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    ventilation for integrated fridge freezer?

    going to fit a new integrated fridge/freezer over the weekend, but don't really want to fit the ventilation panel in the plinth below, purely for cosmetic reasons. Is there any reason I can't just fit it in the plinth below my range cooker - basically got plinth returns parallel to the sides of...
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    cooker hood power rating in watts?

    anyone got a rough idea of what they consume? I'm wondering if they can be run from the lighting circuit - baumatic curved glass model, with 2 x 50w halogens, rest of lighting circuit (on 6 amp mcb) has 5 ceiling fittings (assuming 100w max each) and 2 of 4x20w halogens, so without the...
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    ceiling plasterboard ripped for wiring -how to pull back...

    ....pulled off all the dodgy varnished T&G from my kitchen ceiling to find that the two kitchen light fittings have been wired up from a central point via a channel ripped through the plasterboard alongside a joist. problem is that one side of the plasterboard is fixed nicely to the joist (which...
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    plug set alight!

    hi, newbie here, reasonably experienced in diy incl electrics, but a mate who's just moved into a new house today has had a problem - plugged his washing machine in, and the plug smouldered and eventually set alight - he switched off at mains (it's got mcb's but they didn't trip?) and...
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