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Onoff

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  1. Fair enough.
  2. NO! It's shit and weakens the mortar. It's less than a fiver: https://www.screwfix.com/p/cementone-cemplas-mortar-plasticiser-dark-brown-5ltr/63831? https://www.toolstation.com/everbuild-202-integral-liquid-waterproofer/p80460 Stick any leftover on Freegle. I usually add like a litre to a builders bucket of water and use that. Besides proper stuff probably costs less than Fairy anyway. I'd be putting it in the slab mix too. The de-aerating qualities saves a lot of tamping to get the air out. Why aren't you mixing your own concrete for the slab. 8'x10' slab. Done in about 4 hours on my own. I think actually the waterproofer I used was Sika, scored off a site in that big yellow 25l tub. I then used the Everbuild waterproofer below for the brickwork:
  3. Fussy tart! ? Take a photo of the tiles. Blow it up to A4 and laminate it. Hang behind the waste, in front of the pipes ?
  4. Wot I said. That Toolstation one I linked makes it "creamy" and "stickier" (though it de-aerates).
  5. @SuperJohnG's blog maybe? Pretty sure @LA3222 answered some of John's questions with how he did it previously. Seem to remember he posted up some cracking pics of his super tidy EPS detailing...but I can't find them?
  6. Don't know if I'm brave enough to try it!
  7. I read it as "chinsaw"... ?
  8. It does highlight the benefit to have an all RCBO cu. Having the "boiler" on it's own circuit would narrow it down very quickly. Even to the point of the person "phoning" can easily convey what circuit is tripping.
  9. It FINALLY turned up!
  10. Well it seems to do its job fine so far. It was someone on here recommended it, @PeterW I think from memory. Mine is the 28mm version.
  11. Definite hidden meaning there! A comment on your plasterboarding skills I reckon...
  12. Almost looks like you know what you're doing! ? Be real careful whacking if you've got the blocks bedded down. It can crack the mortar. Now's a good time to get rid of any off bags of cement, plaster, grout etc along with bits of old crockery, flower pots, glass (if well buried) and that particular ornament of your wife's you secretly hate...
  13. It thinks it's a dumpy level
  14. You need a mate who works at a water jet cutting place!
  15. How to fit F connectors: Do use silicone/dielectric grease. It protects the connections and by dipping the cable ends in, stops moisture getting wicked up inside the cut ends. http://www.satcure.co.uk/tech/fplugs.htm Get yourself a tube of this stuff: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Permatex-22058-Dielectric-Tune-Up-Grease/dp/B000AL8VD2
  16. & don't tread on that rake!
  17. That's looking good ?
  18. "Trend is your friend!" Thinking about it that was the slogan for BMS software...I think...
  19. I'll add it to the list!
  20. "If them"? ? I worked as an apprentice with a Greek electrician so picked up, as an innocent, green 16 year old some of his sayings. It was some years later on other sites I used to get questioning looks when I uttered the phrase "F*** my elbows!" The slow realisation that it was in fact "boots". A Russian I work with now is pretty comical when he sings along to that famous Rihanna song "Cameroon Boy"...
  21. I'm going to CAD up a DeWalt bottom half to 3D print then graft this to the top of the old Ryobi battery as that's got all the battery contacts in.
  22. Do some homework here. See what sort of a signal area you're in. I'm in an extreme fringe area so have to have a band specific aerial. https://www.aerialsandtv.com/knowledge/aerialshttps://www.aerialsandtv.com/knowledge/aerials
  23. 0.98cm. I got one from here and another two from eBay/Gumtree for £100 the pair! They're Geberit Kappa UP200. https://www.pcsclearance.co.uk/geberit-duofix-wc-frame-with-up200-concealed-cistern---model-111292001-562-p.asp
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