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    PVC door step damaged

    You would be able to trim another section of cill to go over it, but you'll need to establish where the drainage is to ensure it is maintained.
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    RCD tripping

    It was a loose cable in the shower.
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    Looking for some advice on framing a wall-hung toilet

    It's all fully sealed and everything is done through the front flush panel - apart from the idiocy of the cold water inlet and isolation valve on one of mine being outside the cistern - so impossible to access once tiled in. I pulled the whole lot inside the cistern.
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    Hot water Vs cold water feed for dishwashers?

    My Miele is hot feed (though obviously still has a heater if you want to connect to cold). It's full of all sorts of fancy stuff and I believe it does things like extracts any excess heat from the water to use in the drying cycle etc. We have an unvented cylinder with a direct pipe to the...
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    Loft already boarded - but only 100mm insulation

    150/200mm of pir laid on the boarding with hardboard or thin ply on top.
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    Loft storage. New joists on pole plate

    Don't know what the layout of the rest is but you could just run some timber beams across from gable to spine wall and hang joists from them.
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    Replacement of lath and plaster ceiling

    If you're doing it yourself to save money then easifill etc as stated above. If you're going to get someone in to skim it you may be better getting them to do the boarding as well - it's physically hard work (for you, but a plasterer and labourer will knock it out in no time). - they will deal...
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    RCD tripping

    My brother in law called me as the real electrician in the family was nursing a hangover. He'd been replacing a faulty outside light (with the MCB off) and thinks he gave the cable a bit of a tug where it came through the wall and one of the RCD's tripped (wylex dual RCD board). It wasn't the...
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    Combi swap quotes.

    It's approaching 20 years old, my engineer is old school and fixes them - he's replaced the hydraulic blocks on both sides, the flow turbine and countless other plastic parts in it over the past 4 years - I reckon 7 -10 repairs. This week he's replaced a small plastic angled pipe that had a...
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    Combi swap quotes.

    My man has condemned the old WB Junior in my rental property and he's "too old to fit boilers" Looking at the online box slingers around the £1,800 mark for a budget 24kw (little house, electric shower) with flush, stat and mag filter. Need a 5 year warranty as I'm flogging within that...
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    Loft leg different heights and general questions

    Just hang a few 3x2's from those (almost) vertical truss sections at whatever height suits you and board.
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    Fixing twinwall chimney flue brace.

    Done.
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    Advice on small under stairs toilet in Scotland

    My brother in law has just bought this place near Aberdeen, I don't know the measurements but it was a struggle for me - I thought it would have been better if they'd put the velux above it - my head would have fitted in and a good opportunity to take in the nice view!
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    Fixing twinwall chimney flue brace.

    Yes, that was my initial thought but presumably quite hefty to resist bending - but if a strap is good enough I've just raided my scrap metal collection and found this - 5mm thick and galvanised. I think the roofers will recognise it.
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    Fixing twinwall chimney flue brace.

    No HETAS involved - being done under building regs.
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