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    simple switch questions please....

    CH16 is DP your right. Doh! Thanks for the other answers. Strange questions, no explanations?? Yeah.. I was in a rush last night with no time to elaborate. I was just buying in stuff for a refit and I wanted to ensure I had the rights bits.
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    simple switch questions please....

    Hope you can help. 1) Shower switches have to be Double Pole right? 1a) So where would I use item CH16 which is SP shown in the link below. http://www.tradesman.co.uk/electrical/index.html?lang=en-uk&target=d31.html?gclid=CJSb8tCq64sCFT4GQgodFA2PWA 2) For swicthing on three lamps in...
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    Loft extension - needs a fire door?????

    Thanks gents....looks like Im in the market for a fire door.
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    Loft extension - needs a fire door?????

    I am refurbing my loft extension which is a bog standard second story jobby in an end terrace 1930's surburban street. The stair case to the loft ext is above the existing one and comes on to a landing which is as wide as the stair case and around 1m20cm long. The door into the extension...
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    Buying an electric shower - basic advice needed please.

    Cheers. So I cant pump a mains feed? OK. Kind of makes sense :-) So I just need a decent kW rating? This is the shower in the loft - just to be clear. Ta.
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    Buying an electric shower - basic advice needed please.

    I should mention that the flow from the shower before I took it off the wall could best be described as 'just adaquate' Ta.
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    Buying an electric shower - basic advice needed please.

    I have an electric shower in a loft conversion that looks like it belongs in a museum. I am replacing it as part of refurb. 1) Do I need a pumped system? It has one cold feed (15mm) which I assume is mains pressure. The pressure from the sink cold tap next to the shower it is not...
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    Recommend me a good aerial and amp / splitter please

    Thanks for everyones help on this. I bought a log periodic, six way passive splitter and DAB dipole. Paid the local 'bloke with a ladder' £40 to rig it. Works perfectly. Currently feeding 4 TV's and all the signals are strong. Saved myself £100. Ta.
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    Recommend me a good aerial and amp / splitter please

    steve. I running Microsoft Media Centre at the moment on a PC with two free view tuners in. I have two of these. One in the loft and one in the living room. Basically serving upstairs and downstairs. I also have an Xbox 360 used as an extender. It basically gives you all the MC...
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    Recommend me a good aerial and amp / splitter please

    Hi Steve A local installer says I won't need the Log aerial either....just a high gain digitial one. Does that do my FM too or do I need a seperate aerial on the mast?? I am running a Media Center server in the loft with networked extenders in each room over network cabling so the...
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    Recommend me a good aerial and amp / splitter please

    Ta. Wolfbane reckons I need a 'Log Perdiodic' - http://www.wolfbane.com/cgi-bin/tvd.exe?DX=L&HT=10&OS=TQ173718+ Do I? They seem quite a bit dearer and look bloody ugly! Ta.
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    Recommend me a good aerial and amp / splitter please

    I am putting TV points in 5 rooms in a complete refurb. Recommend me a good website and model of a decent freeview and FM aerial. I assume I shoud get a wide band one? How about this ? : http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?cId=A331867&ts=68441&id=30515 I guess I will also...
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    Minumum stair Landing width - regulation type question

    Thanks for all the help. One reason the landing is so long is that there is actually a door on the right wall that leads to the onsuite. I have no idea why they put it there when it would have made more sense to have it coming direct from the bedroom (which is what I will do). You of course...
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    Minumum stair Landing width - regulation type question

    Well the stair treads are 70cm wide so it seems 70cm wil be my minimum landing depth. Actually - the tread board is 70 but the total stair width is more like 85.. am I splitting hairs? :-) Where did this stair tread rule come from please? Do I need to let building regs know if I do this...
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    Minumum stair Landing width - regulation type question

    Surely part M has the answer (or its undefined) :-) ???
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    Minumum stair Landing width - regulation type question

    Oh Oh.. Forum confusion... Any one got medals in this stuff?? The truth is out there: http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/england/professionals/en/4000000000067.html Any help very gratefully recieved. S.
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    Minumum stair Landing width - regulation type question

    Anyone out there who knows the answer to this?? Its a bit off topic but here goes. I have aloft extension which is reached by a stair case ascending from the main landing. This stair case hits a 1.5.X 1.5 meter landing area which is enclosed on the all three sides. There is a door directly...
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    Recommend me a DIY burglar system please - Less than £500

    Thanks for the help guys. I am probably going for one of the more expensive versions - I like the dialler and key fob options. Wired it is. Apart from anything else they arre cheaper. Chechnya is doing fine in 2007 by the way.
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