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    Aerial cable or socket?

    Thanks very much for all that info, really appreciated and very.... lucid!
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    Aerial cable or socket?

    Hi all, I recently moved house and the lounge has a longish tv aerial cable coming in through a back box where there must have been a socket at some point. I want to be able to plug my tv in, either directly with that cable or into a wall socket. I don't want to leave the ugly square hole there...
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    Lounge carpet

    Hi, going to replace my lounge carpet. The room is exactly 5 metres long: could I get away with buying a 5-metre roll or do I need to get a 6-metre roll to allow for adjustment?
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    Creating garage side door

    Thanks, I have considered a upvc door and looked on FB Marketplace but not found a suitable one locally. I hadn't thought of eBay will check it out! Thanks .
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    Creating garage side door

    Hi and a happy holiday weekend to all, I wonder if anyone could advise me on this... I'm going to make a side door in my single skin brick detached garage but have a couple of things I'm not sure about: - See photos - the roof slopes towards the garden end where I took the pics from...
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    Basin trap doesn't line up with waste

    Hi all, I've replaced my old pedestal basin with a vanity unit. There are 2 issues: as you can hopefully see in the attached photo, my waste outlet is slightly out of line and angled and my new fully extended bottle trap is slightly too short What's the easiest way to resolve this? TIA
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    Problems plumbing in Triton T70gsi shower

    How would they do it? I can't afford one...
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    Problems plumbing in Triton T70gsi shower

    I hear you but the plastic is not being distorted at all...
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    Problems plumbing in Triton T70gsi shower

    Am I? What exactly should I be using then?
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    Problems plumbing in Triton T70gsi shower

    It's a compression elbow I had that appears to fit... what do you think I should be using?
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    Problems plumbing in Triton T70gsi shower

    That's what I'm thinking. I've attached a few photos in case it helps
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    Problems plumbing in Triton T70gsi shower

    Hi all, I just bought a replacement shower for my old Triton. The water inlet is a swivel-type and lines up with the supply ok, but when I tighten up the compression elbow I am using between them and open the shutoff valve, water gushes from the connection to the shower, even though the olive...
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    Bathroom fan with timer

    Thanks that worked a treat. You are a star!
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    Bathroom fan with timer

    Bit tricky to photograph it right now but there is only one Live feed terminal in the switch (it's a standard shower switch as the terminals in a lighting switch aren't spacious enough), so both lives are coming from that terminal to the fan. Do I need a different type of switch then?
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    Bathroom fan with timer

    Hi again, I decided to go for this option. I have fitted a pull-cord switch close to the fan and wired an extra live from the L terminal in the new switch to the fan's T terminal. The trouble is, although the fan runs when I pull the cord, it goes off immediately when I pull it again, instead of...
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    Bathroom fan with timer

    Yes it's in a bathroom. I know the ceiling lamp would be ideal. Trouble is, I installed a new light fitting there a while back and it was a nightmare to fit all thecables and wires in and I don't want to medle with it now...
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    Bathroom fan with timer

    Thanks. It's a 70s bungalow. I want to use this old heater cable and switch because otherwise that switch will be redundant. Ideally though, I would like to use the timer feature somehow, preferable with the light switch but your solution sounds like a reasonable option...
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    Bathroom fan with timer

    It's on the wall outside the bathroom at head height. Re linking the terminals: I don't think there's enough room in the tiny terminals for another wire due to the cable being 1.5mm. Is there any other way I could do this?
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    Bathroom fan with timer

    Hello all, I have installed a new Expelair fan with timer, taking its power from a cable with fused switch that was previously used to power a bathroom wall-mounted heater that I have removed (I've changed the fuse from 13 amp to 3 amp). I decided to try to use it without using the timer...
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    Bathroom fan question

    Hi all, Recently moved into a 70s bungalow with no extractor in bathroom. There is an electric fan heater on the bathroom wall with a pull cord and fused switch outside the bathroom door at head height. I don't need this heater so I am considering using the wiring for my future fan, but with a...
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