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Time travel is dead easy
Listen to Gold Radio when you are making a post whilst using homeownersclub.
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R. Cott. 30
Vinyl flooring... lots of 2.8mm thick stuff on the J. Lewis site however, the acrylic glue they offer is said to be unsuitable for underfloor heating. Any alternatives and does it need to be glued?...
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Fitting universal headlight buzzer
Audi Audio / Video / Electronics / Security Audi Owners Club (UK) Fitting universal headlight buzzer By leenowelll, 22 hours ago in Audi Audio / Video / Electronics / Security a4 leenowelll 0...
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Oh ----
Yep, someone's been diying... NT
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6 years ago
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Frozen Condensate Pipe
The first time this happened was a few years ago. My boiler is in my loft in the middle of the house under a double hip roof. Any drains are on the outside condensate pipe travels above the ceiling...
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OT: WE cracked 50GW.
total electricity demand PLUS whatever the embedded wind is generating First time in 2018
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Bizarre usage of bottled gas - less used to keep house at high temp rather than low temp
We've just moved into my parents' holiday cottage for a few months because we've sold our house and not yet found a new house. My parents chose to run the boiler off bottled propane rather than oil...
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Freezing pipes.
If you think your pipes might freeze, leave a tap dripping. The one furthest from the stop tap.
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6 years ago
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OT snow
I've not set foot outside today but the snow on our side streets must be bad as the taxi drivers are only traveling at 2 miles per hour!
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Inhibitor for aluminium heating boiler?
After a couple months heavy use our central heating boiler has once again filled its condensate trap. This is an IDEAL ISAR HE50 with an aluminium heat exchanger installed 10 years ago. The liquid...
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6 years ago
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Glue 21.5mm overflow pipe
I want to glue some of this pipe, which I presume is uPVC. It's a pinhole. The solvents in the usual solvent weld things are not usable in this case, so I'm looking at glues. It needs to tolerate...
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OT: ROFL. Siemens wind turbines as bad as Bosch dishwashers
Fortschritt durch Wichsen 500 UK offshore wind turbines need vital repairs earlier than expected in an enormous renewable energy blunder which could cost more than £500 million.
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6 years ago
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Leaking soldered joint on copper pipe
Just a quick(!) question, why would a weeping soldered fitting continue to weep at the same rate when the supply is turned off and the pressure removed (by opening a tap) ? Is this just a "They all do...
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Condensate drain
Just been on my mate's garage roof, removing ice from his condensate drain. Hopeless positioning, pipe run is about 12 feet with the last foot inaccessible from inside because of overhanging eaves. I...
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Combi boiler DHW oddity ?
Weather related ? Turned on HW tap in bathroom sink for first time today, and there was a reddish taint to the water for a few seconds. Some sort of suspension. All other taps seem OK. Heating is...
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