Ian
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Same as mine - hope you went for 4 x 500mm rather than 2 x 1000mm if you're having drawers and put them on the outer units, the sliding doors are a pain in the dick otherwise.
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Rob_Quads
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Looks good. Do the spot lights need fire hoods or can you get away without on the LED ones?
The cost of some of the extras is huge like 125 for an outside tap which would take a builder all of 1 hour to install
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3CorsaMeal
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Just put flower pots over them
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Steve
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Leds shouldn't get hot enough to cause a fire about 80 degrees but I've ordered some clips that guard them from insulation anyway
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DaveyLC
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I agree, The IP rating malarkey is odd for LEDs, they do run extremely cool compared to halogens..
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Ben G
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How comes they didn't come with guards in the first place? I bought some led downlighters on ebay and they had the shrouds already installed. Think they were about £11 each, including bulbs.
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Steve
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these were £18 for 8 from b&q,  probs why
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3CorsaMeal
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I'd sleep up in the loft for a few nights to check they are all ok
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Steve
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Yesterday had the day off so saw a few jobs done.
Biggest was addition of a high power socket and relocation of the tv socket to above the tv bracket.
Marked up and Chiselled the hole for the power, sods law right over a dab
After chiselling out the dab found the existing power trunk
Cut away the plastic trunk
Pulled the feed out a bit and cut it, then removed the rest joining the lower plug, fed a new longer piece down
Then cut the TV one and pulled back all the coax from the bottom socket
Patress in for the tv
Socket on
Wired in the newly laid extended power from high socket into the ring
Then went and pinched a bit of plasterboard out the builders skip to cement into the wall to reduce the amount of hole to fill
First plaster cover
Sand down and next layer
Whilst I had the plaster out I also removed the redundant tv socket in the downstairs living room and did the same plaster over to get rid of it, didnt get any pics though.
Whilst that was drying Installed the mast head amp in the loft, this made the signal go from 14/100 to 99/100 and found 100 more channels
Final sand on this and first coat paint
The two installed sockets
The finished article, with some new blind I put up too
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DaveyLC
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You've made EXACTLY the same mistake I made with my wall mount.. I put the socket right up next to it thinking it would be tidy but annoyingly it makes it a royal pain in the arse to plug anything in as the cable fouls the rest of the bracket.
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DaveyLC
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P.S. you've definitely got more taste than Mr Barnes
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willay
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where is the comms room
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DaveyLC
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quote:
Originally posted by willay
where is the comms room
Nothing wrong with having a comms room  
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willay
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deffo, but where is it 
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Steve
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Will be cupboard under the stairs, havent even got broadband yet or phone line connected, thats more down to openreach being utter retards though
[Edited on 19-05-2016 by Steve]
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Rob_Quads
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Did you just intercept the TV cable too i.e you didn't need to drop it down?
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Steve
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yeah pulled the tv cable right back out, didnt need it lower down so just plastered over the socket hole
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Graham88
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
You've made EXACTLY the same mistake I made with my wall mount.. I put the socket right up next to it thinking it would be tidy but annoyingly it makes it a royal pain in the arse to plug anything in as the cable fouls the rest of the bracket.
Yeah….I did this too, took some serious pressure to get the plug in as the moulded bit out the bottom of the plug didn't want to be bent.
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Steve
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Doesn't do that. Doesn't stick out ebough
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Kev_GSI
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The blue tooth speaker system do you have a link at all seems a fantastic idea.
Love the house and enjoyed reading it
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Steve
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http://www.keene.co.uk/keene-klabxb-20w-bluetooth-express-in-wall-amplifier-plus-a-pair-of-cms5mr-speakers.html
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Haimsey
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House is looking good. Nice work.
What did you do with the power pack for the Bluetooth receiver?
Marcy Marc 
White Sport Progress Thread
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Steve
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Left it behind the wall
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MarkM
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Steve from the Internet what is the difference between that Bluetooth speaker set up and say a Sonos system?
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Steve
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Sonos is just a single unit isn't it? This is multiroom and all integrated too. And cheaper
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