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and, the advantage of using an old router is you also get wifi,

Like I said on another post, Buy British,? Would save everyone complaining about Brexit, and maybe help a lot of the problems this country has,?!

Jeez, I missed that, SWMBO went mad with me a while back, she sent.me shopping and I got 5 trolleys, just because they weren't on the list, But at only a quid each I couldn't not buy them,,,,,,,

Buy British,?

its about as good as a VW warranty or B&Qs after sales service,,,,,,

cheap solution, use an old modem/router and simply turn off DHCP addressing I have a draytek main router, 1st port goes to an old talktalk router at the tv position, 2nd port goes to loft to another talktalk router which supplies wifi upstairs and goes to shed to another talktalk router providing wifi in shed and ethernet for my satellite box, loft router also goes to sons bedroom to yet another router for his PS and PC , 2nd port from loft provides ethernet in our main bedroom, 3rd port in loft router goes to back bedroom, 4th port goes to cctv DVR. 3rd port on draytek goes to another talktalk router to provide a guest network that is islanded from the rest of the home network talktalk are good at sending out routers, if you ring them up with any sort of problem its the first thing they do btw, my network is simply all cat5e, speed loss is un-noticeable tbh, I'd say anything more than cat6 for a home network is overkill,

I'd also add, that working on the same piece of land, for me at least, doesn't constitute working away from home.

TBH its not really an EIRE thing, I'm from norn iron and that basically how work goes on the island of Ireland if you are working away from home, and I've worked away for all my adult life mostly turn up at 5, work till 11, just get the job done,

It might convince mrsPD that the sign is actually a good idea after all @ProDave

I'd say the average person doesn't need cobalt or suchlike, I have a set, but I only use them for precise drilling if pretty specialised stuff, normal HSS bits should be fine, that's all I use for my proper job, Flat bits are fine for wood, at the price just treat them as disposable, I have a multi set similar to @Nickfromwales and simply buy extras/replacements of the common sizes for me, 20&25mm DIY or home use, a sharpener probably has its uses, I know a few people use them very happily, I CBA tbh. Auger bits, entirely personal choice, I use them at times, usually if I'm drilling lits of holes through joists in a new build, less strenuous pushing drill, just make sure I have the side handle on the drill,!!!

@ProDave Do you remember the ASHP from across the interweb that I installed in the lake district,? Dual pumps, HW tank and buffer, Proper British designed and built pumps in Lytham, Installed price was circa £8.5K iirc Complemented a PV system, that was installed and costed separately.

1 house, with 1 family occupying it, is 1 fire compartment, no need for FR fittings, Caveat, having an attached garage may, or may not, change this, depends on how the garage has been attached.

I've had a Milwaukee combi for 7 years, Drills 25mm holes through joists, even with an auger bit, put the first set of new brushes in it last Xmas, that drill gets hammered, so, maybe it is the newer stuff, Other hammered stuff is the SDS, drills 25mm metre long through block, and the impact, the cladders couldn't believe the performance of the impact for 18v, they ranked it with their 24v hilti stuff,!!!

Personally, I use Milwaukee, wouldn't have anything else, Next best would be makita, Just be very careful on makita model numbers though.

HOP 13 is a nice beer,

Yep, I do that with everything, they usually have maybe 2 or 3 codes running at any one time, I try them all,

CPC s website search tool is dire, to put it mildly, I use the catalogue, then look up the part number on website usually.

But, NOT at the expense of using SP RCBOs imho I much prefer dual or triple DP RCD boards than all SP RCBOs, but, that's only a personal opinion based on the superior protection a DP device offers. The other (more preferred) option is DP RCBOs but not many manufacturers offer those in a 1way design.

An RCBO isn't the best option, as for a wylex board they are only single pole, best fit an MCB and an external RCD, Are the main earth bonds in place,? 10mm?

That cable through the joists is plain and simply ridiculous, I can tell you in NO uncertain terms that it most definitely was NOT an electrician that did that, At best it was an installer (aka 5ww) or a cable monkey.

I have one that looks like the one on the amazon link, EBay buy about 4or5 years ago, £20ish 10w, and about 500 lumens, Bad point, takes about 8 hours to charge Good point, lasts about 5 hours Has had a lot of abuse, falling out of lofts etc, its a bit bent now, but still working fine.

In much the same way as many large companies actually use trading names, Not a precise example, but you could have for instance, "Kingfisher group T/A B&Q"

Got it from a company in the midlands, I'll have a dig around and see if I still have any details.

I bought a 12'x8' 18mm T&G tannalised shed about 5 years ago, 2x1 and 3x1&1/2 uprights, about £700 iirc, I couldn't have built it for <£1k

I don't very often fit flat plate, So can't really make a recommendation on them, For normal sockets, I find Click (as mentioned previously) or Hager to be of a good standard for the price.