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Hey Guys, Thanks for all the input. It has helped me a great deal. I wont forget to remove the crossovers::))). Regards

That is quite shocking seeing all those products! Well I ordered my biwire wall socket plates and they are gold plated. Ive had plenty of practice soldering but never with gold plated contacts. Do i need to tin the contacts? Can i just clean the terminals and solder straight on? Can i...

Hey, thanks for your response. I am somewhat confused at what you are referring to below. Please explain. the hi-fi snake oil that is around???? some of those with the decimal place moved 2 places to the right??? and just use good old flex for your speaker cable too??? As in normal...

Hi, I am thinking about using wall sockets to connect up my bi-wirable speakers to my amp. The reason being Is that I will be chasing and sinking speaker wire into the wall. Is it recommended to use or not use them as another break in the speaker wire is introduced(amp to wall socket,,,,,wall...

OH My, they seem like a pile of Sh*te. Okay that has got me thinking... Im sticking with low voltage MR16's in bathrooms. The plan was to get mains voltage for the dining room, kitchen, bedroom as i thought i could get these dimmable or non dimmable gu10 fittings that were better in...

Hi Guys, Does anyone have experience with using these 11w dimmable unit?. I was thinking of purchasing them for my kitchen that has 7 gu10 down lights. (Its a pretty big kitchen). Are they as bright as they claim? I was planning on buying the warm white version. I know they cost a fair...

Hi Guys, Im hoping one of you guys can help me out. Im having my plasterer/ tiler come over tomorrow to fill in all the areas where my plumber has run all the water pipework in my downstairs shower room. I read that the 16th edition required you to take the earthing for the pipework...

Hi Guys, Im hoping one of you guys can help me out. Im having my plasterer/ tiler come over tomorrow to fill in all the areas where my plumber has run all the water pipework in my downstairs shower room. I read that the 16th edition required you to take the earthing for the pipework...

Hi, im running alot of wiring in the house.. would it be a good idea to keep mains voltage and low voltage(telephone, cctv, alarm) seperate from each other? Is there any intereference or can i take the same route when running cable?

That was going to be my first suggestion. you could try putting the rollers in ziplock bags?

Hi, I am gogint o be running RG59 + 2 core for cctv Telephone cable Alarm cable Cat6 for internet Doorbell wire which is minor And lastly the whole house is being rewired (lighting and sockets) I will have to drill through joist to run cables obviously but there is only one point...

Hi, I have an open plan kitchen/ diner/ extension.......all lead into one another. the diner room floor to ceiling is approx 2460mm. the extension is 2300mm. i find the ceiling in the extension is quite low and the last time i decorated, i painted the walls a light cream/magnolia. There...

Hi, Im looking for some design advice so here goes. 3 bedroom house. We have knocked through the kitchen wall (open plan)and this now leads into the dining room( this is the second living room, the first is used as a bedroom). The height floor to ceiling is 2460mm, 2.46, 8ft roughly...

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I discovered Satinwood years ago, I hate gloss with, it takes forever to dry and the quick drying stuff is sh+te. Satin, satin, satin!

Use a roller, ive learnt over the years that using a brush is time consuming. The layers of paint depend on the colour of the ceiling() ie: if its been recently plastered . My brother put on about 7 - 10 layers of emulsion on the ceiling as i had made markings using a black pen to centralise my...

Ideally i would like to remove the pipe when an extension is built....that is why i ask... There is some point to my questions

Hi, i live in a 1920/30s buillt 3 bed house. I have one soil pipe that connects to the toilet and runs into the manhole. I also have another soil pipe that is about 8 foot away from the other. I have scanned the houses adjacent to mine and the one opposite and one else seems to have two...

I am registered to other car club forums on the net. Ive always VERBALLY asked people in the trade for advice and never thought of looking to the net for such DIY advice. It is only recently that ive started googling my questions to which i stumbled upon this site. I have never heard of it...