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House – Running Electrical Cables

20/12/2011 – 2:22 am

**Annoyingly I deleted all the pics off my phone and only had a couple of random ones from my dslr so sorry for the lack of image** We have now finished running the cables…. First thing to go in was the power for upstairs, we have used standard 2.5mm thick wire for the power and read more »

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Home – iCage downlights

25/11/2011 – 11:44 pm

Whilst searching for a lighting solution for my house I came across something called an iCage, this is basically a down-light that is of a commercial grade and will accept large or small bulbs. The iCage is constructed of metal to a high grade, rivets are secure, screws have decent threads and the electrical connection read more »

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House – Bathroom

25/11/2011 – 11:32 pm

The bathroom was originally split into 2 sections – sorry forgot to get a pic before I started knocking down walls. The toilet on one side of a wall and the bath + sink on the other. We have knocked the wall down to make one single room as the toilet downstairs has been completed. read more »

Tags Basin, Bath, Bathroom, bowl, Breaker, Cook & Lewis, Cushionfloor, down, downlight, Enclosure, Floor, Futura, gray, house, icage, large, Lights, Pewter, quadrant, round, Shower, tiles, Wall, white | Comments Off

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House – Network Cables

15/10/2011 – 10:55 pm

Data Cable I am going to be using CAT6 cable for my data connections. I have chosen CAT6 over CAT5 for a couple of reasons: (OK it seems I didn’t get the cable I really wanted which was 600mhz CAT6/7, I got 250mhz CAT6 which is still good and above the 100mhz of CAT5e). Transfer read more »

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House – Wall Chasing

16/07/2011 – 12:06 pm

Chasing for cables Chasing cables is the process of placing a cable into the wall behind the plaster, unfortunately there is no way this can be done without drilling some holes. A ‘chase’ is a channel that is cut into the wall that allows the cable to be hidden by a protective layer and then read more »