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Sheaf

My Accord.

Had it just over 10 years now.
Still my daily driver and no plans to change that.

Sheaf

Unfortunately from what I've read, you get access to maintain existing buildings but not to build new ones or extend them. Spoken to various people, apparently you can build leaning over and it's called overhand bricklaying, which is a pain in the arse and far more time consuming. Pointing it is the...

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Hi, Is it possible to lay a brick wall from inside the building? In other words, we need to build a brick wall 200mm from our boundary however the neighbours who own the driveway next to us have changed their mind and said we can't put scaffolding on their land. They waited for the work to start and...

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Surely the decline is directly linked to this tbh...

Not much you can really do about that.

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Change it. Roverdose it obviously known to rover owners, however (no offense intended) the market is just going to die off. They're not made any more and even the newest ones are what, 10 years old? I'm assuming you'd probably want to go into other marques. Personally I'd try and capitalise on both....

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For the record.... we bought a car last weekend. Went for the Mazda 6, it made far more sense in the end. Huge practicality, much better price and we also found a mint one. Plus, the engine seems more refined and torquey I think. The ATR now has a 178bhp diesel powered friend. Full Leather 43k 61 Pl...

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Yeah, I'll keep it all separate... Still planning the AV stuff, not sure what I'm doing as yet, possibly a Chromecast audio setup and multiple amps, with the TV outputting to one. I think I'll do that and just mark it up if there's no rules against it. Makes more sense and as you say saved losing a ...

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Yeah, it is, although due to the nature of the new floorplan, the kitchen, dining room and utility will all have multiple doors into/out of each one so placement of switches is going to take a bit of thinking about. Plus need to figure out the AV side, largely where speaker cables are going as want ...

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I suspect I'll probably go for option 2.... I'm guessing the appliances don't have internal fuses then? I was always told the fuse/mcb was to protect the supply cable, not the device. I suppose it depends what they state in the instructions. I was wondering about just doing 40A at the CU and then ju...

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Ok, one more question, one which I can't get my head around. I'm planning on having a double oven, 4 burner gas hob, but also a 2 burner induction hob. The double oven will probably pull in the region of 26-30 amps max. The induction of hob will be around 16A max. Can I put these on a single cooker ...

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No, I wouldn't work on something with just a switched spur off.... As said, I've no idea about whether that switch has good enough isolation for me to trust. If either turn off the MCB or remove the fuse from the spur. Contacts can fail on switches, plus they're prone to people turning then on witho...

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We're getting pedantic, but I thought an isolator was a device which renders a circuit safe by isolation , where isolation is defined as being 3mm distance for 240V. In other words, a circuit which is isolated can be worked on. It is safe and will 100% not see any potential. The switches in a standa...

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What's your take on the 20A grid DP isolators (rather than switched spurs)? Like this Stick them in the 32A ring, add them in after a hidden fused spur or run a separate 20A radial for appliances? I'm not actually 100% sure they're actually isolators anyway mind rather than just switches (I don't th...

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The 17th hit the shelves back in about 2008 IIRC, so techinically a 16th edition board may have been applicable at the time (Split load, not dual RCDs) Yeah, turns out they did it in 2005 not 2008, I misremembered the paperwork id seen. Makes more sense. The meter tails will be well under 3m, it'll...

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This is true, however if they can see all the wiring to inspect it AND they can test it, surely there shouldn't be a problem with that? I mean, if you buy/sell a house you can get a sparky in to test and issue a cert for the sale... The council comes and approves other aspect of building work and si...

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Well, after some more investigation, I found this - http://www.electrical-testing.co.uk/p/articles/diy-electrical-works-is-it-worth-it-and-how-does-part-p-affect-me Section 3.8 to 3.12 describe getting it certified by a building authority. This agrees with my LBA which I called up and asked about it...

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I would be inclined to have a sparky install a new consumer unit for the whole house prior to building work and get him to fit one which had redundant connections, say a 15 way instead of a 8. That way you can connect extra wiring circuits without having to have the house disconnected from the main...

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The more I read, the more unclear it gets. It's almost circular, one thing leads back to another. My current plan A: - Design circuits and installation. Submit to LBA with architectural plans - LBA come and inspect at first fix to ensure the install is in accordance with the regs - Get independent e...

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Hi M8, Any electrical addition's or modifications to the house circuits will require a Part P testing / certification by a Qualified electrician. It's not a case of getting £50 out of it as mentioned whoever signs this off is accepting resposiblity for the installation, putting there name and numbe...

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1234dist wrote:Pretty sure the electrics are fine if you have them inspected by a spark once you are done you can use that in your evidence to the planner.

Yeah, I've just been told most sparkies don't want to approve other people's work.

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Incidentally, I'm aware that some stuff basically says you can't do it yourself. Such as this

However this basically says you can't do it yourself if you get it approved.

I've got a feeling ill need to phone my local planning authority but just wondering if anyone else went through this.

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Hi, I'm not sure if anyone in here can help... I'm planning on doing a load of work to my house, extensions side and rear. We'll need planning permission and building regs approval/inspections. I'm getting the shell done and part of the inside plastered, however plan to do the electrics and plumbing...

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Slight update - we got the wife's car through it's MOT in december, meaning we don't have to rush out and buy a car. Which is handy because we're procrastinating a lot, lol. basically narrowed it down to the Mazda 6 or the Accord Type S. Both 180bhp 2.2 Diesels. Both do ~ 50mpg Both are jap, pretty ...

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Afternoon all, I'm potentially looking at replacing the wife's Mazda MX3. Looking to the future etc I'm thinking of getting something a little more practical, more economical, something with some of the things both the MX3 and ATR lack (Aircon, heated mirrors, leather/half leather seats). Folding Re...

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But if there was a 'fair' representation of seats per votes, what do you propose happens about the constituencies to which they are assigned? Many places would have a local MP that not only did most people not want, but most people actually voted for a different person. It would make it completely p...

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I love these statements. Given that since the conservatives changed the tax free threshold during the last 5 years from £6475 to £10600 (64% increase) and in the previous 5 years it only changed from £4895 to £6475 (32%), they actually raised the threshold at TWICE the rate of the previous goverment...

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So.... your thoughts?

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Sounds like a silly problem but I can't format several of my SD cards. Obviously the slider is in the correct place down the side. I try and format it and it just says it's write protected. I've tried clearing the attributes in diskpart. No luck. My cameras can format it but I want to use it for PC ...

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You're correct... You need two feeds, hence my multiple sat cable :) You can however run sky and free view down one, combined, the feed for sky+ down a second. Then use a 3rd cable for the return free view signal with the analogue output of the sky box. Basically, use one of these.... https://photos...

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As an update, been redecorating my lounge recently and also managed to get free sky TV.... So the whole thing got way more complicated. I've ended up - Running an additional 2 cables (so 3 in total) to the lounge from the loft. Sat cable and Virgin cables removed from the lounge as it was messy and ...

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I don't have kids.... However I'm probably going to and I've come to the conclusion that a harder wearing polypropylene carpet (bleach cleanable) and soft underlay is the answer. I like to sit on the floor sometimes and sitting on hard floor sucks. I've had laminate/wood flooring and didn't really l...

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lol, you didn't put ANY underlay down? Yeah, that'll feel bad. I have none in my house, I think because a builder did it up 10 years ago and didn't bother. Every room feels awful and the carpet pile is completely flat. We're going through decorating and replacing them all. I'm either going for the t...

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james3990 wrote:Personally I think your over thinking it a little..... although I did similar

Definitely, however now I've looked into it a bit I want to get it right, lol.

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Pah, I had wooden floor in my flat, just isn't homely enough for a living room. Much prefer carpet. Got laminate in the hall and kitchen, that'll do.

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Hey all. This is a bit of an odd topic and something I've recently spent FAR too much time reading about online. I'm needing a new carpet, which tbh will be a joint choice between me and the mrs, depending on colour texture blah blah blah. Too much aesthetics to choose online... However, I've been r...

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