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    (Electrician's) Tools of choice

    irazola screwdrivers. everything else ck,except the sandvik hacksaw
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    help is close... maybe

    dont see why they cant pay off their dole money doing charity work or street cleaning or something. kind of like them living off of us so you can pay me back by cleaning the annoying graffiti off the bus shelter :roll:
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    No Bonding to my gas pipe - is it worth adding one ?

    ive had this conflict loads of times now with plumbers.sorry,"heating engineers".i just do what they want as standard .that way we all comply. they could pay us back by reconnecting MEBs when they work on the pipes,but of course they dont.for some reason they deem it electrical work,which...
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    RCBOs for Older Type Wylex Board

    agree with that. dont mullah the old board,just fit a new skeleton. while your at it,remove that lethal metal shield attatched to the enclosure and dont just bin the plastic one,see that so often.
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    Whirlpool bath installation

    i would have expected to see a plain cable with no plug,considering sockets are not allowed in bathrooms.even under the bath
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    siting a fuse box

    that mate,is fine. do it :wink:
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    siting a fuse box

    no :D providing its at a sensible height away from the sink and not two inches above the taps :lol:
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    Bedroom Spotlights

    quality mate :lol:
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    cu question

    what check did you have? was it a periodic? if so then the defects listed on it will need rectifying. if your spark changes the CU,change it for a split load type with rcd protection. an EIC is required on completion so any defects found on circuits will need rectifying before this can...
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    Tilling over holes

    and you tooled up the ring main off that choc block(wired wrongly and chock block wrong size and inaccesible) .thats not how you do it ,and as garymo said earlier you absolutely cannot bury that chock block. never confuse safe circuit design with the mere ability to connect pieces of...
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    Tilling over holes

    you cannot plaster over those choc blocks.in fact you cant do anything to that wall unless you sort out that deadly lash up of an electrical installation. fair enough,you may live but what about the people you sell the house to. if thats the best you are capable of then dont bother...
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    Need advice on core drill and good quality SDS drill.

    i use a makita 8406c core drill and its awesome.very powerful take care with it, or it will give you the biggest smack in the chops you ever had! its very very robust b ut takes a bit of getting used to btw its 1400 watts.dont confuse it with the cheaper 8406,thats well down on power. any...
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    Not long now

    LHC?
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    Which kitchen............

    ive got a symphony kitchen. good quality units and very trendy 8)
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    "Moaning" Painters

    lol mate :D as long as it aint satin wood :lol: (all previous comments tounge in cheek)
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    Your Hobbies !!!

    46lb 13oz from Llandegfedd ressie in 1992 is the BRFC official record. bet there is bigger out there though with all those trout to gorge on :shock:
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    60s Flat Rewire - A Quick Question

    going to be a difficult pull for the cooker circuit too. if you cant pull through then chase out using safe zones,if you can pull through,bear in mind you may want extra sockets in different positions which will require chasing anyway. plan it out properly before its started to save to...
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    "Moaning" Painters

    no your only a painter.electricians are of the highest order on site and would never lower themselves to clearing rubbish :D anyway we are usually testing and getting covered in gloss from the enclosure you just painted! dont moan at us cos your gloss is all hairy :lol:
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    Your Hobbies !!!

    thats a quality pike,local was it?
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    hoodies

    i thought we were talking about the canon fodder going around in the bullet proof version.perhaps i read it wrong. :roll:
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