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Problems with hot water since fitting shower mixer valve.
Hi, have a Worcester 35CDi II combi, and everything was fine until plumbed up shower mixer valve. Now, whilst the heating works fine, the hot water only cycles between lukewarm and cold (with the...
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Noisy TRV
I have 3 noisy TRVs as they are fitted on the return instead of the flow. The instructions suggest this should be okay but they buzz as they close. Rather than change ends (requiring 4 joints to be...
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Metalclad sockets
What's the best practice and most workmanlike way to install a row of metalclad sockets, using the conduit holes in their ends to cable between them? Incoming supply is on round conduit, but there...
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Sewing machines
So MiL bought my wife an old re-conditioned sewing machine recently and today something went "ping" inside it... Thought I'd take it apart and have a look. The good news is that I found a plastic pawl...
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Cross-party tributes for former energy minister Wicks
tributes for former energy minister Wicks Politicians from all sides have paid tribute to former energy minister Malcolm Wicks, who died on Saturday after suffering from cancer. Labour had "lost one...
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moving gas meter
Hi folks.... yes i know...and i apologise up front... should be corgi guy.. but they are asking a fortune to move the meter 3 foot! basically.. we are having a bog fitted under the stairs...need to...
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Quick product notes
Having done some outdoor maintainence I have the following notes: Hammerite paint They make "smooth" and "Garage Door" variants. They dont't do the same colours in the two ranges. I wrote to customer...
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cement colourant with ordinary cement?
Hello, I'm reconcreting a small front garden and considering colouring the concrete, probably a pale yellow, using cement colourant. Can someone tell me whether it's sensible to use cement colourant...
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Censoship by Virgin news
No uk.politics.misc on virgin news server A VERY popular group on many other news servers.
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PVC cladding on top of Wallrock thermal liner - total waste?
I'm thinking of lining the wall of a small bathroom with PVC cladding.=20 The bathroom is basically an extension with 3 external walls (double leaf w= ith breeze blocks). I've read some positive...
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Screwfix numpties
I ordered this in Screwfix but I needed an extra 6A MCB. The store did not have a 6A MCB so I was pleased when the nice salesman said "But we have got a 50A one in stock if that will do?" I politely...
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Re: The total bullshit that these bastards produce
Not quite sure how that would be any better than a simple thermostat - perhaps a remote one rather than part of the rad? Pretty well 100% of the electricity the rad consumes is turned into heat, so...
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Tap tip please: swivelling spout reluctant to swivel
What's the best way of freeing a non-swivelling swivelling kitchen sink tap? It takes a real effort to move it at all at present. Is it a dismantle and replace something job, or will something as...
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Have the aliens landed?
Pictures tell a thousand stories. in search of a I-Bling 5. Well he's out of luck.. Answers on a postcard to here! Photo Album
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OT: Super Freeze button
According to the manual of my side-by-side fridge-freezer, the "super freeze" button freezes things quicker. Great. Can anyone tell me what it actually does, and how? I mean, I naively thought if I...
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