On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:50:55 +0100 someone who may be "Roger Mills"
wrote this:-

Just to stick another spanner in the works . . I was told today by one
supplier that a detached garage is considered to be 'outside', and that
everything in it has to be protected by an RCD

Of course a supplier will say this, they want to sell you things.

However, there are garages and garages. Some garages are essentially
built to much the same standard as houses, some are a few sheets of
rusty corrugated iron or asbestos. It is up to the designer to
assess the possible risks and proceed from that.

Actually, it's not *that* bad. It's a difficult bit of roofspace to get into
because it's part of an extension without proper access - so I have to
grovel under a purlin of the main house to get in. Once in, I can pull the
cables through to a place where there's a reasonable amount of headroom, and
make the joint there. I just have to make sure that I take everything I need
with me, to avoid multiple grovellings!

That will give you an incentive to triple check you have everything
before going in the first time:-)


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David Hansen, Edinburgh
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