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How best to cable for Washer and Dryer ?
Nickfromwales replied to Spinny's topic in Electrics - Kitchen & Bathroom
If you have the plug behind the appliance then you'll need to pull that out to change the fuse, so if these are integrated appliances defo put a single socket in each adjacent cupboard and make life easier/fit & forget. Same I did. -
Skylight/velux window install advice
Nickfromwales replied to bobbyb's topic in Skylights & Roof Windows
Some pics of the doubled timbers each side of that window would help. May be an option to delete the one immediately next to the opening and add one the other side, to gain a wider opening. For insulating the reveal, you can just install 20mm of Marmox backer board and skim straight to that, so no need for the additional PB And use Illbruck FM330 foam for all the gap filling of the Ken Dodd's teeth that is your existing PIR lol. -
Cracked plaster ; leaking roof ?
Nickfromwales replied to Pocster's topic in General Construction Issues
There's a crack over the rear doorway too? -
Cracked plaster ; leaking roof ?
Nickfromwales replied to Pocster's topic in General Construction Issues
That cracks looking like something worse than just the effects of a leak?! Is the rear an extension? -
Soil stack and underground drain advice please!
Nickfromwales replied to SimonD's topic in Waste & Sewerage
T not allowed as the change of direction at the base of a stack, unless it’s above the rest bend, so you can add a 110mm connector which has the rodding access on it, then have the rest bend. -
If this is over 45-50m then you really shouldn’t be exporting the earth? What’s your sparky got to say about this?
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Can't connect the SWA cable. Practical help please.
Nickfromwales replied to saveasteading's topic in Power Circuits
He was a penis then. -
Yup. Electrician is not shining here tbh.
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Can't connect the SWA cable. Practical help please.
Nickfromwales replied to saveasteading's topic in Power Circuits
Ok. Hold the press, ffs. With a Wago, not his budget 2nd cousin, you lift the lever and it stays there. Then you insert the cable, viewing through the clear body to confirm that had arrived safely to the required insert depth, and THEN, you flick the lever over. Just so I can sleep tonight, what bit is the clever bit that the sparky did….? -
Doesn’t that promote an ethos of “why bother”? If you run your site properly and educate the trades then you’ll find the majority are receptive. If people on your site are performing less than admirably, then I attribute this to poor leadership. Explaining that poor results or ignorance/slovenliness have consequences to them will address this quite significantly and reduce the problem. Also, telling trades to work slower and more meticulously, and that you accept the marginal uplift in costs for this to be observed, yields far better results imho. Can you elaborate please?
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Posi joist - This install feels rubbish, thoughts?
Nickfromwales replied to boxrick's topic in Roofing, Tiling & Slating
Pasquill have defo stepped up to the plate. Kudos to them and their aftercare/customer support. -
Here, I do all RCBO CU’s, and enjoy the same luxury, only better. If an earth fault occurs in your scenario then all the MCB’s get disconnected. In mine only one offending circuit dies. One, not multiples of. Sorry, but there’s zero comparison.
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Can't connect the SWA cable. Practical help please.
Nickfromwales replied to saveasteading's topic in Power Circuits
Oh, and you only use end crimps (aka bootlace ferules) with screw down connectors such as.....choc blocks. Stranded cable just gets a twist to straighten it up. -
Can't connect the SWA cable. Practical help please.
Nickfromwales replied to saveasteading's topic in Power Circuits
You sir, have CLEARLY not made off enough choc blocks in your time to appreciate the 19th wonder of the world, the lever connector. I suggest you go and kneel on some pencils for such blasphemy, and repent. -
thinner alternative to flowing liquid screed - views?
Nickfromwales replied to mikeysoft's topic in Underfloor Heating
Been using Ultra for years, great stuff. -
Should mean you don't need to be asking here? Why has he asked you for a cable that isn't available? Is the pod to be metal clad (standing seam)?
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If you start fitting 2x RCBO's for 1x room, I will drive there and thrash you. "NO".
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Hot Water Recirc Pump - Noise
Nickfromwales replied to richo106's topic in Boilers & Hot Water Tanks
Where is the non return valve? They're the cause of this noise if they start to go U/S. -
You can put anything you like as the external rain screen with TF.
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That's not so bad, you'll have wonderful breakfasts!
