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    Operation Conservatory Modernisation

    anyone care for an update?
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    New workshop build UK

    Oh right, that looks and sounds great
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    Add a second light to a PIR Light - LED Outdoor

    Good Morning All, Can i pick your brain's please; I have two outdoor lights that i want to replace with LED's. *Lights are connected to a switch inside the house, switch isolates live at first light. *Light one is a PIR bulkhead that has a driver inside, thus allowing for the second light to be...
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    Wallpaper being a 5HIT!

    Hi all, Can anyone please help me out here! I have some paste the wall wallpaper that i am pulling my hair out trying to hang... it is a Homebase one - http://www.homebase.co.uk/en/homebaseuk/vymura-synergy-stripe-vinyl-wallcovering---plum-265122 I have done this wall already - You cant...
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    Operation Conservatory Modernisation

    Paper has now been stripped! revealing some more work that is needed, every single board joint is cracked!
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    Operation Conservatory Modernisation

    I hate cables and pipes on show! thats my problem, so now its time to try and feed the cables in the ceiling, if not... its all coming down
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    Baseboard Gaps

    My guess is you wont, no plasterer will ever be able to get a wall 100% true, those gaps look neither here nor there, the only way you will be able to get them flush with no caulk is possible to set them back into the wall or fit them and reskim upto them
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    Operation Conservatory Modernisation

    Hi again, Well i was just trying to imagine the room when it will be complete and what sockets need to be where, what cables need to go in the ceiling for lights, fire alarm, data and audio etc. Well i decided on most, i have put a series up for 8 down lights down the spine of the ceiling in...
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    Decking for hot tub

    Lets see it with the Tub in place :)
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    Operation Conservatory Modernisation

    Thanks mate, went home at lunch and stood there for 40 minutes just thinking about cabling, its a bloody right head feck - not being a spark and not knowing what cables are needed - LOL
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    DIY Garden Irrigation

    Pop some hayfever pills and get in the garden!!!
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    Operation Conservatory Modernisation

    So the point of no return! old roof OFF!!!! The weather was looking good! so away we went, that is my brother in law, he has been a massive help all the way through the project too! Time for some membrane and battens, window in whilst were at it. and might aswell do window 2 for the hell...
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    Operation Conservatory Modernisation

    First rafter cut to perfection then i created some templates using a bit of hardboard and some 1"x1/2" latte so the next cuts would be nice and easy, wazzed them off at 19Deg, template up, marked, cut and up we go. I also added another wall plate, some 4x2 on end, this was to give me some...
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    Operation Conservatory Modernisation

    Next it was time to get some gear ordered, i spent a good few hours pondering over what i would need, working out the materials list proved to be a headache! but i did it and was pretty accurate too! I then emailed all of the local merchants, put all of the data onto a spreadsheet and worked...
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    Operation Conservatory Modernisation

    Hi All, Well the time came where we had time and money to get started on the upgrade to the back of our house, it looked like this; We was sick of the freezing cold or baking hot wind tunnel we knew as a conservatory, the noise when it rained was also just crazy! So, we wanted to turn...
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    Plastered directly onto wooden stud

    the other option is to be dishonest... fill it with flexible filler and repaint.
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    Replacing a Dimmer Switch (Careless Shock)

    as far as i know, it is common that Mains smoke alarms are to be wired into a light not light into alarms, but i guess it works the same way.
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    Not so much a disaster….more of a shock.

    Bloody hell! odd things
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    Velux window and flashing with britmet tiles

    Thank you! Will keep you posted :-)
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    Ply wood on roof?

    Thats very true. I am not even sure what the purpose of sarking board is for.
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