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Hi all Can anyone help me with the right terminology / requirements / a source for the following. I want those halogen spotlights that hang from a steel wire cable that is rigid across the ceiling (it is to cover a conservatory roof). There are two steel tracks and the halogen lights...

thats fine - I'm not doing it I just wanted to know if I could buy it!

England Hemel Hempstead - any reason?

you are a good man! Thanks for the input.

it needs to go through a 13amp fuse spur and collects power of 2800 watts - there will be two of them - one on each indivdual ring main.

It says the following: 63A I /\ n, 0, 1, A

Hager 63A 50-60hz switch points to: I/ON there is also a smaller button to the left saying 'test'. !

Hi I am just working out if I can buy some underfloor heating - it says it needs tobe connected to an RCD. I assume that this means my Consumer Unit needs to have an RCD in it? The CU is a Hager - given it doesnt give any info I can't tell if this is an RCD or not - here is a picture...

Based near Hemel hempstead. All the bathrooms have just been done so wouldnt want to move to an eletric shower. Are there not new boilers out there that have big pressures cylinders integral to them?

Hello all Let me bullet point out my ineffiicent, sooty and under-performing system - I'm looking for advice on what to go for next .... Currently I have: - oil fuel boiler housed in the utility room (which seems to leave a soot everywhere over a few months) - boulter camray over 7 yrs...

How 'sanded' do you mean when you say "sand the garage door down" - do you mean hard core sanding machine til I can see the wood or do you mean lightly sand it by hand to create a key? For the undercoat, I have an all purpose undercoat from Homebase! It is white - can I use this rather that...

Hi all - I want to paint some old lead flashing in balck - I have some black weathershield but wonder if this is ok - somesay gloss? Do I need an undercoat? D

and i can get gloss colour matched from a trade shop?

Hi all I want to paint my existing plastic black gutering to match my windows and door. I have been told painting guttering is a bad idea. A few of the local houses have this so I know it can be done and look good. Any tips for how to do this - I would imagine a special undercoat would...

I have no choice but t channel the power cabe and hdmi/scart leads together - is there a way of covering the power lead to avoid the distortion it may create with the hdmi/scart leads? At max I can keep the power lead 3-4cm away frm the others.

A had a small 5ft diameter patch of clover in the corner of my garden last year and thought nothing of it - I noticed yesterday that this has now grown substantially over nearly a third of the garden! Any idea how I can kill this off whilst keeping the grass alive? Darren