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I need some info on shower trays. Is there a wiki anywhere? Mainly, I need to know the standard dimensions of them, smallest and largest size. Also, if mounting on a concrete floor, should I elevate the tray in order to fit plumbing for drainage? Thanks folks.

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Bugger nature, I'll do what I have to do. (with all respect, of course!)

Are these supports set upon the hard ground (if available?.

Ok, this is going to sound like I want to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, but I'll post anyway. My OH desires a greenhouse, but we are VERY limited in scope for one. I came up with the idea of having one on top of a rectangle of sleepers that I laid down a couple of years ago as a...

I believe that the nail gun is for fixing joists rather than the board screws, but I take the pont of the ability of the Makita unit.

I'm planning on building a deck in our garden, and need to know what tools to buy. I'm also thinking ahead to the future, so intend to buy above what I really need for this project, so for example, I want to buy a very good quality mitre saw/table and nail gun etc. I have a variety of...

Damn! Of course! Now you say it, I can see it! I woke early this morning worrying about this. Cheers for the illumination.

I must be going mad - I thought I had this sussed. In this pic, the plug is wired exactly as it should be, and so, I thought, is the trailing socket! But is it? If you were to plug this plug into that socket, the live pin would connect to the neutral and the neutral to the live! What's...

So dem moulded plugs are favoured by manufacturers, I guess?

There are instances where the cable gets pulled out?

Is there a preference for the type of cord grip? The one I had was a bit fiddly, but quicker to put in than the screw-down type.

Cheers, The measurements I used were taken from the little card you get with the plug from new.

ok, thanks, I'll fix this.

Wires are too long? Wires are too short? One or more is too long? One or more is too short? Cable gripping the wrong amount of cable sheath?

Well, here's one I made earlier, as they say...

I can't afford one woman, let alone five.

It doesn't actually take very long to wire a plug, though, does it? Once it's stripped back properly, and that doesn't take forever. I suppose if you are doing a lot then that could be a chore.

Hi everyone, it's your favourite electrician's mate here! When it comes to trimming the sheath on a cable and trimming the wires to length for use inside a plug, is there a faster way to do it than by hand and cutting the sheath, measuring each wire, cutting to length, leaving enough cable at...