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    Hillybilly heating of storage tank?

    I have a hot water storage tank, with what I believe is a short immersion element in it (about top third gets warm at most. The main heating is through a gas system which does appear to heat the whole tank up. However, I have a solar system which diverts energy into one or two loads. This is set...
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    dumb question - porcelain tile sealant

    Dumb question here, but the instructions everywhere are vague. I need to seal some porcelain floor tiles according to the box. The sealant says how to apply, and don't forget the edges. Do I however apply it to the polished top (of course), edges (of course), but what about the keyed...
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    Do you have to grout?

    Been looking at some large (600mmx600mm) grey porcelain tiles in a not-so-local DIY store. You need to seal them before and after laying them, that is fine. However, being grey, I am not sure what colour grout would look correct between the tiles, and the tiles look better (I think these...
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    'Normally flammable' surfaces

    Ready to be shot down in flames again. Was at a DIY shop the other day, and decided it would be nice to replace the lights in the bathroom. Checked that the light fitting selected was suitable for the position, it was over 1m away from the shower cubicle in the ceiling, so 'safe zone 3' was...
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    Wiring problem, I think the CU has them wrong

    I must admit I have not opened up the consumer unit, which would possibly answer this very quickly. I have a lighting circuit, which only provides 3 lights (I hope) in an extension of a house, which was built around 10 years ago. The three switches in this extension have been replaced with...
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    Speculation, changing a single ring main across two floors,

    Hi, This needs a lot of speculation and guess work, but, you lot would know a lot better than I. The house is a 3 bed Semi, two floors, 1 loft. How much access would be required to change the wiring so that the current single ring main, was replaced by two, one per floor. Why? When...
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    Shower electric feed, and junction box

    Ok, my bad definitely for somehow doing the sums and ending up around a quarter of the value I should have had. I don't know how. I am reasonably competent with electrics, DIY etc. (although those of you reading this will probably not agree with this, I was being stupid today). I do not want...
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