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Equipotential bonding
Read the Wiki, just need to double check. Whole house re-plumb in plastic. So (apart from directly around the combi) there shouldn't be any metal in the hot and cold plumbing until you get to the...
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Wiring a shower affixed to a plasterboard partition-wall.
I'm installing a shower onto a 'plasterboard - stud - plasterboard' partition wall. Does the (10mm) cable have to be protected in any way, by conduit for example? Or is it like fitting electrical...
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11 years ago
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Cold water to the combi and to bathrooms.
Getting myself ( as usual) overly complicated in my planning for the plumbing. The DIY component is going up all the time because the plumber we had booked in to do the work is off long term sick and...
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11 years ago
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Viton O-rings
Anyone know of a stockist of Viton O-rings who would be willing to send a handful to Ireland yet won't rip me off for what is letter postage? I need four (five for luck) of 41mm x 2.5mm, but must be...
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Wall fixings advice sought
Hi, Any help gratefully accepted! I've been trying to attach a speaker bracket to a wall in the house (1895ish Victoria terrace). The wall is the main front wall of the house, so is presumably brick...
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Should have gone to school?
That's not the whole story, remember the gold leaf electroscope at school? Current will flow into the bird until it attains the same potential as the wire. The charge they take will depend on their...
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Spray paint on stainless steel
Hey there, new to the forum, just had a few questions. I have some stainless steel football signs that I made in work, selling them on ebay at the moment, sold a lot but a few buyers have asked if I...
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Apprentice moment
This morning all the trunking he was asked to store in a safe place last night had gone. Thats because he stored it in the bin room and this morning was collection day.........
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11 years ago
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Bi-fold patio doors
I am contemplating replacing my conventional sliding patio doors with new bi-fold doors. Currently I have a small step down to the patio, but was thinking of going to a common floor level. Obviously,...
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Ceiling cracks at plasterboard joins
My sister is hoping to brighten up her kitchen/diner and there are a couple of these cracks, caused by people going up into the loft from time to time and a bit of stuff stored up there. There's no...
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Karcher "window cleaner"
Has anyone got one of these, if so are they any good?
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External Window Ledge Flexible Grain Filler?
Can anyone suggest a suitable repair material for filling the minor grain cracks from expansion and contraction with the seasons in a south facing hardwood window ledge? It really gets toasted in...
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11 years ago
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Any suggestions for cleaning waching machine?
Not really a current problem (AFAIK), but something I occasionally think about. The last time I saw inside our old washing machine drum (i.e. the plastic outer one, when I had the inner stainless one...
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Dirty hot water mystery
We have a pressurised HW system (an Albion Ultrasteel cylinder) with a external 18L expansion vessel. For some time now we've suffered from intermittant dirty water supplies which we suspect was due...
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Broadband Speed Test
Just went to USwitch and used their online broadband speed test. My Zen connection returns: Download = 10.1Mb Upload = 0.3Mb This download speed is way faster than the closest competitors Sky (6Mb) or...
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