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- Stuart -
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Exactly. Good call. If you are going underground without metal conduit, then armored cable is, indeed, the way to go.and then goes underground between the house and studio, I've been told to use SWA (Steel wire armored) cable as this won't require trunking on the walls or underground and doesn't need conduit in the wall cavity of the studio.
He will install all sockets surface mounted.
Cabling for the lights will be between the ceiling insulation and ceiling in the inside out ceiling.
Sockets and lighting will be on separate radial circuits.
Right. Keep all your signal cables (low voltage) in one conduit, separate from your electrical. Signal might also include things like CCTV, alarms, cable TV, intercom to the house, doorbell, and other similar stuff. That can all go in one conduit.He informed me that I'm not allowed to run the network cables in the same entry point as the 230V electrical, due to a damaged cable possibly passing the high voltage through the adjacent data cable.
Unfortunate, but it ain't the end of the world, if you do it right.So annoyingly I'll have to have a second entry point for the data cable.
I've started attaching my polythene vapour membrane now.
It's still in the wrong place: It is supposed to be directly ON the leaf material (drywall OSB, ply, whatever), with no insulation or air gaps. I'm very, very, VERY surprised that passed inspection. That's a mold hazard.The inner leaf is going to be attached underneath the vapour barrier, this is the location approved by building control. Directly above the vapour barrier is insulation, directly below will be two layers of plasterboard (inside out ceiling modules).
As far as I'm aware it's standard installation practice in the UK.Soundman2020 wrote:It's still in the wrong place: It is supposed to be directly ON the leaf material (drywall OSB, ply, whatever), with no insulation or air gaps. I'm very, very, VERY surprised that passed inspection. That's a mold hazard.The inner leaf is going to be attached underneath the vapour barrier, this is the location approved by building control. Directly above the vapour barrier is insulation, directly below will be two layers of plasterboard (inside out ceiling modules).
- Stuart -
Exactly: But that's not what you are doing!Attach the vapour barrier to the studs, then place the plasterboard over the top and screw into the studs.