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    Numpty cooker hood supply question!

    I think I know the answer but.....does the switched fused spur have to be near the hood? The cooker hood is on a wall with the consumer unit unit behind in the garage, I want to run the supply off the cooker breaker via the FCU in the garage through the wall straight into the hood so no visible...
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    Laying Indian Sandstone on a concrete slab.

    Hello, I'm going to be laying a 35m2 patio on a concrete slab, the slab was a workshop and is reinforced, solid with no cracks. I was going to lay the slabs with a slight incline for drainage. The mix I was going to lay them on is lean mix mortar (10 grit sand - 1 cement) semi-dry starting...
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    Cooker connection box location.

    Hello, a quick question hopefully as I'm in the middle of doing the job!! :? I've fitted the cooker switch to the side of the cooker position above worktop height, I'm now doing the connection box position, I would like to place it in directly below the switch then run the cooker cable to...
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    Sand question.

    Just a quick one....hopefully! I ordered a bag of building sand from my builder merchant and I got a bag of red plastering sand. Can I user it as normal building sand i.e. for bricks and pointing. I used to think sand is sand but I know that's not the case now. The building side of things...
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    3 phase domestic supply billing.

    I wonder if anyone has any experiance of 3 phase domestic supply. We are looking at buying a barn conversion that has an attached workshop with 3 phase equipment in it. The equipment will be going but the 3 phase supply will need to be kept as it powers a biodisc unit shared by 3 other houses...
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    Firefox Add On's (or extensions!)

    Following on from This link, what extensions are you using with firefox that you would recommend to others? I use:- Cooliris for previewing link and pics British English Dictionary for spell checking Answers for on-line definitions of words Adblock Plus to block adds. + a few...
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    Blocking Peer to Peer via a router.

    Not sure if it should be in hardware or software section, but here goes. I let my neighbour use my ISP connection via my wireless network (WPA-PSK'ed) but I'm worried they might use P2P file sharing and want to block this. I have a Netgear DG834g router and can do some filtering in it. If I...
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    Charging the air in a pressure vessel.

    I have a Worcester heat slave 15/19 boiler, and when I switch the boiler on the pressure goes up from 1 bar or just under to nearly 3 bar. I assume this is down to the pressure vessel diaphragm needing charging. I was wondering how this should be done i.e. with the system full of water or...
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