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the idiot that fitted mine put the second one in my loft. Everything is working fine and I think the only difference really is that some people can only get one type through the hatch and as a result there is a premium for those poor buggers.

I need to run some new sockets as well as add a TV socket and network outlet in the living room. I have read on here that LV cable needs to be 50mm from data cable unless it is run in conduit/trunking/etc but does standard plastic oval tube count? If not I'll have to have a bit of a think!

I dont always agree with Ban's approach (though i get why he has it) but in his crusade against spots and downlights I have to wholeheartedly agree with him on this one. Spots are popular because they look nicer, strips are better because they actually work.

thanks chaps, I did know about the brown sleeving, I just omitted it from my drawing for my own clarity. and yes, I did mean upstairs and downstairs!

just trying to work out the wiring for my 2 way lighting for my house. There is a double switch upstairs and a double upstairs. From these i want to turn the upstairs light or the downstairs light on from either switch. Please excuse any wrong colours!

Well the kitchen electrics and the new CU are in, I'm just waiting on EDF to come and dort my PME out so that the spark is happy with the earth. Because the old lighting circuits were so decrepit they were left unconnected and so we currently only have a light in the kitchen. while a 6ft tube...

Well the spark arrived this morning despite the snow to start work and found that the lighting circuits are those that were installed in 1955 and so are all that nice rubber insulated "im gonna burn your house down eventually" cable! Fortunately it looks like the sockets have all been...

Well the oven arrived on Saturday the gas fire has been ordered and the Sparks is coming on Thursday to start on the new CU & kitchen rewire. I had to contact the leccy people though as I have no proper earth (a peice of metal tubular conduit is sticking out of the ground which is my earth...

i fancy a REAL power shower :D

Thanks guys. We loved the colours too! :lol: Loads has been done this week but not by me sadly. Working 12 hour shifts and about 26 days this month means I barely have any time to do anything! The door in the kitchen has been studed up and the wall with blown plaster done, then the...

found the valve on the pump today and after about a week bleeding it the CH fired up just fine. What a muppet :x

Hi guys, On Wednesday a teams of folks arrived to move my boiler. They arrived at 8:30 and were gone by 13:00 with everything working happy and fine. Today a guy came to install a new water tank and move the CH expansion. 6.5 hours later (!) he leaves and I have no central heating. he bled...

by thresholds i take it you mean doorways? in that case not s much. And do you actually carry any of this stuff in store to take away or is it all order only. I should call about this but someone gave the phone a bath :roll:

The wife has changed her mind on flooring in the kitchen :roll: It was going to be black tiles but now she wants a wooden floor. Were it up to her then it'd be £10 sqm from B&Q but i prefer to try and do things properly so that it'll last. I have been looking at engineered oak from a popular...

just out of interest on this subject. I get having these switches for washing machines, dishwashers, tumbles and ovens, but do you need one for a fridge?

damn you beat me to it! though I have already heard people talking about 2010 and using the words "ohh ten" instead of the current "ohh nine". Though how we shall refer to the decade as a whole I dont know. On the plus side it might prevent a few of those crappy best of albums in 10 years time!

If I had a squeaking hinge and you hadn't turned up yet to fix it you'd be in a world of pain! :lol:

Also in case you dont know, if you dont already have an HDMI lead don't buy an expensive one! On the assumtion that your tv is located within 5ft of your player a cheap £6 HDMI lead will be EXACTLY THE SAME as a £40 one. Also you should turn off any and all added features of the blu ray...

Work Begins: By sheer good graces after getting the keys on Thursday 26th Nov '09 I had the next 4 days of work! Over the course of the weekend we got a fair amount done and also learnt a few things about our house as everyone always does. The kitchen units have all been ripped out apart...