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For further information on any of the products mentioned in this article use the reader enquiry number below... DeWalt XRP..............................172 Diamond tile core cutters ........173 Fischer Basin Fixings ..............174 Plumbers Gold from Everbuild 175 Pedestal trap from Multikwik ..176 Readerlink enquiry 033 This new DeWalt XRP 18V drill will do just about everything you need in a bathroom fit. I am using a diamond core drill, which should really be used with water to extend the life, but in this situation I ran it on the slowest speed to prevent overheating. I always drill deep enough to push the plug through the tile so it doesn’t expand and crack the tile. With good basin fixings you can take the pedestal away to connect the trap. If I am working on mains pressure I only ever use flexible 10mm pipes up inside the pedestal. The flexible tap connectors are only 10mm bore, so why make life hard? 10mm is plenty big enough for a basin. The pedestal trap comes from Multikwik and is adjustable for height so you only have to be approximate with the waste pipe height. This adjustable spanner can be closed with your thumb which is handy in confined spaces but difficult to photograph so I am showing it here where you wouldn’t really need that feature. On site PROFESSIONAL BUILDER SEPTEMBER 2009 I 49 048_PB_SEPT09:Layout 1 5/8/09 10:24 Page 49

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With good basin fixings you can take the pedestal away to connect the trap. If I am working on mains pressure I only ever use flexible 10mm pipes up inside the pedestal. The flexible tap connectors are only 10mm bore, so why make life hard? 10mm is plenty big enough for a basin. The pedestal trap comes from Multikwik and is adjustable for height so you only have to be approximate with the waste pipe height. 048_PB_SEPT09:Layout 1 5/8/09 10:24 Page 49 Readerlink enquiry 033

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For further information on any ofthe products mentioned in thisarticle use the reader enquirynumber below...

DeWalt XRP..............................172Diamond tile core cutters ........173 Fischer Basin Fixings ..............174Plumbers Gold from Everbuild 175 Pedestal trap from Multikwik ..176

Readerlink enquiry 033

This new DeWalt XRP 18V drillwill do just about everything youneed in a bathroom fit. I amusing a diamond core drill, whichshould really be used with waterto extend the life, but in thissituation I ran it on the slowestspeed to prevent overheating.

I always drill deep enough to push the plug through thetile so it doesn’t expand and crack the tile.

With good basin fixings you can take the pedestal away to connect the trap. If Iam working on mains pressure I only ever use flexible 10mm pipes up insidethe pedestal. The flexible tap connectors are only 10mm bore, so why makelife hard? 10mm is plenty big enough for a basin. The pedestal trap comesfrom Multikwik and is adjustable for height so you only have to be approximatewith the waste pipe height.

This adjustablespanner can beclosed with yourthumb which ishandy in confinedspaces but difficultto photograph so Iam showing it herewhere you wouldn’treally need thatfeature.

On site

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