dpmiller

We discussed it a year or so ago and opinions were mixed. I'm pretty much decided on one regardless...

i can't say I've ever given much thought to extended warranties on cheap tools. Let's face it, with most stuff if you haven't killed it in the first month it''ll last a year, and it it makes it to the end of a year it's probably going to last damn-near forever...

Agree completely Dave. Except for the termination bit, I've just done mine and it looks pretty smart with it's snazzy heatshrink triple boot.

regardless of anyone's politico/scientific beliefs, why can't people just tread gently on the planet?

Grey indeed, especially as the linked one says " These cables are designed to be installed in air, or for burial in free draining soil conditions "

Split concentric is used for submains and incomers, it carries neutral and earth *around* the live conductor like this:http://www.doncastercables.com/cables/6/28/SWA-and-Mains-Distribution/PVC-Insulated-Split-Concentric-Cables/

what about split concentric in a duct?

Leadax lead replacement flashing- dunno about other BMs but Haldane Fisher are doing a BOGOF on 450mm/6m. And if you haven't tried it? It's superb. Closest thing to lead....

has the dual flush unit got an overflow that's set too low maybe?

We have a Howdens just opened in town, are there any tricks or catches to a selfbuilder opening an account?

What calibration gas is used?

no step irons?

certainly electrochemical cells for CO and O2 can be "drifty". Also some systems are subtractive, taking the sum of gasses sensed and taking them away from 20.9% to display % O2.

Frame erected inc supply of all wall and ceiling insulation and PB, plus footings- £230/m2

Any good? https://www.notjusttaps.co.uk/spares-valve-sth-16-teeth.html

Indeed. And everybody sold the same Altai stuff. As a teenager, I worked in an electronics repair shop- TV, video, group gear, CB. The Boss made a proposition to Maplin which they flat out refused. It was another ten years before they appeared in NI. Still, we had access to RS, CPC, HRS, Willowvale as well as as a couple of local distributors of tat...

I've still got the remains of an E12 pack from John Bull's...

I'd be erring towards a new charger...

brown back orange?

cheap as chips, and you can clad'em if you want- http://moyfab.com/project/galvanised-after-manufacture-d4/

have you tried turning the flow down on the manifold? I'm wondering if the actuator can't control finely enough and is massively overshooting, it *is* a pretty small loop...

Anyone had problems with Muticonstruction losing their tip inserts? Dunno whether the set I got are (very good) knockoffs, or if we're doing something wrong... Drilling clay roof tiles. Tip doesn't appear to be losing it's edge but randomly after maybe twenty holes- individual, with cooldown between- the bit goes smoking hot and melts the braze holding the insert in. Thoughts? The first one, we reckoned the impact gun was too high rpms so switched to a combi and it's happened to another two.

Council. Don't think too many go private in NI.

I've never seen the engineering drawings for our TF, they were passed straight from the TF Co to the BCO. No doubt I'll get copies at completion of the TF contract...

Have BCOs ever checked that a specific luminaire installed is actually fire rated? Looks like it would be a paper exercise with the slim jobbies- alloy housing , pressed steel backplate...