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  1. NightShadow

    New frontdoor

    Literally just (yesterday) had a Rockdoor installed by a company called Right Door in Essex. Went for their top end door in Jacobean style with an AV2-E electronic door lock but don’t have any side windows etc. Was £2k fitted but the lock was the best part of £500. Have a look around and find...
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    Cement that's out of date

    Can you recommend a release agent? I made some test moulds for when I make some kitchen worktops and they came out looking great (1 Snowcrete/2 Builders sand/3 10mm gravel) except for loads of tiny pinholes started to appear once I stared cutting it back with a diamond pad. I vibrated the moulds...
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    Mattresses - I need knowledge

    Just bought an Eve Mattress on the basis that there is a 100 night trial if we don't like it. Previously had a 12" pocket spring with latex top layer built in and find the Eve mattress firmer, actually a little too firm. Had a bit of a chemical smell which faded after a couple of weeks but is...
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    Remortgaging and borrowing extra money?

    Remortgaged with HSBC and borrowed and extra 85K last year. I applied online and then explained we were extending the house over the phone and they did not ask for any proof, receipts etc. Had plenty of equity in the house at the time mind so may be the reason they didn't ask any questions...
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    Are extensions cost effective.

    Just about to start one and after several quotes between £140k-£180k we have settled on the builder that impressed us the most and happens to be at the cheaper end of the scale! We really were expecting it to be cheaper and the budget just keep going up so we decided to get the loft done at the...
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    Lodger-Who has one?

    We had a lodger for around 2 and half years, advertised on www.spareroom.co.uk and had several responses within a week. We invited the first one that sounded nice to us over and they came in for a chat, looked at the house/room and we got to know them a little bit and decided to offer them the...
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    Ecoboost / Ecoflex engines

    Fair enough, a friend has an ST on order at the moment, Haha, yeah you needed to drive them hard to really enjoy them, still miss the 9000rpm redline :(. A friend has an ST on order so will be interested to see how he gets on, although I would definitely want it to be better than the RX8.
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    Ecoboost / Ecoflex engines

    So I spent today mostly carting around 3 passengers in the Focus 1.0 (99bhp) and have to say am very happy with how well it copes, felt much better than the days I had an old Seat Leon 1.6 which required forward planning just to join a roundabout when you had a full car! Averaged 45MPG on mostly...
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    Ecoboost / Ecoflex engines

    49 seems very high/impressive for a standard 1.6 petrol! Is that driving at 50 behind a lorry with a tailwind and downhill? I'd say around 1/2 of the commute is in stop/start traffic, sometimes worse. We didn't want a diesel as there is never really a long enough stretch to regen the DPF from...
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    Ecoboost / Ecoflex engines

    The Mrs has a 2012 1.0 Ecoboost Focus on 101,000 miles now, have only owned for 7000 miles/6months. Been serviced every 6months from new and is still running strong, not a single issue with the engine so far. Average 39.7MPG doing 30miles each way on M25 commute plus the odd short trip to the...
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    Home automation/future proofing extension

    I would go for decent cable like this GigaTrue stuff: GigaTrue® CAT6 550MHz UTP LSZH Bulk Cable Solid copper core cable, don't think I can list the seller on here but a google search should yield some results. Edit - There are shielded version available. I would get at least 2 boxes so you...
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    Home automation/future proofing extension

    Well If you take off the lighting and AV costs as "necessary" spending :D it doesn't seem to bad to be honest. I think getting the lighting right has a big impact so is worth spending the time and money on. The controller cost is high but we can integrate everything in there and setup cool...
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    Home automation/future proofing extension

    Would be interested to see what your plans are. I am currently looking at an assisted install but may be doing it myself to reduce the costs a bit, programming it shouldn't be too difficult as the logic is similar to most programming languages when using If/then/else. Currently I have it...
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    Home automation/future proofing extension

    Obviously it all depends on the level of automation you want as well, I am aiming for a high level of control which most people will think is over the top so will of course be paying for that. The thing is, the cost of RGBW lights vs standard spots is quite a bit more, same for light...
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    Home automation/future proofing extension

    Exactly, if you want decent multi-room A/V it adds up very quickly; 3-4 Sonos Amps, speakers the HDMI Matrix, decent speaker wire is £1500 total if you are looking for cheap Matrix and second hand kit
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    Home automation/future proofing extension

    -Ad- I'm yet to properly speak to re-seller/planners I have found for our install but what is the reasoning behind co-ax and HDMI? surely running HDMI over Cat6 is easier, especially if you have a long run to take them over? Are you talking co-ax for built-in Freeview? For WiFi I am also...
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    Home automation/future proofing extension

    The problem is, once you factor in something like HDAnywhere, decent music amp/controller or Sonos and speakers for every room etc you are already up to £2k and that's without the rest of automation. Don't forget a decent 24-port switch or 2 and it all starts to add up pretty quickly! As part...
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    Home automation/future proofing extension

    Have budgeted around 10K for automation/tech, will be running my own Audio and Cat6e to save a little bit on costs but don't expect much change if any!
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    Home automation/future proofing extension

    Also in the process of planning this myself and went from just wanting to put network cables in to installing a smart home system (Loxone). They have a mixture of wired and wireless devices and can integrate with other standards too. It is capable of full house control/automation. Some of the...
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    Best impact wrench

    Very nice! Do you have a lot of other Makita kit?
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