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Just ordered this one from eBay which arrived today. Was going with your one until I saw it had a longer lead time from the land of the bratwurst . If you turn the pressure down then the small vessel should suffice, but I'm pumping into a 200 ltr acc on my job from break tanks. Maybe an idea to fit some flow restrictors in the bog inlets to reduce the flow velocity a bit.

best part was i have already got more than enough shovels of varying shapes and sizes, but i had 3 more in the basket before i realised i was just looking at a price for someone else

Yup, done that more than once! Gone on a site to buy a small item and come off with the £50+ order

I didn't even ask them about needing a completition certificate at the time!!, luckily we got ours issued on Monday, just waiting for the warranty to be signed off tomorrow hopefully. We put are re-mortgage application in about 10 minutes after we had got the completion certficate!

@Nickfromwales as its only supplying bogs etc, I was looking at a jet pump with a 20 litre expansion vessel to hold the pressure and setting the pressure at about 2 bar at most. This is low tech and low cost ! http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/231897223757?_mwBanner=1

Two further comments. 1 It was quite common for tracing paper to rip in two if taped onto a drawing board in too humid an atmosphere as the air dried. 2 The last paragraph of Sensus' post is what I call the HOG requirement. There is value in Hoary Old Gits who have been round the block. Ferdinand

In a word: inductance. Piping AC in a submarine cable has horrendous power losses. DC doesn't; just the basic I²R. All of the AC <-> DC is solid state these days. The technology is amazing. But even for long distance overland power distribution, HVDC is starting to have more net advantages.

Up is the new trendy. When you see it on Grand Designs, remember you saw it here first.

Its a tricky one as a good lighting designer is not going to be cheap and will generally specify more expensive fittings. I have used them a lot for commercial work such as retail design and restaurants, but generally do it myself for domestic, unless a client has a massive budget. As has been mentioned above mixing up lighting types is a really good approach. Maybe downlighters that are dimmable for general lighting and then 5amp circuits and spend you money on some really nice floor standing feature lighting and task lights. You can then take this away with you if you move house. I spent £800 years ago on on an Arco floor lamp (which are now over £1200), but it was money well spent for me as it looks fantastic and has been to 3 different houses with me. Dont make the mistake of putting a grid of downlights in a large open plan space. It is much better to think about what you will want to illuminate such as pictures on walls and place areas or lines of them accordingly. I generally don't bother putting rows of downlights in front of full height glazing as it just reflects horribly off the glass . It is much more effective to put lights where they will shine on walls and then the light into the room is reflected from then rather than direct. Dont just rely on recessed downlights in a bathroom as they cast shadows on your face when you look in the mirror and are not flattering.

"old" shovels will generally be better steel, assuming it is really old, FWIW iv got the rest of the spear and jackson range and they have done me well, steer clear of the rough neck and faithful options as they have HUGE welds just where you want to put your lower hand

Well I have just "ordered" a new one from flea bay for £15 including postage. I will let you know how I get on. If it lasts 4 years again at that price, then a £150 Grohe one would have to last 40 years to be better value.

If you have the opportunity to come up from underneath in a straight line to the outlet, the. No.1 error here was bringing the pipes horizontally through such small battens. I'd avoid that like the plague and I can't see why that can't be avoided if youve got 1st fix going in to a new build. No.2 error was the plasterboard guys not marking the location of the pipe so as to avoid putting a screw through it. I mark the height from the floor to the pipes and write that on the batten with a sharpie, then take a photo on the phone. Very handy as a reference tool for fixing things later down the line eg after tiling etc when you can't remember where any pipes / cables are ?

Look closely and you'll see the screw hole in the batten right where the pipe was. About £500 to put right and the plumber and decorators didn't charge for their time...