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    Workshop: Lots of powerpoints, or some extension leads?

    I'm building another workshop, 6 x 8, and I'm thinking of just having a couple of good stout extension leads rather than the multiple double sockets every few metres that I used in my last 'shop. Multiple sockets are useful, if you are working within the cords length of your power tool, but...
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    Moving from a 50hz to 60hz country.

    18 months ago we moved from the UK to the Philippines, and decided to take a chance and ship all our stuff with us, in a 20' container. The PI is 220 volts, but 60hz, and surprisingly everything electrical worked okay, apart from the washing machine..... That appeared to be okay, but...
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    Lining out a steel framed loft, not the floor, the sides.

    We're building a house, and the roof is to be tile-effect steel sheeting on an angle iron truss steel frame. I'd like to line it out with 3/8" plywood sheet, varnished and made to look pretty, as it will be used for living space/tv room/bedrooms maybe. So, any suggestions how to do it...
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    I've built my garage over a public sewer

    I've spent the last six months building a garage in my garden, 6m x 5m, of concrete block and tile. I contacted the counicl to ask what I need to do, such as planning permission, building regs etc. They basically told me I can build wqhat I like. On the property deeds it shows a sewer...
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    Underfelt too tight now weather is cold

    Evening all, my first post so please be gentle. Anyway, I'm building myself a garage, 5 x 6 metres, with a pitched tiled roof, concrete block walls. I've designed and built it all myself, using the internet and various sources for info. I've not fitted the tiles yet, as I've been away...
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