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    ranch style stairs

    I've got a set of old fashioned looking 1970's wimpey "ranch" style stairs and was wondering if anyone has experience of boxing them in and fitting a nice banister instead of the planks of wood. Can it be done ? Paul.
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    Grohe Rapid SL anyone fitted one ?

    Im planning replacing the WC and want a wall hung pan, the best option seems to be using a Grohe Rapid SL mounting frame (0.82metres) which seems pretty much straight forward, but rather pricey. Could anyone spare the time to answer a few questions please? a. apart from the obvious what's...
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    Anyone fitted a Mira Excel before ?

    I was just wondering if you have cemented around the value and 'building in shroud' or left it open for access to the glands etc ? I'm going to be using large tiles but even so the wall behind has a massive hole chased into it for the valve and doesnt leave much for the tile to stick to...
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    Compression fittings, how tight?

    Ive just fitted a mira excell unit into a wall using the standard compression fittings as suppied with the unit onto hep20 hipe(and inserts) all went ok, no leaks after flushing etc for an hour of two so I cemented in the pipes. About 3 hours later I noticed both the hot and cold glands had...
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    Electric shower vs thermostatic mixer shower

    Im in a bit of a quandary as which to fit. Im thinking I'd rather have a thermostatic mixer shower but Im not sure if I have enough water presure for it work correctly or not. The makers seem to quote Bar pressure but I dont know how much I have, all I do know is that I can fill 18 litres...
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    tiling pattern

    ok, so ive got some large oblong tiles for the bath room, i quite like the brickwork way of tiling a wall rather than the conventional way, is it much harder and is there any drawbacks ? Ta.
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    Electric showers, can you ....

    Electric showers, can you .... pipe to the rear using 15mm hep20 pipe ? The reason im asking is because in the instruction manual it says use copper or chrome piping, but when i rang the tech help line the woman on the other end said errrrmmm yes you can use plastic piping.... she didnt sound...
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    Upgrading a shower

    Hi, Im wanting to ugrade my old 8.5kw shower to a 10.5 kw shower. Several years ago I replaced the shower cable as it had been run outside the house in orange MICC cable with 10mm cable so the cable to the shower/consumer unit is ok and about 15m ish. My fairly old wylex consumer unit, old...
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