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City & Guilds Qualified at college a few years ago but no experience!!! Just a hyperthetical question (at the moment) If I were to take on a house refurb/project and the central heating pipework needed replacing/updating, where (within the property) would I start, taking into cosideration a new...

Presently helping a work colleague with a renovation with me plastering (or I should say honing my skills!) These Autumn days are now quite short, found myself clearing up at half 3. I have seen an older thread regarding lighting. Should I be using 110v in a domestic situation or ok with 240v...

Been asked if I could plaster a new Plasterboard wall. As I am still new to plastering, is their any noticable difference to the finish of 'Finishing Plaster' or am I OK just use Multifinish, also if I remember rightly I do not need to PVA the board first?

Just found an plder post from Roy C, apparently a float is used in rendering!

Just been looking online at trowels, when I came across Magnesium Float, sorry to sound thick, and am only a beginner, but at the moment I just use a finishing trowel. When or at what stage would a Float be used?

Thanks for that Boilerman, all noted...

I am a post qualified level 2 no nothing plumbing student or know very little anyway!!! I was asked at work today why this guys combi boiler was regularly showing high pressure on his gauge. I do not know anything about combi's, but he did say he has to regularly bleed his rads. The boiler is...

Thanks guys, will give it a look.

Haven't done any coving work since my Plastering course a couple of years ago, then we used a (hand) mitre saw (we were also given a coving template, internal/external angles which are very helpful) Could anybody recommend a make, obviously deep enough to take coving, or is it just as easy to...

Would that be the switch on the wall next to the boiler?

Am I correct in saying to fix new gyproc coving to walls (not freshly skimmed, already emulsioned), I would use a 'dry-wall' adhesive?

Our Honeywell wall thermostat is over 20 years old. Works ok but at a certain setting it starts to'buzz' so needs a slight adjustment either up or down. What is the process to replace it should I feel the need, ie should I just shut off the electric and remove from the wall. What is the step by...

Wanleg, it's a sandisk Extreme 4gb SD (HD video) not being read. However I found out today that the PC is reading another 'plain' sandisk SD 1gb. The PC is an Acer Desktop Aspire m1201 if thata any help?

My latest PC (like most now)has the ability of reading various cards in the tower. However my camera card is not being read. The light above it comes on but whichever software I am using I just cannot seem to import the images...any ideas. using Vista.

TWGAS, thanks for that, silly me :oops:

Just got in from looking at a problem with a colleagues radiators. She recently had a new Hot water storage vessel fitted. The problem she has now is one of the downstairs radiators heats up ok, but after a short time suddenly goes cold. I have checked a couple of the basics like bleeding and...

Thanks, StevenJames, when I say the cwsc feeds the F&E, I meant the Rising main feeds the cwsc, but then the pipe 'T's of to the inlet on F&E.

Thanks guys, to answer a question, an Indirect System.

A while ago I fitted a new part 2 ball valve to the CWSC, (shutting off the rising main) Because the F&E is fed from cwsc, how would I go about fitting the same to the F&E tank? Thanks in advance.

Recently fitted a replacement Part 2 ball valve in a CWSC. The new valve is shutting off the water OK, but water level is a little higher than I would like. Without lowering the 'entry' point, are there 'larger' ball floats available, rather than resulting to 'bending' the arm. The ball...