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  1. workerant

    Primatic cylinder and conventional indirect cylinder

    my immediate thoughts would be around the provision of appropriate expansion in the extant cistern to cope with double the amount water being heated. Keep em separate its more elegant and maintainable.
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    Lap top Screen is faulty but what?

    thanks for your help on this problem Fafhrd, i have ordered an invertor off ebay should be here soon so i will try that first. interestingly ( or Not) the display started to lose its colour after login, i suspected the graphics board but googled this new symptom and found suggesions it was...
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    Lap top Screen is faulty but what?

    Hello every one. my laptop, a Vostro 1700, has developed a fault on the screen. when it is powered up from sleep or cold start the screen appears fine. however it slowly starts turning pink from the right hand side of the screen and occasionally flickers across the whole screen. the pink side is...
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    Heat exchangers

    don't we usually call tanks with 7500 galllons in it a swimming pool?
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    Combi boiler - clunking pipes

    If your in Bristol then any one working on your gas pipework or appliances and are a business must be Gas Safe registered. Many engineers who were Corgi registered before did switch to Gas Safe some did not ( for many reasons) some are still corgi registered and gas safe registered. You are...
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    Pressure Reducing Valves

    on a job today the guy asked me if i knew why his water pressure has gone really low. he had a Pressure Reducing Valve fitted 2 years ago to solve a problem of 'high' pressure where an auto pressure relief valve attached to a under sink unvented water heater was continually passing. i...
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    Nominations for funniest post of the week (w/b 1/3/2010)

    i thought i had posted the results for this yesterday!:? up to saturday 1 nomination this thread, no contest, we came we saw we all thought it was naff we went home, but I liked the waist pipe post in plumbing and heating.
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    Sludge!

    i have just read that fe0 thermodynamically unstable and is fda approved and used as a pigment in tattoo inks... go figure! haven't seen any exploding slag tags for a while :lol:
  9. workerant

    Removing grout

    there's this http://www.mtmc.co.uk/product.asp?cookiecheck=yes&P_ID=23726 or this http://www.ultimatehandyman.org/video/tiling/grout-removal.php but might be worth posting on the tilers forum here //www.diynot.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=30
  10. workerant

    Gas fire installation

    All the inset balanced flue fires (all fires i think) i have fitted come with the installation instructions that state that they are to be fitted in accordance with building regulations and therefore must have a lintel fitted across the builders opening.
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    forum fun

    thanks peeps, theres a post started in the general discussion forum as it seems that polls only work there!
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    Nominations for funniest post of the week (w/b 1/3/2010)

    post em here through the week and i will create a poll for the top five nominated on friday/ saturday ( if theres five that is) they can be voted on next weekend and the winner will be the one with most votes on sunday 7th or when i get round to looking at it. prizes are non existent so...
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    sub contracting work out

    Be careful of the law in what ever you do . i have been told that if you are getting some one to work for you , even if they are not directly employed by you, you will need employers liability insurance. the definition was vague but it seems if you ask some one to 'go do a job in this place'...
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    forum fun

    had a couple of laughs reading some of the post this morning, which is great, this got me thinking about having a vote on the best post of the week / month / year . a bit like the oscars you could have nominations for different categories such as humour, intelligence, expertise, helpfulness...
  15. workerant

    plastic stopcock

    :lol:
  16. workerant

    Government boiler scrappage scheme

    [/url] the second link sound just like the posh old women form it. 'not much change from a thousand pounds, a thousand pounds' Ha ha ha
  17. workerant

    cold radiator hot pipe

    to your knowledge, has this rad ever worked? has any work been undertaken on the system recently? can you trace the pipe work back visually to prove the rad is connected to Flow and return? basic checks i know but the most simple of things can create the most baffling of problems.
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    lettingaproperty.com

    Thanks Rico, i sent a 'i might be interested tell me more' mail and within the hour a nice man called to explain the set up and there seems to be no such sign up fees, it looks like clients pay them they pay me, they earn an arrangers fee i get paid the agreed rate. completed first job today...
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    lettingaproperty.com

    I have recieved an invitation to join this companys network of local busineses to provide fixed rate Landlord Certs. Has any one on here got any nightmare or positive experiences with this company? I dont know them so would like to know who we are dealing with before accepting work off them if...
  20. workerant

    cleaning suggestions? Cillit Bang-- metal discolouration

    i heard wirewool made s/s prone to rust! any one else heard this? i do know my estwing went rusty after it came into contact with the wire wool in the tool box.
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