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    do those screwfix joist/pipe/electricity detectors work?

    yea, get the b&q one, its helped me avoud many a death trap
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    might be a stupid shower tray question

    hi all, im about to embark on my most exciting diy project, fitting a shower. However i want to make absolutely certain that every inch of the way im on the right path, dont want to build a cubicle of death, if you please. Anyhow heres the first of (im sure many shower instalation questions...
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    New carpet, internal doors now rub

    go with the wife , my missus is quite frequently right when it comes to DIY! :D
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    spur from a socket for a light

    fancy emailing me a diagram ? ta [email protected]
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    secrets to laying wire under floorboards

    i used the plastic cover from surface mounted wire leads (as i'll be removing them anyway) and taped them together with tape to form 8 ft of wonderous stiff yet bendy stick with hoop on end, thankyou so much, im kicking myself that i had to ask, thanks for the help guys
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    spur from a socket for a light

    can i run a spur from a socket to wire up two wall lights ? its gonna be a problem running a spur from the lighting circuit. Well more of an inconvenience cheers :lol:
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    breezer

    very true
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    floorboard removal

    you mean like 1930's picture rail might be held up ?, i ripped one of them down! big holes i had to fill ! lol
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    breezer

    its alright, im just impacient thats all, u see ive just bought a place with my fiance and we have to do quite a bit of work, im only 22 with little experience, although growing rapidly, i just want to be absolutely sure of things before i do them, regarding plumbing, electrics etc. u just...
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    breezer

    are you on messenger breezer? i have a few questions regarding plumbing if you would like to help me, if not dont reply
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    floorboard removal

    to add another query to this conversation, can anyone tell me what my skirting boards may be attached to? 1930's property. i dont really want to find out by pulling one off, just incase they dont go back on easily. cheers
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    secrets to laying wire under floorboards

    appreciated :D
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    secrets to laying wire under floorboards

    trunking ? :oops:
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    secrets to laying wire under floorboards

    is there any secrets, other than riping every other floorboard up, to laying cable from one end of the room to the other ? obviously i have to choose to go along side joists and not against them! grrr
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    floorboard removal

    lol, the missus says shed kill me if i bought one of those things! flick back and cut your ear off she says! lol :roll: best to leave that option
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    floorboard removal

    can't you tell i've just bought a house that needs stuff doing to it! After much thought over the following I come a croper! dumbfounded i am :x How on earth do you take up floor boards that go from one end of the room to another, obviously you need some sort of cutting tool to cut them at...
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    adding wall lights to ceiling rose switch

    so if i take the ceiling rose out and put a junction box in its place i can then run another 3 twin eaarth cables top the 3 luight fittings therefore 6 twin earth cables will be joined in a single juinction box, is that right? cheers in advance breeze
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    adding wall lights to ceiling rose switch

    hi .........again If I wanted to add two wall lights to my bedroom but have them run on the same switch as the ceiling rose or indeed in place of the ceiling light, could i join the 2 wall light feeds and the ceiling rose feed from a single junction box ?
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    heres a different topic!

    :? £230 ish, is what the one @ newcastle college costs! And cheers Breezer.
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    heres a different topic!

    Hi all, I'm wanting a change in career (to plumber), The following are my problems though, I have to keep my current job as it pays £17000+ and I have bills to pay so i cant take a drop in wages. Theres only one course available to me as a part time, one day a week course that last 33 weeks...
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