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The Best Brands for Your Bathroom
Guest post by Hubert Dwight The bathroom is no longer just another room in your home. Neither is it a place just to take a shower nor a place to stock your towels. The modern bathroom is a place of rejuvenation,…
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Electric Underfloor Heating
Watching ‘The Block‘ it seems Electric Underfloor Heating is very trendy these days . . . . so here are some of my thoughts: Advantages Provide a stable heat. Safe, with no very hot temperatures. Each room can be run…
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Electricity Meter Box Location
Have you thought about where your meter box will go? As you can see from this photo it is often one of the earliest things to be installed . . . . . Don’t like it in the location and…
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Electrical Circuits – How Many Should You Have?
Have too few circuits and you will get the circuit breakers in the Power Box tripping out all the time! Minimum The minimum number of electrical circuits for a new home would be 4/5, as follows; Lights General Power outlets (GPOs)…
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Heating – Which Is Cheapest?
Thinking about how you are going to heat your new Home and get Hot Water? Heating costs do vary depending on state and depending on whether you live in the bush or city. Historically the cost of heating a home has been,…
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Safety Switches & Circuit Breakers
Did you know there are two safety devices in your electricity cabinet to keep you safe? Safety Switches Safety switches were originally known as Earth Leakage Circuit Breakers (ELCB) but are now more commonly Residual Current Devices (RCD) These super fast…
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Light Bulb Comparison
In a previous post on Lighting Levels I talked about using lumens to plan lighting. . . . . but which type of bulb should you use? There are now 3 types of bulbs in common use Halogen (A more…
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Instantaneous Electric Water Heater
No Gas Supply? . . . . .No room to put a heat pump Well an Instantaneous Electric Water Heater may be an option. This is a unit in apartment we used to rent As you can see its very…
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Polished Concrete
So you like the idea of Polished Concrete. . . . but with costs ranging from $55/m2 to $120/m2 there are quite a few things to think about. Slab Design and Construction Quality of finish starts with the design and specification of the…
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Comparing Gas and Electricity
Traditionally gas has been cheaper than electricity but with the price of gas rising this has changed. Actually comparing value for money is quite complicated so I though I would explain how to do the various calculations. Cubic Metres to Megajoules…
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