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  1. Onoff
    I'm a big fan of treating left/right, up/down from an accessory as sacrosanct, no go areas for the length of the walls. You could: - Run the lighting feed(s) vertically up BEHIND a back box say a light switch. Might be awkward but very doable. - Run the lighting feed(s) vertically up WITHIN a back box. Some consider it bad practice especially if it's say a lighting feeding running up thru a back box on the ring. Personally I can't see an issue. Don't forget your grommets. Keep it to the back corner and write on it "LIGHTING" with a Sharpie. Deeper boxes like 47mm give you more room to manoeuvre. You could even re-drill with a 20mm Starrett and slip in a bit of conduit where it passes thru the box again depth/accessory dependent. Either way all cabling's kept within the safe zone.
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    A fair concern.
  3. Onoff
    Talk with Dave and discuss with your sparks. Mention lads from TEF have put you onto him. I suspect he will only supply to your sparks or upon receipt of something from him even if an email etc. https://www.sbstradesales.co.uk/
  4. Onoff
    There are some idiots on here! Pity there's no cavity:
  5. Onoff
    Are you TT up there?
  6. Onoff
    I enquired to Dave at SBS ref his Compact RCBO boards in this sceanario, he's come back: "The biggest size of double decker (in fact, the only size that LiVE do) is a 24-module / 22-way box. This would not give you the 24 circuits you need, unless there is a circuit rethink. Attached, is one I did for a customer, with 22 circuits. A good solution would be stacked 2 x 14-mod boxes, giving you 26 usable ways, if using 1 x Main Switch, or 24 usable ways, if using 2 x Main Switches. They could be coupled together, using brass or plastic bushes, giving room for all cables to pass through. Alternatively, they could be coupled them together with, say, 2 small bushes and bring all the cables, including tails, through the back knockouts, using my Stand Off Frames. Let me know if I can be of further assistance and I look forward to hearing from you again. Regards David"
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    All day long. This metal cu thing is a load of bs in my personal; opinion. If there is a fire in there it just contains it on the wall better and uses all your ducts etc to spread it. There was a big fire happened in one of the stately homes (Clandon Park) a while back, this exact scenario I think. Think someone had left a knockout open and something had nested in there.
  8. Onoff
    Tonight's foray into lawnmower refurb. I've got a stack of M10 bolts about 300mm long but the shanks only 9mm. Turned the end down to 8mm and stuck an M8 die down it. A bit thicker but no issue for what it does (pto tensioner):
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    14 OD / 12 ID, so a 1mm wall thickness...in plastic? Need to be strong to be of any practical use other than a drinking straw for an off the shelf product. There's always carbon fibre, HOW MUCH??? http://www.easycomposites.co.uk/#!/cured-carbon-fibre-products/carbon-fibre-tube/woven-finish-carbon-fibre-tube/glossy-3k-woven-finish-14mm-12mm.html Heatshrink, nah, it'd bite into the thread. I wonder if you would be better with Denso tape? Reckon you might still be able pull the stud thru that once the concrete has gone off as it's squishy. Messy stuff btw, you need your wits about you to handle it. So...Onoff to the rescue... A wrap of h.duty DPM, cheap too:
  10. Onoff
    It's "diolch" in your neck of the woods.
  11. Onoff
    20mm pvc leccy conduit all day long. You can get heavy duty (thicker wall) stuff too btw. (I proposed similar a while back I think for a home brew SIP shed. As in space OSB say 150mm apart and fill with foam). Tut, tut, some of those square washers look pi $$ed!
  12. Onoff
    Can't be too careful ref spammers:
  13. Onoff
    I find a bit here and there makes the job last much longer. Try some studwork followed by some plumbing then a bit of boarding to spice things up. Maybe mix up some concrete but leave an area to do "later". Good to beer off (an apt auto correct if ever there was one) in another direction completely and start another or multiple unrelated projects. Works for me...
  14. Onoff
    Search for "carbon arc rods / cutting." Like messy plasma cutting.
  15. Onoff
    You want this: http://www.everbuild.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=57
  16. Onoff
    All this talk of containers and fibreglass... Search "20' container pool"
  17. Onoff
    Someone reckons an 038 battery will fit and that he uses one on his same model of mower: https://www.tayna.co.uk/038-Numax-Car-Battery-P982.html
  18. Onoff
    Says here there's no specific qualification for doing such surveys: http://www.stansted-environmental.com/home/our-services/contaminated-land/phase-1-contaminated-land-desktop-study/desktop-study-faqs If you can do you homework ref local history using OS maps etc and pointing to other builds why not. I wonder if you could get a copy of such a local survey maybe from another self builder or Council records and plagiarise it?
  19. Onoff
    Quite fancy a kebab but after the huge roast she cooked I'd best not...plus I've had a couple so can't drive! Have a look here: https://www.sparksdirect.co.uk/blog/ip-rating-in-the-bathrooms-bathroom-ip-zoning/
  20. Onoff
    This is a Hawker Sideley TUNGSTONE battery in it at the moment from a good few years back. Trying to hunt down specs on it out of interest.
  21. Onoff
    What drunken fuckwit mark out the drain centreline from slab edge 714mm instead of 704mm? Hmm, I wonder??? I'll just adjust it...Oh wait, I cant! Also cants back a bit but I'll get away with it. That poxy blue foam! I'm sticking to low expansion in future! EDIT: In the cold, (sober) light of day I realise my 704/714mm issue isn't a problem and that I'd accounted for it already. The dimn to the left of this is critical for the tiles and that's fine. I'll get working on the shower tray former tonight hopefully (after making my mower part).
  22. Onoff
    I did my old Bedford Midi in ply. Still got the nut & bolt "rack" I made, all shaped to the side panel.
  23. Onoff
    Anyone know a cheaper place for the battery than here? https://advancedbatterysupplies.co.uk/product/abs-138/ Cheers
  24. Onoff
    Yeah! The refurbed mower pcb works, good lad! All LEDs seem to do what they should in response to ignition, charge, cutter engage, lights and brake. Stuck a Capri battery on it just to test (but physically too big). Best price I've found is £45 delivered for a new battery. Had to cut off a cranked M8 bolt in order to fit the new drive belt so I'll make a new one tomorrow out of some 9mm bar I've here. I just couldn't get any purchase on the inaccessible, original, rounded, rusted nut.
  25. Onoff
    This is where I got mine https://www.tradingdepot.co.uk/polypipe-pb08576-ufch-floor-panel-1200-x-1000mm
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