There are a lot of commercial copies of Altro and the like - just check out the loo floors in your local trendy pub chain...! They are pvc based - look for fag...
Wonder if fluorescent downlighters might be better & more economical - less heat, much more efficient, simpler installation, better to work by ... ? Chris...
Chris, I looked at these mini-fluorescent lamps a couple of years ago and asked if anyone had any experience of them. Fit the same mains voltage holders as ...
bob justham
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Feb 1, 2005 8:45 am
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... Yes, indeed... Look at them, not as a piece of joinery but a piece of furniture. If you go for the best they will be an integral part of the furnishings....
bob justham
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Feb 1, 2005 8:59 am
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Shutters, curtains, lamp-shades - they all waste light, which seems a big shame ... but what's the alternative ? Where we are now, we went for net (some good...
We are high up, well above the road, surrounded by trees, not overlooked - unless you count squirrels - (hence 'Treetops' as the name of the house) so have...
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Feb 1, 2005 9:34 am
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... We are fairly secluded, but one set of neighbours seem to like looking over their fence once in a while, and they can look straight through one of our...
... A bit of a specialist job, making shutters... I'd check that they have the kit and the skills. Not rubbishing your joiners but staircases and windows are a...
bob justham
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Feb 1, 2005 11:12 am
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Is the consensus that shutters would be VAT reclaimable for a new build? Has anyone tested this? ... From: bob justham [mailto:bob.justham@...] Sent:...
... Bob, is there specialist hardware ?? All the ones I've looked at use normal hinges and closers. I suppose the bits for moving the slats might be a bit...
... An interesting question. It doesn't affect us as we are not a new build. Since they are fitted in the same way a door is then I should think they would be...
You can, as long as (the wardrobes) aren't backed; i.e. you can see the house wall at the back of the wardrobe. Kitchens are fine, it's just appliances that...
I recently changed som halogen downlighter bulbs ( they're beginning to pop after 2 years and found a bit of scorching behind the bulbs. I knew that some...
... So does this imply that we need to create even bigger holes to allow a decent draft through to keep the bulbs cool ;-)...
Benfield, John (Penta)
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Feb 1, 2005 2:22 pm
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Que? Is there a subversive use of window shutters that satisfies the VAT man? Without stating the obvious, the purpose of mine would be to shut out the light...
The NHBC recently updated its technical standards to cover downlighters in ceilings below roof spaces. It highlights heat loss and condensation risk as the...
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... I cut downlighters into some upper floor ceilings. I used upturned plantpots over each downlighter, a notch is in each plantpot and each one seald with...
Wardrobe doors, shower doors, pretend western saloon-style doors, outside windows as weatherscreens, firewood - the uses are many and varied (IMHO, of course) ...
Just a reminder on how to join to join the UK_Selfbuild group - been asked to re-post this for people who wish to send to colleagues etc. The UK_Selfbuild...
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Feb 1, 2005 5:15 pm
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Thanks to my ordering the wrong item, I have going spare a new and unused SDS Max chisel, 25 x 400mm (Screwfix part number 95993). If anyone would like it,...
... NL >> I did use a protective corrugated conduit where they came through the screed. EM > That's exactly what I did too. ... conduit was supposed to stop...
... Which leads to another question - why do people put UFH manifolds so far up the wall ? I can't see any reason why they need to be more than say 300mm from...
The chisel now has a new home. Sorry if anyone was disappointed. Bert http://www.bertcoules.co.uk [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Has anybody got recent prices for plastering on a per square metre basis? I want to wet plaster the whole of our ground floor but the first floor will just...
Okay, finally a resolution. There has now been a conversation with the Premdoor rep. Apart from apologising he accepted that the fire door should not have been...
... type. Whee are the transformers ? in the plant pot or outside it ? I ask as on upstairs rooms I used same route ... but where I have LoVo they overheat...
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