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    Extending switch cable and burying connection

    Hi We have knocked a wall down and need to join a triple 2 way switch. Now the issue is we have this timber which we are happy to just make good with plasterboard and have a slight drop between the two rooms. We don't think it's worth the hassle involved to make it flat. The trouble is I need...
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    Bathroom extractor gone bang

    Bathroom fitted 2 years ago. Fan never was right so they replaced it 6 months later. Just a regular 240v extractor on the ceiling that has a humidity sensor. Anyway it's gone bang today. I had a fairly long fairly hot shower. It has condensed inside the housing and directly shorted the live...
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    2 Post lift control box

    First off I hope I am posting in the right section. Second, I have a 2 post lift that I am having issues with. The control board was damaged and we ordered one in. It is a German lift, not THAT old but not sold anymore. The company got what they thought was the correct board in and we fitted...
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    Cutting out a concrete floor to lower it

    We are installing an MOT bay. We are doing it ourselves with the help of a builder. I will obviously discuss all this with him but I am trying to work out ROUGH costs and he is away at present. We have a concrete floor that is approx 6-8 inches thick. We need to make a bay approx 7 inches...
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    Theoretical question on a spur

    Purely theoretical, I've had some work done at my unit and have a question after he's finished. Nothing to do with his work at all but theoretically, if you put another socket in your home and do it via a single wire spur then that socket obviously has limited load capacity. Why can you not...
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    Drilling through rebar

    Installing a 2 post lift and have an issue that we keep hitting rebar. I need to drill 8 holes that have all hit rebar. We are using a Hilti SDS Plus drill. Hilti do some bits they reckon will do it. I bought a “rebar cutter” for 50 quid and it blunted almost instantly. Load of rubbish. I have...
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