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by benny
Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:58 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: kitchen lighting, fused spur/ mains lighting circuit?
Replies: 5
Views: 11100

Thanks for the reply, I thought fused sockets were to be used on a ring main or for a spur off a ring main, so its doesnt matter that the powers coming from a lighting circuit, I can keep the existing loop-in system and use a fused socket to connect wire to the fluorecent tube wire to the lighting c...
by benny
Thu May 29, 2008 10:59 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: kitchen lighting, fused spur/ mains lighting circuit?
Replies: 5
Views: 11100

kitchen lighting, fused spur/ mains lighting circuit?

Hi, I want to change the lighting under my kitchen units to mini fluoresent tubes (low enery 10w slimline ones) in the instructions it says they should be fitted to a plug with a 3a fuse or into a fused switch, the 3 existing lights are wired into the mains lighting circuit via a junction box. Can t...
by benny
Mon Jun 04, 2007 1:41 pm
Forum: Flooring and Floor Coverings Forum
Topic: floorboards - ventilation gap around edge of floor
Replies: 2
Views: 6388

Thanks for the reply. The room is an upstairs bedroom, is the air under the floor warm then? does there need to be ventilation behind the drylinning on a wall so the insulation doesn't sweat? I thought the air needed to flow from the loft behind the dryling and through the floor is that wrong? I jus...
by benny
Tue May 29, 2007 10:59 pm
Forum: Flooring and Floor Coverings Forum
Topic: floorboards - ventilation gap around edge of floor
Replies: 2
Views: 6388

floorboards - ventilation gap around edge of floor

I have laid floor boards in a room but I am now worried that there should be a gap between floor boards and the walls around all four walls of the room for the air to flow through. I have left 2-3mm and you can slide a saw down the gap between the wall and the floorboards, will this be enough for th...
by benny
Wed May 23, 2007 10:36 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: height of switches
Replies: 8
Views: 4987

thanks alot guys :D
by benny
Wed May 23, 2007 10:34 pm
Forum: Plastering and Dry Lining Forum
Topic: dry lining dot and dab salt patches
Replies: 1
Views: 6227

dry lining dot and dab salt patches

I want to plaster board a wall using dot and dab compound the wall is bare brick, I have seen dot and dab drylinning go funny in the area where the compound is which appears like a wet patch due to the salt coming through the wall into the board. Is it best to apply the dywall compound directly to t...
by benny
Fri May 18, 2007 9:23 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: height of switches
Replies: 8
Views: 4987

Thanks for the reply add, I thought I'd heard that sockets would need to be 450mm from the floor so can I have the light switches any height I want between 450 and 1200, the bed and the door are on the same wall and are close by each other I didn't want to have 3 switches just want the 2 either side...
by benny
Fri May 18, 2007 3:56 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: height of switches
Replies: 8
Views: 4987

height of switches

Hi,
I want to have a light switches either side of my bed, my bed is quite a low one and want to have the switches at an easy to reach height, Is there a regulation on how high the switches must be from the floor.

cheers
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