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Upstairs Shower Disaster

I posted in here a few weeks back regarding the tosser of a plumber who let a rad drain into a brand new downstairs cei...
6 comments posted 18yrs
posted by www.look
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by www.look

Best option for pressurising hot water system?

I live in a modestly sized 70's detached house with a gravity fed hot water system. When we had our kitchen face-li...
10 comments posted 18yrs
posted by Uno-Hoo
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by Uno-Hoo

Printers Are Funny Things

Can anyone give some advice please. I have been using a Canon Pixima MP170 now for about 6 months together with 60gm pa...
26 comments posted 18yrs
posted by the_constructor
26 comments posted 18yrs posted by the_constructor

Old rubber insulated wiring

Two questions:- My mother house still has the original rubber insulated wiring. This quarter her electricity bill was 7...
12 comments posted 18yrs
posted by Periproct
12 comments posted 18yrs posted by Periproct

radiators

Hi I have two radiators that are hot at the top. From about half way down they are cool to almost cold at the bottom. s...
11 comments posted 18yrs
posted by charles
11 comments posted 18yrs posted by charles

Danfloss CP75 control

This control has been set to bring heating and hot water on at 6.0am every day. Been set like this for years now.In the...
4 comments posted 18yrs
posted by mytice
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by mytice

No key for euro cylinder lock

Hi, my sister has just moved to a new house, the property had been a repossession. I think that the lock barrels had be...
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by allknowingnorman
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by allknowingnorman

Glow worm boiler at 0.3 bar

Our boiler pressure has gone down to 0.3 bar, we have tried turning the blue water knob underneath (usually works), the...
4 comments posted 18yrs
posted by karflips33
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by karflips33

Switch query

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0 comments posted 18yrs
posted by www.look
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by www.look

repairing damaged plaster board

Hi, I bought a 90s flat a few months ago. All the walls were wall papered and I've stripped them ready to paint the...
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by no
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by no

chipboard flooring

Hi Group, which offers better resistence to damp & shrinkage/warping? chipboard flooring or plywood? it's to be lai...
4 comments posted 18yrs
posted by .
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by .

Toilet Continually Flushing

We recently had a new ballcock and siphon fitted in our toilet. It worked fine for a while but now, when you flush the...
8 comments posted 18yrs
posted by zen114955
8 comments posted 18yrs posted by zen114955

extension - Hitchin firm

Hi all I'm thinking of putting up an extension and I have come across a builder called Home Extension Team Ltd in Hi...
1 comments posted 18yrs
posted by markw
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by markw

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posted by Darrach
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by Darrach

dragons den chocbox

Just finished watching the repeat Dragons Den where the bloke invented a box to house the electrical choc connectors. H...
5 comments posted 18yrs
posted by tilbury36oncebitten
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by tilbury36oncebitten