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    Hot water pipes and cable runs.

    Sorry if this has already been addressed elsewhere. In the process of replacing a couple of floors in my new place I've noticed that in some places cables supplying both the lighting and ring circuits pass very close to hot-water pipes. I understand that this must be fairly common where...
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    Circuit cable runs behind old skirting board.

    I'm just in the process of renovating the flat I've just moved into and found that part of the socket outlet ring circuit runs behind skirting board. The cable is unconduited and clipped to the brickwork. The sockets are in the wall above the skirting board. The flat is Edwardian and the...
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    Source for non-standard architrave?

    Does anyone have a source for non-standard architrave - something different to the ubiquitous torus and ogee? Specifically, I'm looking for something wider than average to suit the doors in an Edwardian house where the standard stuff just looks like a slightly pathetic afterthought. I've looked...
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    Metal splashback - earth bonding?

    I’m about to install brushed aluminium splashbacks in my kitchen which, the big stickers on the face tell me, need earth bonding. This being the case, would the earthed metal faceplates of the sockets that will fit flush against the face of the splashbacks in effect create the required bond...
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    Finishing veneered MDF?

    I'm doing a job using cherry veneered MDF which I want to finish a little darker than its natural colour. I've been told that veneered MDF can end up looking a bit flat using techniques that are okay on solid wood - any recommendations for finishes/treatments? Stain or dye? Do I use a sanding...
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    Soundproofing floor? Couple of questions.

    I live in a large flat in a Victorian building and am wanting to replace the floor in my kitchen with moisture resistant 8x2 T+G. The old boards are badly damaged in places - there’s obviously been water damage and subsequent rot problems in the past and its going to be easier, and neater, to...
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    Zanussi Nexus waste connection

    I’ve just been given my mums old(ish) washing machine - a Zanussi Nexus FL 1082. I’m a bit mystified because although my mum thinks the machine drained into a standpipe there is a hose clip on the end which would suggest that its been fixed to a hose connector on the sink trap, which would be a...
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    Lighting circuit junction boxes?

    Just been fiddling around in my loft replacing a section of damaged cable and I noticed that in the original installation, or maybe in subsequent additions, both 5 and 10 amp junction boxes have been used on the upstairs lighting circuit - which is a mix of loop-in and junction box wiring...
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    Harmonised and non-harmonised cable in same circuit?

    This is such an obvious question it must have been asked in some form already. If it has, sorry for the repetition. I need to replace a length of cable on my upstairs lighting circuit which was damaged when I had a bit of work done to the roof, and while I’m at it I’m going to move a switch...
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    Gas hob - LX connection?

    Some time soon I'm going to be getting a gas hob which I assume will need an electrical connection to provide ignition. My initial thought is to run a spur from a nearby socket to an above worktop FCU and then to feed the appliance cable directly into this. Is this kosher? Does the FCU have to...
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