100M2 per ring & not more than a specified voltage drop to determine size of cable for a given length ... tlc have a calculator ... also may help : ...
As graham says these are maximums and use-ability / inconvenience could also come into the equation. Cost of splitting the ring may be little more than an MCB...
Have you considered a star layout? Almost universal sur le continong (except where the Brits have set up cammp!). Nick Nick Laurie PC Repairs LL: 01458...
While you all have your electrical heads on, a quick question regarding rewiring. I am about to buy a house that was last rewired circa 1972, there is a real...
Lee, You are right about the area being 100m2. The max length of cable is around 85m. I tend to say 1 100m box per circuit as by the time you have cut of the...
With out looking at the house, I would say the pvc is fine for the sockets, but do you know if the lighting cable have an earth. I come across a lot of houses...
Thanks Ben. That's what I was thinking too - while I might get away with the floor area, by the time all the drops down are taken into account the overall...
We have used Farrow & Ball "Dead Flat Oil" but plan to overcoat in due course with the Gloss version because of the problems with marks. Looks very good but...
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Farrow & Ball have brought out a new product using modern ingredients to make it easier to clean, I have not tried it, so don't know what it looks or works...
SWMBO has her own agenda of priorities, and I find myself at present putting a hipped roof on a garden loggia........... This is a rectangular building...
Dear Dave If there is scope for support at each end (even a couple of sturdy trestle ladders or so would reach up the 2.8 or so metres needed to be "alongside"...
Thank you to one and all for the suggestions. I have decided to grout the floor then hire a floor scrubber and try some 'orange' cleaner which is said to...
We're not keen on gloss, either, and when we moved in to where we are now, which was brand new at the time, we repainted all architraves, banisters &...
Hi Chris Thanks for suggestion - I'll think it through. But I wouldn't trust SWMBO chucking my precious ridge tiles anywhere - do you know what they cost? The...
... some 'orange' cleaner which is said to remove all manner of coatings, including wax. I'll try the meths if orange doesn't do the trick :-) ... Tim, what...
How about: whatever way you put the top two rows of tiles on, do the same with the ridge tiles - but higher up??? Nick Nick Laurie PC Repairs LL: 01458...
I hope this isn't considered bad form... I have no connection with the person offering this, I just thought it may be of interest/use to someone. Please note...
I'm sure someone knows, given the wide range of interests of those of us on the list ... but, the very bright planet after dark, to the west, which is it ......
If it's in 60 metre lengths, he's not wrong - you certainly will need a 'biggish' truck, roughly 5 times the length of your average artic :-) Martin ... -- ...
Venus. Variously called the Evening Star and the Morning Star (I believe the Romans thought it was two different objects). Often the only star-like object in...
I've got some finger marks on the stainless steel cooker hood. I've given them a quick wipe over but they are quite stubborn. What have others used to clean...
Hi, I'm miles away from installing the MHRV system but I need to install a vent in the kitchen as I'm about to finish the one place it can go. Could people...
... We have a lot of stainless and have tried various products. The "E" cloth works quite well but best we have found is the small aerosol that Mercury ship...
