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Dai Doubledecks playin' the final vinyl?
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Resident DJ at Gwen's dad's club in Uncle?
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Yeah, but just LOOK at it! Worth every penny imo. £325 cheapest I've found it. (It's a Vado Summit SUM-137 SUM-137-C/P by the way).
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Not sure, but rest assured it'll take the missus by surprise and I won't finish...
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USB3? Is that like OSB3?
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From 7 full tiles I've cut 21 for the vertical mosaic strips that define the wet room corner.14 tiles with 1 factory edge + 1 cut edge and 7 tiles with both edges cut. One of the tiles with both edges scored, cut & diamond filed.
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Plumbing questions (15mm all in? Pipe runs....)
Onoff replied to oranjeboom's topic in General Plumbing
You're lagging mate, already used the phrase "pipe"! -
Plumbing questions (15mm all in? Pipe runs....)
Onoff replied to oranjeboom's topic in General Plumbing
I think that's a pipe dream... -
I have the previous, red line version of this: https://m.clasohlson.com/uk/Cocraft-HL-20-SG-Cross-Line-Laser-Level/41-1267 Think I paid £29 or something silly on clearance. It's great imo.
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A reminder of the risks of diggers…
Onoff replied to Dreadnaught's topic in Project & Site Management
I so want a digger. -
I've got loads of figs coming on the tree my brother wanted rid of a few years back. I think it's done well as its in a sheltered spot.
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Re-using existing door/windows in new openings
Onoff replied to Rob99's topic in Building Regulations
My mate's old, white 2G, upvc front door (no letterbox) is now my new back door. I got it when he had it and the rest of his white, 2G, upvc doors and windows replaced with white, 2G, upvc doors and windows. -
I'd not use any. Got some old stuff here I can't be arsed stripping to weigh in. The missus wanted some copper wire recently to go round pots to try and keep slugs off. Something had happened to the old t&e with the red & black cores sticking to the (white) sheath. Can't remember but one or the other core (red or black) was worse than the other. Plasticiser leeching I guess. On the other hand I pulled some old black rubber sheathed stuff out of the wall outside the new bathroom and it's like new.
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Talking to a sparks friend from South Africa. I've never really thought about it before but plenty of countries weren't affected by harmonisation and still use red and black: https://www.livecopper.co.za/collections/flat-twin-earth-cable/products/flat-twin-2-5mm-x-2-core-earth About £60 a roll? That'd go for twice that here on eBay!
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Bloody awful things. Can't see how they comply with Part E anyway. I've a couple of DG windows from Wickes. Removing the vents and the "routed" holes in the upvc were just full of plastic swarf. It's the noise that they let through I don't like.
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This any good? http://www.stovefittersmanual.co.uk/articles/hearth-regulations/
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Help with kitchen renovation/ 1st house.
Onoff replied to zoothorn's topic in Bathrooms, Ensuites & Wetrooms
@zoothorn, I'm going to have to trawl back through the thread but was one of those green/yellow wires you didn't reconnect anywhere a bit thicker than the others and did it go to just above the incoming mains water stop cock? Edit: In this photo: The green/yellow just above the horizontal grey waste pipe that connects under the stop cock, is that connection still in place? It looks as best as I can tell thicker than the others. -
Re-using existing door/windows in new openings
Onoff replied to Rob99's topic in Building Regulations
Go for it. I presume BC won't be looking at that bit? -
Help with kitchen renovation/ 1st house.
Onoff replied to zoothorn's topic in Bathrooms, Ensuites & Wetrooms
Post a picture of your consumer unit and somebody will give you a detailed what's what explanation of the various components. RCD stands for residual current device. If there is a current leakage to earth on a piece of equipment or circuit the idea is the power gets cut. Say your washing machine is happily working away. You've Live and Neutral to the motor and the current flowing is deemed "in balance". The current is going nowhere other than where it should. Then, for whatever reason a pipe splits inside and water is now spraying around the inside of the machine. The case of the machine is metal. If that water comes into contact with a live internal part and the metal case it provides a low resistance path for the current to track down. The risk is you touch something metal that is now live. The rcd detects this leakage and trips before it reaches 30mA. -
Help with kitchen renovation/ 1st house.
Onoff replied to zoothorn's topic in Bathrooms, Ensuites & Wetrooms
I was taking the pi$$. Can't recall anyone promising a half arsed attempt with an inch of Celotex would make much difference. He was on about not wanting to lose room space anyway. He just doesn't get the whole a gap is a gap is a gap and air tightness thing. The tiniest gaps left can caused massive cold draughts. I said I put a vcl all round doing mine but that was deemed ott. Here's a suggestion, lay an offcut of Celotex on the floor and stand on it in bare feet. You should feel the warmth. Step onto the cold floor and back into the board. If it feels warmer I wonder if an inch of that with some click together flooring would help? Could miss it out at the door threshold? Of course seal the room up too well and it'll start getting mould spots in the corner without ventilation. -
Drawing opened in Draftsight. As an aside the paper size was 420x297 i.e A3. Then used Win 7 Snipping Tool to select on screen: Alt/Ctrl/Print Scrn: Both rubbish imo, just not "crisp" enough and a bit fuzzy! The wire colour text on the 3 port valve is illegible. If I print out on paper it's all perfectly legible. Never used to have these issues with AutoCAD 2000 / 2000i. A much simpler beast (what I was trained on) and more than adequate for my needs than 2010 but the old packages won't run on my 64-bit systems. I may buy the Longbow converter at around £140 to overcome this. I've tried running AutoCAD in XP Mode but it's awful.
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Help with kitchen renovation/ 1st house.
Onoff replied to zoothorn's topic in Bathrooms, Ensuites & Wetrooms
How tall are you? Put a few inches of insulation on the floor and shorten the doors! -
Help with kitchen renovation/ 1st house.
Onoff replied to zoothorn's topic in Bathrooms, Ensuites & Wetrooms
Have you sealed all the gaps at the pb edges where they join etc? Then If a door way off that kitchen is open to the lobby by the door then all that Celotex will do zilch! Like being in a car in winter and opening one door. -
No I'm not! :) I'm talking about these: https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/QUE11W.html
