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Just had a flyer through the door from Wickes advertising a (upto) 50% off sale. What caught my eye was a 160Bar Pressure washer at half price being sold for £99. Anyone got any experience of wickes own brand stuff, or even better, this particular pressure washer. The only Wickes own...

Just wondering how you guys do this... I am in the process of installing some under cupboard lights and have so far done the following. I have lifted the boards upstairs and run some 1.5 Twin & Earth through to the top of the cupboard, and also run some between the switch and the cupboard...

Hi there, I'm curious to know the point of Plastic oval conduit when running cable in a plastered wall. I understand that it is what should be done, but can't really fathom why. A drill bit or an enthusiastically hammered nail is not likely to be stopped by a bit of plastic (or is it?), it...

Hi there, I need to replace the radiator in my Kitchen for a much smaller Rad. The pipework is 10mm copper :x that runs down the wall to the centre of the existing Rad. I'm planning on cutting the 2 pipe before they fan out to the valves and run in new pipework to the new valves. This...

Hi All, Following my previous topic on joining the cable to my Oven isolating switch. TLC have just delivered my nice new Ratchet Crimping tool, some yellow butt crimps for the Red & Black and some blue ones for the earth :D Now please don't shoot me down in flames, I have never...

HI, This is a follow-on from my previous topic on moving a cooker switch. In that topic I asked the best way of joining 6mm 30amp cooker cable (concealed in a partition wall). The answers received was to Crimp the cable (using a proper ratchet crimper). This seemed nice and easy, that...

Hi there, I need some advice on the best way to install 2 seperate sets of low voltage cupboard lights (in a kitchen). I can either connect then from FCBs, but this would mean having un-light like switches :( Or I could spur them off the light circuit, although this sounds like a major...

Hi, Newbie here, be gentle! I have just put in a new kitchen and have had to move the cooker switch as the old location was too near the Gas Hob! What I have done is this.. removed the existing switch, Run a length of 6mm twin and earth to a new switch - joined these two 6mm...