WasThatWise Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Air bricks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANGELFIRE1 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I know, I was hoping there'd be a partridge in there somewhere. Nah, it's in my freezer for Christmas din dins. As for the lights, mine are plugged in the socket near the bedroom window, then fed outside through the window. Angel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willman Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 We feed one wire through the window and close it, modern upvc windows accept it. The other two sets plug into an outdoor box,this is powered from indoors but is waterproof for the transformers to plug into. It's up all year so works for hoovering the car etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Outdoor-Enclosure-Extension-Socket-Length/dp/B004714G6W/ref=pd_sim_sbs_light_4 This looks like it could be an easy solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cyclone Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 I just want some fairy lights to wrap around the tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootsBooster Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Outdoor-Enclosure-Extension-Socket-Length/dp/B004714G6W/ref=pd_sim_sbs_light_4 This looks like it could be an easy solution. Ooof, bit pricey though! I have my "outdoor lights" plugged in inside the garage, with the door closed on the thin wires. In previous years I've done the same with them coming out of the living room window (routed as neatly as possible using tie-wraps and blu-tac). Usually the wires are thin enough that you can close the window and the rubber seal will compress around them without any damage. The problem I always had was that the wires just weren't long enough before the lights started. When I found a set in Wilkos that you can by a 20metre extension for (£3), it enabled me to plug them in the garage and still reach where I need them to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 I've gone with the garage solution for some of them, they could do with a longer 'blank' section though. I've ordered one of those boxes, along with a caravan mains cable (not armoured, but designed to be out for long periods in the weather), and will run that down the garden to the waterproof box thing. I'll report back on how well this arrangement works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootsBooster Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I've gone with the garage solution for some of them, they could do with a longer 'blank' section though. I've ordered one of those boxes, along with a caravan mains cable (not armoured, but designed to be out for long periods in the weather), and will run that down the garden to the waterproof box thing. I'll report back on how well this arrangement works. See my post Cyclone, the only place I could find extensions (blank section) was Wilkinsons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willman Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Outdoor-Enclosure-Extension-Socket-Length/dp/B004714G6W/ref=pd_sim_sbs_light_4 This looks like it could be an easy solution. Thats what i have, only paid about £20 from B&Q to be honest. Depending where you buy your lights from i.e not Poundstretcher, several decent brands supply "extensions" for their own lights. We bought one about 10m long with our first lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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