Internal Plasterboard - Fermacell - top tips

Internal Plasterboard - Fermacell - top tips

I have finished fixing the fermacell plaster boards: pretty easy on the walls, not so easy for the ceiling.  The ceiling was eventually accomplished by chopping the boards in half and using temporarily affixed battens  to give me somewhere to locate one end of each board so that I could then prop the other end...

I have finished fixing the fermacell plaster boards: pretty easy on the walls, not so easy for the ceiling.  The ceiling was eventually accomplished by...

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First-fit Electircs

First-fit Electircs

A bit of progress this past week. Simon the electrician came and did the first fix of electrics. I think this has a different name in the US, but it involves laying out the cables before any plasterboard(drywall) goes up. Before this happens you need to have thought through the quantity/rough location of:...

A bit of progress this past week. Simon the electrician came and did the first fix of electrics. I think this has a different name...

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Electric cable sizing - voltage drop

Electric cable sizing - voltage drop

calculating cable size – Voltage drop The copper wire in a cable acts as a resistor and the amount of resistance varies according to the its size and length.  As current runs through the conductor a voltage drop occurs: the voltage at the end of the conductor is lower than at the source.   Smaller wires and...

calculating cable size – Voltage drop The copper wire in a cable acts as a resistor and the amount of resistance varies according to the its...

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Electrical Connection

Electrical Connection

I mentioned before that I have an electrician doing all the connections, but to keep costs down I am doing the labouring and my main job is to lay a cable between the shed and the house. When running electrical cables outside you need to use steel wire armoured (SWA) cable for safety reasons – sometimes...

I mentioned before that I have an electrician doing all the connections, but to keep costs down I am doing the labouring and my main...

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More Electrical Bits You Will Need

More Electrical Bits You Will Need

I bought the following sockets from screwfix: not an exact match with the lightwaverf switch, but a bit closer than appears in the pic, where the light has caught them at different angles. Also pretty good value for £4 each. I also got a cheap but functional exterior light – will be replaced with something nicer...

I bought the following sockets from screwfix: not an exact match with the lightwaverf switch, but a bit closer than appears in the pic, where...

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Home Automation

Home Automation

obviously a critical feature in any decent shed is the ability to turn on and off the lights from the comfort of your armchair (inside the house). enter… lightwaverf launched by a British firm (JSTS) in 2011 they produce a range of remote controlled devices (including switches and sockets) that can be controlled with a...

obviously a critical feature in any decent shed is the ability to turn on and off the lights from the comfort of your armchair (inside...

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Preparing for First-fit Electrics

Preparing for First-fit Electrics

Battens attached – a very tedious job that took pretty much the whole day. They are spaced at 400mm centres and I used counter battens on the ceiling to make room for the light fitting (the recess will be 75mm which is just about deep enough for the led lights I have picked). Anyhow, it is...

Battens attached – a very tedious job that took pretty much the whole day. They are spaced at 400mm centres and I used counter battens on...

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Exterior vs Marine Plywood

Exterior vs Marine Plywood

Having spent hours preparing and priming my improvised plywood column cladding to the point where I was happy with it, there was a bit of rain and the ply started to de-laminate. grr. Lessons learned: exterior ply is not the same as marine ply. Seal the cut ends. Back to the drawing board on that...

Having spent hours preparing and priming my improvised plywood column cladding to the point where I was happy with it, there was a bit of...

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Fermacell Exterior Cladding

Fermacell Exterior Cladding

I put up the boards to the rear and right hand side this weekend. I am using the same boards internally and externally, and the trademark name is Fermacell. The boards are made of recycled gypsum and paper. The addition of cellulose fibres to the gypsum plaster makes the boards very strong (they can be...

I put up the boards to the rear and right hand side this weekend. I am using the same boards internally and externally, and the...

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