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68901
I have been reading the spec sheets on the LEDs themselves, and their ability to turn leccie into light varies greatly, from worse than halogen, to many times...
Rick
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Nov 1, 2008
10:03 am
68902
I found this website a source of much useful info on stairs, with many usefull diagrams. I had SHMBO chalk the position of the stairs on the wall, and make ...
Rick
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Nov 1, 2008
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68903
What the telephone engineers do at work, is once the wires are all in, they spray foam up the remaining space, with a special fire proof foam, screwfix do one....
Rick
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Nov 1, 2008
11:51 am
68904
Tim Many Thanks I have found Luxeon Rebel = 71.6 lumens per watt CREE XRE = 90-95.5 lumens per watt - exact value depends on voltage The CREE XRE is almost as...
Rick
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Nov 1, 2008
12:12 pm
68905
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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Nov 1, 2008
1:27 pm
68906
An installer has suggested using an 'Alpha' gas condensing system boiler. I've had a look at the website and features look reasonably good but I've no idea of...
richard
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Nov 1, 2008
1:35 pm
68907
< SWMBO says she wants the stairs to have a shallower slope, and suggests that < I drop the rise to 150mm. She seems incapble of understanding that ALL <...
Brian Whyer
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Nov 1, 2008
1:43 pm
68908
Yuk! I'd not fancy being asked to do a job in a cupboard like that! Is it a telephone thing? I've never seen it done in a modern data cupboard. Nick Nick...
Nick Laurie
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Nov 1, 2008
3:28 pm
68909
You only spray up the holes where you run wires through walls that are also there for fire protection. So in the OP's case, he has large bits of trunking...
Rick
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Nov 1, 2008
4:57 pm
68910
Aaah, gottit! I had visions of a data cabinet full of spray-foam! Holes and trunking I can understand - in fact our BCO was asking at one point how the cable...
Nick Laurie
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Nov 1, 2008
5:50 pm
68911
I think that answers the question I was about to ask... :-) I may be moving my wiring closet from under the stairs to a landing cupboard. Currently the cables...
Tim Hawes
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Nov 1, 2008
7:20 pm
68912
OUCH! Sounds a painful experience. Thanks to everyone who took the time to reply. Think I'll get a big one that looks like it might last the test of time. ...
Dave
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Nov 1, 2008
7:49 pm
68913
In a message dated 01/11/2008 10:25:33 GMT Standard Time, rick@... writes: I found this website a source of much useful info on stairs, with...
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Nov 2, 2008
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68914
In a message dated 01/11/2008 19:49:51 GMT Standard Time, davet9999@... writes: OUCH! Sounds a painful experience. Hi Dave, Yep, a very big ouch. Even...
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Nov 2, 2008
7:01 am
68915
I feel like a right plonker http://www.stairplan.co.uk/ Rick...
Rick
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Nov 2, 2008
9:19 am
68916
Hi there, The rainwater tank has been delivered, the hole in the back garden dug and the tank lowered into the hole. Some blinding was put down first. Since...
Rex
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Nov 2, 2008
2:24 pm
68917
For God's sake get some water into the tank sharpish! I've seen septic bubbles float clean out of the ground, even when supposedly held down with a couple of...
Nick Laurie
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Nov 2, 2008
3:43 pm
68918
Nick, It goes without saying that we will be filling it with water during the backfill process. At the moment, it is just sitting in a hole with no backfill...
Rex
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Nov 2, 2008
4:32 pm
68919
I'd have thought not. In wet weather it is is likely to be full-ish so in no great danger of floating out, in dry weather the water table would (???) be low...
Nick Laurie
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Nov 2, 2008
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68920
Hi. I have been lurking here for a while soaking in all of the advice - thankyou to everyone who has helped us with our plans. My question - does anyone have...
mark_d_grice
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Nov 2, 2008
4:49 pm
68921
The glass in one of our french-window doors has shattered on the outside - first thought was kids with an air-pistol, but it's difficult to see how they could...
Chris Hunter (home)
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Nov 2, 2008
9:04 pm
68922
... outside - ... see how ... all the ... but ... ), but ... canopy ... really loud ... broken) ... ... like to ... remove the ... then the ... nervous of ... ...
martinbowks
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Nov 2, 2008
9:10 pm
68923
... outside - ... see how ... all the ... but ... ), but ... canopy ... really loud ... broken) ... ... like to ... remove the ... then the ... nervous of ... ...
martinbowks
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Nov 2, 2008
9:11 pm
68924
Hi I am new to the forum and this is my first post. Luckily for you i have a upvc double glazing firm. First, do you know what profile the upvc is? Is the...
martinbowks
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Nov 2, 2008
9:22 pm
68925
Ah .. welcome to the mad-house ... & thanks ... 28mm sounds about right, it's k & toughened & about 500x1800mm, with an internal horizontal bar ... frame & bar...
Chris Hunter (home)
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Nov 2, 2008
10:06 pm
68926
PS: the profiles were from Gromathic (Grotemeyer GmbH, in Westenfeld) ... Chris [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Chris Hunter (home)
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Nov 2, 2008
10:12 pm
68927
Since they will be pumping the concrete, I guess the idea is to fill it up. But I am concerned about the expense! I'm starting to feel that a bigger issue is...
Rex
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Nov 2, 2008
11:11 pm
68928
Surely the whole point of a soakaway is that the water is going to go away. Whilst the level of a water table does change slightly over the year, it probably...
Eric Mears
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Nov 3, 2008
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68929
I've had this 3 times with stones shot out of the ride-on mower - they come out like bullets (which they'd need to on the toughened glass of a french window)....
Nick Laurie
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Nov 3, 2008
10:29 am
68930
Chris, I've done this a few times, mostly with success... For our windows there was/is a rubber strip between the glass and plastic frame. Once this is removed...
Tim Hawes
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Nov 3, 2008
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