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I've never seen anything like it it my life...
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Wireless WiFi Smart Intercom / Video
Onoff replied to Onoff's topic in Networks, AV, Security & Automation
Pushed the button and bought the one in my original link. Might get an additional screen...£65. -
Two Welsh bathroom experts now is it? Oh Oh woah I just know that something good is going to happen... Erm...I mean welcome.
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Wireless WiFi Smart Intercom / Video
Onoff replied to Onoff's topic in Networks, AV, Security & Automation
Thanks for looking but no, your linked one isn't wifi enabled so no smartphone access. -
Look at My sincere apologies. At first glance I thought D was under the corner of the extended deck rather than one corner of the cabin. Small phone/bad eyesight here! I meant buy the shoes, check the hole size then get the studs. Until it's in your hand you don't know 100% what size the holes are going to be. (If they had been 12mm holes maybe you could have used 10mm studs)⁸. What you have will work. Use the 10mm drill bit to drill thru the 10mm holes in the shoe and mark the concrete. Then drill 10mm holes in the concrete. Then fit 8mm studs with resin. Why have you got to send the shoe back? Take a pic, send to the seller saying it's no good, how it's holding the job up and can they send a replacement asap. But don't get snotty.
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You've just posted a drawing where on the plan the 4 points make a square. On the 3D sketch they don't.
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I told you buy the shoes first didn't I? M8s will be fine in the 10mm holes. Pi$$ easy to drill. Mark, centre punch, 3mm pilot hole then work up say 6mm then 11mm drill.
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Wtf? Up until now I thought ABCD made a perfect square!
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Wireless WiFi Smart Intercom / Video
Onoff replied to Onoff's topic in Networks, AV, Security & Automation
No power required at the doorbell / intercom / camera end. Power over the Cat-5. Works for me. Cheaper would be better! -
Wylex Combined AFDD/RCD/MCB
Onoff replied to Onoff's topic in Regulations, Training & Qualifications
Its interesting than the change BACK to metal consumer units was in part due to poorly installed insulated ones going up in flames. However one of the best examples of a consumer unit fire was the stately home one that was within a metal unit. From memory a knockout hadn't been glanded off an mice made a nest. It went up I imagine due to a loose connection and in effect became a wall mounted fire. Flames went up the handy metal conduits acting as chimneys and torched the place. -
Want a little bit of (unconventional) plumbing help.
Onoff replied to ProDave's topic in General Plumbing
Presume you've got a 25mm? I've a spare here if ever you want it. Came in a box of bits from a sparks who passed away. -
Any internet sleuths find this any cheaper? https://www.amazon.co.uk/TMEZON-Wireless-Intercom-Doorbell-1x1200TVL/dp/B01N1MKRDV/ref=asc_df_B01N1MKRDV/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309950309033&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8288679732925167238&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006618&hvtargid=pla-593082519484&psc=1 Cheers
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What about Green Glue? That stays a bit sticky. Not used myself but seen on site. They were soundproofing with it but said it was fireproof too. Bloke said "it never really drys". The applicator guns look a bit longer than normal maybe and were branded I'm sure. Or Everflex AC50? Toolstation do that. That "drys" very stretchy.
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Want a little bit of (unconventional) plumbing help.
Onoff replied to ProDave's topic in General Plumbing
I haven't got plumbing dies for my Hilmor. Only got a Record bender with 15 & 22mm former for copper. -
Want a little bit of (unconventional) plumbing help.
Onoff replied to ProDave's topic in General Plumbing
Oh yes you certainly can! I constantly get the p!ss taken out of me for one I did (electrical) a while back on site. Will try and get a pic. -
Ah yes! 1)Torture for a bit 2)Bite off head and devour, 3)Bite off arse end and tail ditto. 4)Action of 3) will have extruded all the best bits. Devour. 5)Always leave the gall bladder. Just the nightly show on our patio really.
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How to design a cheap 450mm square window.
Onoff replied to epsilonGreedy's topic in Windows & Glazing
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How to design a cheap 450mm square window.
Onoff replied to epsilonGreedy's topic in Windows & Glazing
How about incorporating the glass door from a defunct washing machine? Makes a nice smugglers window...if you've a small head... -
Wylex Combined AFDD/RCD/MCB
Onoff replied to Onoff's topic in Regulations, Training & Qualifications
Yep, allegedly they work on a better safe than sorry principle! ? I just like the idea / technical aspect of the 3 in one...wonder if they make them double pole... The conspiracy theorist in me wonders if they are in fact a subtle way of reducing demand on the grid...more take up = more trips = less draw! ? -
Wylex Combined AFDD/RCD/MCB
Onoff replied to Onoff's topic in Regulations, Training & Qualifications
Don't know...the 2 module wide ones are £100+. -
I like this! Having recently done my 18th I was left like many others thinking wtf when it came to AFDDs. As in what circuits to protect and if one why not all etc and how to implement without having a massive cu. I know 2 module units have been available for a while but this is a one module wide unit combining AFDD/RCD & MCB. Haven't read any further as to price and assume its single pole switching. Only just dropped in my inbox.
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The idea behind my bathroom build was that it's a bit of a "retreat" from the rest of the place that's so badly done. Sort of gives me hope that one day the whole place will be like it. People do comment "...just the rest of the house to do now then!" For instance I've 4 (was 6) different ground floor levels!
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Did you buy a laser level? Have you figured how high each plinth is relative to one another yet? Could mean your front legs are different heights and your "50mm" packing at the rear corners varies one side to the other. Are the rear two corners, the up slope ones, of the frame going to be affixed to the concrete plinth in any way? Don't think that's been discussed yet? I presume you'll be making your basic base frame with the shoes on then marking through the holes in the shoes before drilling? Might need to move the frame to one side for access.
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Fischer resin is my goto stuff. Rawlplug resin second. Resin stud/fixing stud = same thing. Stud/studding is just threaded bar, sometimes called "all thread", "threaded rod" etc. You can buy ready cut resin studs or 1m lengths and cut your own as aforementioned. Push comes to shove you could open up the 8mm hole in the shoe with a normal, HSS drill bit from your drill set as long as they're half decent. If using 8mm stud you will have to use the shoe as a guide for the 4 holes using an 8mm, masonry bit. once the holes are drilled you will need to open them up to 10mm diameter. So there'll be 1mm all around the 8mm stud for the resin to fill. You may find you are off a bit and end up having to enlarge one or more holes in the shoe. If you do then paint the drilled metal with Screwfix 40801 (my goto is Toolstation 60070 but think you only have a Screwfix?) Cleaning the hole is v.important. I always use a puffer. Some people use a hoover and/or compressor. The thing is a puffer is a two way action. it blasts air in and sucks it out agitating loose stuff in the walls of the drilled hole. A compressor can push debris into the walls of the hole where it won't come out but isn't in fact that well "bonded". So the resin goes onto a "loose" particle. Ditto a hoover. The tiny bottle brush thing followed by puffer system is best. I have, once at home, cobbled together one of the resin gun nozzles on the end of the hoover hose to get in the hole and "suck" the debris, then switched the hose to the blow side of the vac, keep switching. Rough but I couldn't find the puffer at the time.
