Jonny123

Stripping out the earth wire from three core and cutting short lengths is a good idea. I was looking at buying earth wire sleeving but they only sell it in huge 100m rolls.

Thank you, that makes sense.

Hello, I am changing the ugly plastic plug sockets and light switches to metal ones in my home and have a question about the earth wires. Currently, the metal back box has three earth wires going into it and the plastic plug socket doesn't have an earth. I know I need to earth the new metal light switches, but my question is, do I put all three earth wires into the new metal light switch or just one? And leave the other two earth wires in the back box? Any help with this would be greatly appreciated, Thanks Jonny

Thank you 👍🙂

Hi everyone, I have embarked on the journey of building my own shepherd hut, and am now at the stage of sorting the plumbing out. I've never done plumbing before so after lots of online research I've put together a plan of how I'm going to tackle the waste pipes. These pipes will be standard white 32mm solvent cement sealed pipes going into a 110mm black soil pipe that will run under the hut and eventually into the ground and along to a sewerage treatment plant. I would really appreciate advice on the design, and if it would work for my hut, or if there is a better way of doing it. A few questions I have are: • Should I use a plastic vent on top of the soil stack or an Air admittance valve (AAV) • Do I need vents for the sinks and shower? • Should I put 90° bends in place that have access hatches in case of blockages • Any ideas on how I can get a 1cm in 40cm fall under the hut, I was thinking of bolting wood to the steel Chasis with the required fall, and then screwing 110mm soil pipe clips to that. • I have added the soil stack to the opposite side of the en-suite to the toilet because the shower side is the back of the hut and I don't want the soil stack at the front. will this still work? Any advice really appreciated 🙂

Pretty much 🤣

Thanks, the other one is my dads

Thanks yes if my home is going to be a shed on wheels 😂 I can't imagine how stressful it is to build an actual house.

Thanks well that was the hard bit, so I just bought it from a carpentry company as a kit 😂

Hi everyone, I recently got planning for a shepherd hut to use as a welfare cabin on my small plant nursery, and will also be renting it out for 28 days a year under the planning rule for Hollidays. After looking at Shepherd huts for sale online, I soon discovered that the one my wife would be happy with was over £40k, whenever my wife points to something that is expensive in the shops I always say 'I could make that'. This is the first time I actually decided to take the plunge and go for it, and so far it's been an eye opening experience, and more expensive than I first expected with the cost of materials going up by the day. Overall I have really been enjoying it, and haven't chopped my fingers off yet with my dads saws. The worst I had was falling off a ladder and twisting my ankle. I've learnt so many skills while building the hut and it's given me a lot of confidence to look into the possibility of building my own home one day. I was determined to do everything myself, but decided I should get a professional electrician, as it could be dangerous if I got it wrong, I have also decided to get a plumber to install the LPG gas boiler for safety reasons. The hut is a standard wooden framed building insulated with sheep wool (treated for moths) and internally cladded in Tulip wood reed and bead cladding, externally I have added a breathable membrane, added treated roof battens vertically and then used flat head stianless steel annular ring nails to hold the Siberian larch feather edge cladding in place. The roof beams are made of Tulip wood and treated with two coats of osmo oil and then I will be fixing a corrugated roof to the top. The windows are hardwood double glazed and the door is a composite stable door. The flooring which I have recently finished is laminate flooring by quickstep which is water proof. I am at the point where I need to put the drain pipes and soil stack in place and connect the toilet shower and two sinks, I also need to do all the plumbing water pipes, which I thought I'd use push fit flexi pipe for. I have recently joined the forum as I really need some advice on the best way to do the drains and plumbing. I have a water well on site that feeds into a holding tank and has a gravity fed booster pump to get the water pressure to 2bar and a domestic sewage treatment plant that the 110mm drain pipes will run to. I'm looking forward to getting some advice and hopefully doing lots more DIY projects without killing myself Jonny