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    Installation of tiled bathroom floor

    Bathroom installation query: Walls - ceramic tiles Floor - 20mm Wedi board + cable heating element + ceramic tiles. Question: Should I tile the walls first then install the floor, or should I do the floor first then tile the walls? Or does it make no difference? Advice would be appreciated.
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    Megaflow or Combi???????

    Excellent! :-)) As regards PRV, mine also dripped during the summer. The drips came out of the discharge pipe outside. Various people told me I needed a new PRV, which I fitted myself quite easily (whole thing, not just the innards) - but it still dripped from the pipe. Then, a local guy...
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    Zanussi washing machine FJ 1254 W

    Woops, sorry Zipper. My bl**dy internet access packed up. Tiscali decided to change my login details without telling me. Anyway, thanks for your response. I did a bit of research (someone else's PC) and found that most of the "non-operation" faults that occur with Zanussi machines of whatever...
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    Zanussi washing machine FJ 1254 W

    Help! Came back from holiday over Christmas and when I press 'green' start/pause button, it bleeps but nothing else happens, regardless of which programe is selected. I've cleaned out fluff filter, checked water supply to valve, and checked connections between the "controls" PCB and the...
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    Soil Vent Pipe regulations

    As I understand it, Part H requires soil vent pipe stack to be 900mm above nearest opening window. In my case, the soil vent pipe will emerge through the roof near to (about 800mm but not quite sure yet exactly how far from) a new opening Velux window. If I make the stack 900mm high it will (a)...
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    Megaflow or Combi???????

    mlh07 if you're still bothering to read this: Get a couple of quotes for a correctly designed system giving you the features that you want - not what the plumber wants to fit (because he gets a good discount on a particular combi boiler) or what he thinks you want (because he hasn't asked you...
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    Megaflow or Combi???????

    OK, what about the various people around here (elderly, B&B activities, those with children) who want to retain an airing cupboard? Plumber comes along, recommends combi as best solution and hey presto, no airing cupboard, because the plumber didn't bother to find out the cutomer's needs. We...
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    Megaflow or Combi???????

    Now, now. Calm down, girls. George B'well is correct in one respect. I might not be a fully qualified plumber, but I happen to have a lot of customers who have been misled into the perceived benefits of combis, resulting in me modifying things to give the customer what he/she wants (e.g. an...
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    Megaflow or Combi???????

    Megaflow (or similar) every time for anything larger than a retirement bungalow. Each of my 3 kids have combis (and 2 children) and their systems are rubbish: low HW flow rates, inconsistent temperature, wasting loads of water waiting for the hot to come through, physically large size of...
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    Help on choice of PVR or DVD recorder

    There's more to this than meets the eye, what with technicalities of "buffering limitations", "chase-recording", "bit-rates", and all sorts of other difficult-to-understand terms, but thanks to your comments and excellent link to AV forum (which I hadn't found before) I've made a decision: I'm...
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    Help on choice of PVR or DVD recorder

    Guys, brilliant. Thanks. Exactly what I wanted: some genuine experience. I will research the links you gave in more detail. As far as giving up telly is concerened, that's a no-no. Even the dog would lynch me! At the end of the day, I just want to watch (and record) the basic channels - at...
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    Help on choice of PVR or DVD recorder

    Anyone out there had experience of DVD and digital TV recording? Any digital TV buffs out there?? I have a good quality analogue telly which I do not want to replace. Trouble is, we go digital on 8th April. Do I: (a) buy a set top box for the TV and a Sony HXD HXD890 DVD/HDD recorder (with...
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    Chimney liner

    We had same query 2 years ago: 1950s house, standard chimney - with kink, used previously with no apparent faults. Decided to line it anyway, just in case, and very pleased we did. Unlike a standard brick chimney, the metal liner heats up very quickly when you light the fire, with immediate...
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    USB extension cables

    Is there any real performance difference between the latest USB2 rated extension cables, and older USB1.1 cables?
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    Walk in shower former - 3 questions

    Q1. Is it possible to make a walk-in shower former (for timber floor)? (Must surely be cheaper than buying ready made version). Q2. If so, how? Q3. Is it practical or even sensible to make one's own shower former?
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