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The sounds you hear from next door depends on many factors, (some of which you can control): The reverberance of your next door neighbours house or rooms within house ie do they have carpets, fabrics, loads of furniture to absorb the sound? The transmission through the party wall - mass...

Just remember that these type of recessed lights are not energy efficient because a) lamps have poor luminous efficacy ( ie they give off a lot of heat) b) the nature of spotlights means that you have to install more than is ordinarily required to achieve a degree of reasonable illumination...

that all makes sense and will do the job quite nicely. thanks !

thanks for your replies. The fact that: a) these recessed downlighters do not use efficient lamps, b)you need to use so many of them to get half decent lighting uniformity, c)you cant properly insulate around them as you produce a fire risk or a best shorten lamp life, d)you can't...

I have just moved into a house that is riddled with 50w low voltage downlighters everywhere. I must have about 60 of them on the upper floor I cant stand them! Firstly they cost a fortune to run as there are so many of them. In addition I have just been up in the loft and the electrician...

I have done that - the smell goes away after a plastic bag is fitted over the pipe so its due to the air admittance valve - can they be repaired or is it a case of having to cut the pipe (due to the solvent joint) and replace?

Hello I have a foul smell in my toilet and suspect its due to a leaking air admittance valve. It looks like the type that has a solvent joint so not easy to remove and replace. Can they be repaired in situ as it in the tricky position behind the wc, so difficult to get a hacksaw to it. Any...