased in....obviously this can't be done on a wooden floor as such...or can it?? and would the use of thermal boards be nessecery? thanks
  17. brs73

    wooden skirting trunking ?

    hello i've got a flat that needs rewired. concrete floors and ceilings. currently with surface run sockets and trunking, the client has asked for wooden fronted skirting trunking. does anybody know of anyone who makes this. i've found heritage dado but they dont have a website and they look...
  18. R

    Wooden Backboxes

    Hello All Went to a property to do an inspection. No earthing in lights, ok no problem, all class 2 accessories everywhere. But the light switch back boxes are all wooden? does this warrent a code? if so what do you think? I was always under the impression that a fuseboard with a wooden...
  19. J

    power and lights in a wooden outbuilding,notifiablle.

    Hi Guys, got to quote for new power supply sockets etc. in a new wooden outbuilding at a garden centre,is this notifiable. Cheers, John.
  20. B

    Siting CU on wooden backboard where the 3 phase supply fuses are located...

    I'm looking at adding an additional CU to an old farmhouse which has 1 old wylex rewirable CU as well as 3 x old MEM black metal CU with levers at the side and rubber insulated cables!! This is going to supply an immersion heater (which was previously plugged in via a 13A plug) a towel radiator...

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