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• Pattress
  12 KB (1,854 words) - 09:22, 15 June 2020
• Ceiling fan
  ...rature are cooled. They produce no cooling effect whatsoever on the air or walls in the room. Leaving a fan running when not in the room achieves zero cooli
  11 KB (1,912 words) - 07:28, 27 October 2013
• Glossary
  ...ies, rooms containing a gas fire, and less often chimney stacks and cavity walls. ...ceiling, to which usually plasterboard is applied. Used to even up uneven walls and to permit insertion of insulation behind plasterboard.
  59 KB (8,842 words) - 21:43, 1 November 2021
• BS7671 Wiring regs changes - 17th edition
  ...3">Methods for measuring the insulation resistance/impedance of floors and walls to Earth or to the protective conductor system</span></span>
  17 KB (2,464 words) - 14:55, 18 November 2018
• Solar Thermal
  ...Water|hot water]], and the collectors are generally placed on ground floor walls. Glass can be used, but plastic is more popular because of cost. Corrugated ...necessary there are ways to reduce visual impact, such as fitting them to walls at first floor height, or even fitting to a fence or outbuilding and ductin
  30 KB (4,902 words) - 15:18, 11 August 2012
• Drawers
  ...tasks, and no user reconfiguration is possible. These can also be used on walls, and where space is extremely tight even built into [[Partition Wall|stud w
  13 KB (2,120 words) - 18:11, 25 November 2022
• Free Stuff
  ...with foil is used behind [[Central Heating Design|radiators]] on external walls to reduce losses
  10 KB (1,662 words) - 00:23, 9 September 2012
• Home security
  ...some pre-fabricated concrete types, will yield to a good hard kick in the walls (ouch!).
  16 KB (2,864 words) - 02:35, 13 January 2023
• Security FAQ
  16 KB (2,918 words) - 12:37, 3 October 2018
• Kitchen design tips
  The joint between worktops and adjacent walls '''must''' be watertight. Steel sink tops usually have integral upstands al
  14 KB (2,475 words) - 02:46, 9 January 2022
• Drilling FAQ
  A useful trick if drilling holes in walls indoors is to tape an envelope to the wall just beneath the hole you are dr ...depth of 6" being common. this means that when drilling though thick solid walls the "core" may need to be broken out several times with a bolster chisel (o
  32 KB (5,862 words) - 23:31, 30 August 2016
• Nailer
  17 KB (2,845 words) - 17:23, 9 August 2013
• Outdoor lighting
  ...ires should be fairly tight or the light swings about in the wind. Not all walls, posts etc can handle the sideways pull.
  14 KB (2,378 words) - 10:42, 24 June 2013
• Gas fitting FAQ
  * Pipes that go through walls must be sleeved to prevent damage in the event of settlement, to prevent an * Pipes may be run inside partition walls provided they are corrosion protected with anti-corrosion tape.
  44 KB (7,693 words) - 15:04, 7 May 2021
• Sheet material
  * 12mm for walls, more robust
  15 KB (2,243 words) - 02:57, 13 November 2018
• Adhesive
  ...or work where failure could cause injury, eg chairs, fixing heavy loads to walls, structural repairs to wood & masonry, etc.
  15 KB (2,414 words) - 19:46, 30 April 2012
• Tapes
  14 KB (2,169 words) - 23:56, 22 July 2019
• Bracket
  ...l when the shelf is loaded, requiring a strong fixing. Unsuitable for weak walls such as strawboard.
  21 KB (2,706 words) - 11:27, 5 June 2012
• Monobloc Air to Water small
  ...l thermometer in the central lobby at about waist height, not touching the walls, commenced at 20, rose to 21 and stayed level all the final morning, just h
  14 KB (2,541 words) - 16:23, 6 December 2022
• Electrical Circuit Faults
  ...le to assess if the cable insulation is damaged do to it being obscured in walls etc, then a full insulation resistance test should be carried out using a h
  23 KB (3,711 words) - 10:08, 3 August 2017
• Rewiring Tips
  =Bare Stone walls= Exposed stone walls are difficult to wire in a way that looks good.
  40 KB (6,736 words) - 22:06, 28 September 2019
• Floor polishing
  ...the next. The first coat is applied over the whole floor, right up to the walls: the second coat stops between three and six inches away from skirting boar
  22 KB (3,847 words) - 02:18, 6 September 2017
• Halogen Lighting
  ...an dramatically reduce these problems. Using wall washer fittings close to walls or across ceilings can help give diffuse light spread without glare. Especi
  26 KB (4,302 words) - 10:08, 30 November 2019
• Hand tool
  ...ables|wires]] through otherwise inaccessible voids, eg under floor, within walls
  18 KB (2,563 words) - 17:18, 19 October 2015
• Boiler choice FAQ
  ...(100mm) and can go up through roofs (both flat and pitched) or out through walls. If necessary some models can use high quality (MUPVC) 56mm plastic pipe wi
  50 KB (8,759 words) - 12:00, 24 September 2022
• Split-type Room Air Conditioner
  ...n the mid-2000's) but its structure has a much lower thermal capacity. The walls will not store as much heat to radiate into the room during unheated period
  51 KB (9,092 words) - 18:39, 4 November 2021

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