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    Wiring lighting circuit to include 4 down lights and 2 5 amp sockets

    Could you live with your existing switch controlling your old light, and your new switch only controling the down lights and 2.5A sockets?? If yes..... in the ceiling rise connect your blue wire to the blue neutral.wires ((left side). And connect the other end of same blue wire into your...
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    Power Adapter Help

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Polarity-Changeable-inverter-converter-transformer/dp/B0C43C4GFS/
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    Dewalt belt clip

    Just measured the screw in my Delwalt beltclip It is a: M3 x 10 And successfully tied out a M3x8mm screw from my (cheap metal) set: https://www.amazon.co.uk/720pcs-Machine-Washers-Assortment-Threaded/dp/B0CZX2VJDX SFK
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    Window or film for privacy?

    I found that even having textured glass with an added 'rough' film on, you could still see good outline silhouettes of occupants bodies. Ie you could tell they were brushing their teeth. Or in the shower. I added a white roller blind (not blackout) so the light still entered the room (the...
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    Adding Remote Control to Lights

    A nother voite frm me for Pete01 Quinetic switch https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/QUR303.html Or this as in a box https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/KBOP663GBK.html wrt I would need to run cables from every light switch to this controller (not the switch). You would run the mains...
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    Patching up for new electric shower

    I would be tempted to cut a white tile a few mm smaller than the hole (for a grout line) and place it in the hole. This one looks similar: https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-White-Gloss-Ceramic-Wall-Tile---200-x-250mm---Sample/p/225772
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    Fin drains

    The membrane above the drain: https://www.permagard.co.uk/permaseal-8-geodrain-external-waterproof-membrane
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    Anyone recognise this display feature?

    Likely to be the graphics card software on your PC. Try pressing Alt + R or Alt + Z to remove that FPS overlay.
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    Fin drains

    I see land drains as being Perforated pipe wrapped in geotextile material to stop soil entering pipe. And then in a gravel filled cutting. Hence did a search for perforated drainage pipe: https://www.google.com/search?q=perforated+drainage+pipe& One example...
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    Non turbo new car

    Seem to remember the Mazda petrol range are classed as normally without turbo.
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    DIY Patio Slabs Material Cost Underestimated

    For you as a renter, I would simply place the slabs on the soil. Keep your hard earned money for your deposit so you can buy yourself a house asap.
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    Bosch Shredder - Defective Switch

    Did a Google Search for "700 2/6 switch" https://www.google.com/search?q=700+2%2F6+switch and it looks like it is a c£25 switch also used by Karcher: https://www.amazon.co.uk/KARCHER-GP-Off-Switch-66315490 Better picture here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/305034036316 SFK
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    Bosch Shredder - Defective Switch

    Just asking..... Are you sure that it is the switch at fault? Asking as i was wondering if the capacitor is at fault. I have changed capacitors more frequently (a few times) than switches on lawn mowers. Sfk
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    Mattress Foam (NOT memory) in stud wall as sound insulation - sensible?

    Also , do you know about stepping the wood studs so the each side of the wall plasterboard is on its own stud? It reduces sound vibrations passing though plasterboard, through stud and into plasterboard on other side by always having a small gap on one side of the stud. See this image...
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    Mattress Foam (NOT memory) in stud wall as sound insulation - sensible?

    It's not just the density. That rock wool I posted is full of solid rock fibres. Each has to vibrate as the sound passes through. That vibration reduces the energy or rather the sound volume. Loft insulation makes air voids to reduce temperature movement.But it is less good than the dense...
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    Mattress Foam (NOT memory) in stud wall as sound insulation - sensible?

    https://www.wickes.co.uk/Rockwool-Sound-Insulation-Slab---50-x-400-x-1200mm/p/234857
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    Bodge repair....

    I would use 'toupret' or similar filler like this (you add water and then it sets a bit like plaster of paris). Do not add too much water to the filler when mixing it up. Spray/dampen the area before you put the filler in. https://www.toolstation.com/toupret-interior-filler/p63284 or...
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    Where do I get M8 90mm bolts?

    Could you use coach bolts? This come in at 19p each and include the nut. So less than £20 for 100. https://www.toolstation.com/coach-bolt-nut/p75736 And don't forget the washers https://www.toolstation.com/light-washer/p68043
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    Mac Allister MMIS210S-B Mitre Saw cutting width?

    For that application my I suggest the following (that i use for firewood).. It is £10 cheaper and SF are easier to get replacement if it fails under warranty. Cross Cut: 60 x 310mm https://www.screwfix.com/p/titan-ttb794msw-210mm-electric-single-bevel-sliding-mitre-saw-240v/881KP?
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    How to secure 120cm aluminum framed door in a 126cm gap ??

    Many thanks to all. And used the December advice. Used treated wood (25mm by 25mm) that was smaller than gap so could fill the gap with there al expanding foam and then covered with trim. In the end this was the easy part. The scary part was toeing the glass square. With a massive grimace...
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