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Vaillant pressure reducing valve
On top of a Vantage 150 pressurised hot water tank. I think the cartridge is 149109, and it's dripping quite badly. Are these something we should only expect to last as little as 10 years, or might...
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The building collapse in Sheffield
Look at the pictures and tell me what you think. Bill
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Remote Reading Water Meter (Sensus HomeRider (868MHz)
Hi, Thames water have just installed a new water meter, which has a remote reading function over radio. The installer said they have been looking at fitting the readers to bin lorries to read the...
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Loose tiles
A few days ago I noticed some grout around some tiles around the bath (used for showering had) eroded or cracked . I raked it out and regrouted. A few days later I saw it had cracked again. I then...
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Operation and Failure mode of G9 Halogen bulb holders?
Hi all I have a cheap domestic ceiling lamp which holds G9 Halogen bulbs in three positions. One of these positions has gone faulty (ie. replacement known good bulb doesn't work) and I have been...
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Shower cartridges
Hmm...there's a lot of 'em aren't there? I can see why they wouldn't be expected to have them all in stock. Not cheap either - in some cases almost to the point of it being worth replacing the whole...
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Small-volume cheap'n'basic PCB fab
I quite often have the need to run off small volumes of trivial PCBs - adaptor from connector A to connector B, that sort of thing. Single sided without much drilling I can probably etch myself, but...
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Sticking central heating valve (y-plan)?
Blimey, these things always happen over a cold weekend, don't they? Are the heads to Honeywell 3-port valves interchangeable? I know they are removable, mostly, but is a new one the same as one from...
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Shower waste, no return valve
ISTR this has cropped up before but G groups was unhelpful. Not in the Wiki either:-) I am combining a shower waste with a basin waste for layout reasons. The basin waste will join through a *flowed*...
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Baxi Wm38/3RS Room Thermostat
I inherited a BAXI when I moved house. It is connected to a 3-port motorised valve (activated when the Central Heating comes on), a Hot Water cylinder, a pump, and a timer control (POTTERTON EP20000)...
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Re: Sexism gome mad
Not sexism gone mad; it's whinging tarts gone mad. BBC News - Rochester nightclub's cleavage stunt condemned
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OT DoT Buries Bad News
It has passed virtually without comment. On budget day they announced that a new MOT has come into force. It now includes testing of all warning lights and sensors and even things like headlamp wash...
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Plastic corrugated roofing
I have a 8x6 shed and building a framework so that I can have an extended covered area, I will be using platic corrugated sheet for the sloping roof. Is it possible to bend a lip at the high end to...
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Safely Invest in Foreign Currencies Trading Now!
Dear Reader, Thank you for spending your precious time to read this article. We are seeking to raise our initial US$100,000.00 capital for trading currencies in the Forex (Foreign Currencies Exchange)...
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Gas Fires
If you have one, might be a good idea to keep it so long as it doesn't need electricity to work it in these uncertain days.
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