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Because it's fairly easy to 'suck' a new one through with a vacuum cleaner.

Note the minimum bending radius of the cable you are using. Don't have sharp bends in the duct where it comes up from / goes into the ground. Don't panic if you lose the draw string.

I'd never buy anything from a place I couldn't pronounce...

Something like this then! Found some hardwood ply offcuts. Just held in by wedges at the mo. Resigned to foaming behind the board but there'll be sweet FA there! Not much going behind here! I suppose I could have used 12mm instead of 18mm ply. It'll project about an inch to the controls:

Don't forget Gumtree is pretty word specific, try "chop saw": https://www.gumtree.com/search?search_category=all&q=chop+saw&tq={"i"%3A"chop+saw"%2C"s"%3A"chop+saw"%2C"p"%3A0%2C"t"%3A7}&search_location=cornwall&tl= "sliding saw", miter instead of mitre and so on. This is good for typos to search for: http://www.fatfingers.com/

Eager to try the Bluetooth speakers I thought the just tidied kitchen seemed the place to try them out.....got a disapproving look..... "It's testing time!" Said I. "Probably some crappy trance!" I overheard SWMBO mutter to No.2 child. Bon Jovi's Runaway got the speakers her seal of approval! I think I'm a bit of a wooden back box between the joists they should sound quite bassy. I haven't got a 132mm Starrett though.....127 or 152 are the nearest

Not so sure about John Lewis: http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/help/about-the-appliance-industry/manufacturer-information/3204-john-lewis-appliances

Yes, says so in that link I posted. Well at least they make the "refrigeration units" for Miele.

Seems to say it all: http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/help/about-the-appliance-industry/manufacturer-information/3551-liebherr-refrigeration

So this Aqua Panel... The info leaflet says to "stagger" the joints. Hadn't planned to, will have to see how that pans out. Says snap and score the joints...and clean up with a rasp after. Seems a bit of a rough method if you want them tight to each other. maybe I'm being pedantic? http://www.siginsulation.co.uk/Literature/Aquapanel Leaflet.pdf It says nothing that you have to join the edges with anything. Just to use specific Knauf joint tape and use flexible tile adhesive. Can't help but think a bead of Sikaflex where the boards butt up would help. What it does say is: "Permanently flexible sealant should be used at corners, at wall to floor connections, around penetrations, and at interfaces with baths and shower trays, in combination with sealing tape in wet areas". I was hoping they would have recommended a Knauf sealant! Page 2 is interesting...

If you want a mitre saw that gives a slightly different angle every cut without adjusting anything then go for the Evolution! The "rails" the saw slides along are just too live; left and right and up and down. Saying that the movement is small enough if building a shed, a stud wall or cutting steel. I did once try cutting a through housing. You can't fix / lock the blade at a set depth. Consequently the bottom of the housing was up and down by about 3mm! I also have the 255mm diamond blade for my Rage 3. Never used it though. Had this mad idea of cutting tiles with it! My nephew's missus bought him the latest Rage 3 for Christmas. Did me a favour as he would often borrow mine. The new one is subtly different to my early one. Tbh it feels cheaper mainly down to the motor. Sounds like someone's chucked half a shovel of 10mm pea shingle in it. Mine sounds so much better. Like a child with issues I love mine!

I've run out of 2"x2".....

Believe it or not I was considering exactly that! Possibly with packers between the back of the stud and ply to set the valve further back depending on how much it leaves for "foam".

I had to write to Evolution about a fault with their 185mm circular saw. Bought one and figured it a one off. Exchanged and the same fault. I figured the issue & cure. Rather than a thank you they suggested an imo dangerous fix to remove the riving knife!

I'd never cut skirting again with the Rage.

I've a foot in both camps about them. Pretty much as @Construction Channel says: 90deg cut is acceptable once set. The 45 stops are pants. Be prepared to faff with a sacrificial piece to get it right. If course it all goes out the window as soon as you go to the other 45deg set.

I was/am going to pack this North facing cavity wall where the shower valve is going with PIR. As in to the gills, minimum 50mm up to 130mm - I tapered the studding in relation to the original wall to bring the room square. Might have to be some EPS in there too, tbh whatever'll fit! However I'm very tight for depth where the valve is going. If I either screw it direct to the white painted render or fit a bit of 18mm ply first but insulate all around it am I likely to have any interstertional (?) condensation around it? There'll be a vcl across the face of the studs before the Aqua Panel goes on: @ProDave, did you use brass screws to affix yours?

Evolution Rage 3 is my goto saw. It does what it says on the tin and I can just as soon cut a scaffold pole as a lump of 4x2 with nails in or a bit of 20mm conduit. Precision however it ain't! The depth stop is absolute wa*k, beyond useless. I do housings on my DeWalt radial arm saw. Saying that I wouldn't be without the Rage. As an aside Electricfix in Sevenoaks have a Rage 3 on special for £56+VAT so half price. It comes without the blade though. I might go in tomorrow if it's still there and buy it as a spare. Didn't check if it was 110 or 230...

3.5 decades... So if a warm, draught free, airtight, MVHR equipped place is "passive"...my place must be Aggressive...

Only seen one of their drills. Seemed a lot of torque in a small package but a RIDICULOUS price from memory.

Festool?

Just measured my DTD152, nom 135mm.

There was a glass out of shot for the Cobras! Tbh I'd think swigging from 600ml bottle a bit uncouth!

You should always try and future proof. I've put in 25mm galv conduit in the wall to my cooker. It's just got the 6mm T&E in there at the mo:

I believe some (Bosch?) induction hobs are intelligent in that that they limit the draw to circa 13A so you can plug them into a normal socket but you can have all 4 "rings" going at once.