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We have bought a cable reel with 2.5mm blue cable, 25m long. It is rated at 3,100W. It is to 'Arctic' ,specification for outdoor use. It is very visibly a much heavier duty than normal cable, and the spec confirms it. We plumped for a reel rather than a loose cable as it will be e asier to move around /relocate/ remove and be less vulnerable to damage. The downside would theoretically be that it is lft prly oiled, but our guys know this and we will remind them. From what I can find, the most powerful 110V router/bench saw draws 2,100W I have also taken on board the suggestion to retain 110V supplies for the lighting. As well as spreading the load this might stay on if the other circuit trips. It cost about £70. The one shown in earlier discussion seemed cheap but doubled when the checkout page added 'delivery'. Also I trusted the specialist supplier more than the other options through Amazon etc. Thanks for the advice.

Any fibres would have been distributed very thoroughly as part of the manufacturing process. And If a lab had considered the sample too small then they would have said so. Best not even discuss the matter with friends or family as there is no need for anyone to even know you had been concerned. Unless they ask of course, and you have the answer. there is no asbestos.

YES. It is proven safe, so stop worrying.

as @Russell griffiths says. first tidy it all up. I have no idea where the outlet could go. We don't know the site or circumstances. That's why I'm asking you if you have any ideas or more information. I have been presuming you might dig out 600mm to 1m and have a pipe at the bottom of that, so water would run to an end and from there you need to take it elsewhere or it won't drain the area. What is on e land you took the photo from? ie to the inside of that fence. Is it your land? And is there more retaining wall between the fence and the house? Not wanting to be rude but it's always worth checking... are you following the logic of building a drain and getting the water away from behind the wall?

You don't worry about it. The heat loss will be miniscule. For perspective, you could counter it by closing the front door a second more quickly or turning a light off for 10 seconds... I'm guessing. Depending how much space you have, it makes it easier to screw or glue a timber or ply plate to the steel, and then the box fitting is by wood screws.

Agreed. That's a start and may solve the water thing. Maybe that's enough, but my concern is that it is a wall by a builder and not technically designed. I guess if it is ever overloaded by the land above it won't collapse just crack or rotate. @slystallone if you do that, where can you take the drainpipe from the end of your new trench?

All the above. Every site is different. Ducts and talking to real people (eventually) at the facilities companies. You can work for a while with a generator and bowser. Or even bringing in a few containers of water every day. Until the generator gets stolen. It is more difficult than you think. But you must become the expert.

Doubtful. £500 for the gravel. Add pipes, membrane, digger, and the earth has to be taken away. Anyway, how deep and where would you take a drainpipe?

If you use bathroom drain pipes, then you can join them with junctions and bends, either down to a drain or angled across the wall.

that could be changed very readily if there was the will.

Let's have a guess that it needs a steel beam on 2 new steel posts on new concrete foundations, then lots of making good. £10k?? Structural Engineer, Building regulations, mess and disruption (living elsewhere?)

One of the nicest things a client said to me ...we were a subcontractor to them but with design input, they being a bigger contractor, was..... "you are not always the best price but always the best value." He retired. His successor use someone cheaper and handed on some of my suggestions. They went bust. Sometimes expertise is doing simple things well. Such relationships are more difficult to find on self build, because you don't know each other. Fundamentally though the real expert may not have to charge more, because it's easy for them.

I wish, but don't think. No party politics here, but we know a lot of people like to hear that everything is somebody else's fault and easily sorted.

If you tell the public the whole, realistic story you don't get elected.

Exactly so. The former would cost £10k for a job half done. And is it your land? Holes £500. A heavy duty core drill with diamond core cutter can be hired for £150 or so. You could join your outlet pipes up to drain away tidily, or make it a natural water feature of moss, slime and ivy.