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    Alternatives to a tall AAV?

    Hi, We are embarking on a massive house renovation project and the layout of our bathrooms are giving me headaches. We are replacing our downstairs loo with a bathroom and wish to move the layouts around. The existing loo has its waste to the side and enters almost immediately into a vertical...
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    Fire Door Handles (Again)

    Sorry, normal dwelling extension, part new build part existing. FD30 doors required due to a protected staircase into the loft and a council that is unwilling to accept anything other than a protected staircase such as mains connected fire alarms etc.
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    Fire Door Handles (Again)

    Hi all, Having searched everywhere (including this forum) I cannot find anything explicitly documented to say if the handles for internal fire doors need any special rating. A previous poster on here got the steer that standard handles should be fine, however I'm after something a little more...
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    Removing a rad without isolation valves

    Groovy. Sounds like a plan then. Cheers.
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    Removing a rad without isolation valves

    lol. Ok, think I've got the idea but I'll admit that heating isn't my forte. The two rad pipes spur off of a set of vertical pipes that come out of the floor and then into the ceiling of the understairs cupboard. So I would think that I would need to drain the pipes of all the rads upstairs...
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    Removing a rad without isolation valves

    lol. I like the idea of 'jumping it live', but it's the cutting of the pipe that takes the time with water p&^%ing everywhere I'm not sure how 'smooth' the operation would be. Thanks for the advice all. :D
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    Removing a rad without isolation valves

    Hi, So I'm planning to remove the rad in the lounge and also remove the pipes coming into the room from under the stairs. Removing the rad is the easy bit, but I'm not sure how to cut back the pipes without draining the system down. Both pipes of the rad are spurred off of a another...
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    What is the MAX safe load?

    Hi, I have a double oven and hob wired in at the moment. I need to wire them into a new circuit breaker but I was wondering what is the max rating I should go to considering the wiring is only 6mm? :? Hob = 7.1 kW Oven = 5.4 kW Therefore an ideal MCB would be 52A but surely I...
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