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    Gas pipe live?

    Well here's the tale. !940's house which has probably been in the same family since, recently owned by housing association so a council build? House is soon to be mine and according to Wales and West utilities doesn't have a gas supply. The family that were occupiers had a thing about gas and...
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    Gas supply to house installation

    Having brought an old housing association property without a gas supply into the house i'm trying to get my ducks in a row for job priority list. I will have to dig a trench minimum 375mm deep up front garden from council footpath, 14 meters long. to front of house and meter box. Running across...
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    Boiler ( water tank) issue

    Mine has a battery backup for the anode anti corrosion so just because a lights on it doesn't mean mains power is getting through
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    Generic temperature probes?

    Have a Bosch stellis condensing GVSC 28 2 H running on LPG. Fault code CC keeps coming up. This shows as external temperature probe fault. I have checked that is wired into the correct place on the pcb. If boiler turned off and on fault goes away until the next time. The boiler seems connected...
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    Thompson's one coat Patio seal 'pooling'

    MEK is a well know carciogen, be careful.
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    AEG SB9300-U or possibly BL840-1 smoothie? maker

    Hi has anyone had dealings with one of these. Worked fine for about 9 months although always sounded like you were drilling for oil then quit. The thing isn't cheap about £300, got mine from an auction boxed new unopened so although its AEG quality, and do they ever seem to be trading on their...
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    Water getting into car

    Front scuttle drainage holes blocked?
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    Megane pollution system

    Hi I have a Renault Megane 1.6 dci on a 13 plate with 100k now on the clock. I have been trying to find out what anti pollution system is fitted, fap, blue stuff, it just regenerates but cannot get a straight answer. To my knowledge its had nothing put in anywhere in the time I've had it. Should...
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    LPG to Oil boiler swap

    At 700£ a tonne which we seem to use at 10kgs a day in winter so possibly 2 to 3 years. I agree with your comment about French regulations, although they seem to be more ignored than obeyed, its a national pastime. Any preferences for boiler?
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    LPG to Oil boiler swap

    Firstly having looked at the pictures and read the following is it 1 possible 2 economic Situation is this. lpg gas fired condensing boiler fitted internal to house in France. It eats gas and therefore money. It runs central heating over three floors totalling 350 sq meters. It also keeps what...
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    A history question on anti-freeze

    Because waters cheaper than antifreeze, same with screen wash and fruit drinks rather than straight juice.
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    Stand alone genealogy programme?

    Is there one anyone has used. Situation is having used an online provider to look up the history in the free two week period I now have a gedcom file downloaded. I would like to open these files but they are in a format the companies that have purchased??? our public records don't want to make...
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    it all seemed so easy

    Hi the link shows the new one same design shape but 100mm less width. Theres a date stamp on the original 2010 but helpfully no one wants to own up to making it or what type it might be. As it looks like the plumbworld link one I suspect that its one of theirs but...
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    it all seemed so easy

    Yep it did. Bathroom sink not draining down. The sink is pedestal mounted with the usual rats nest of pipes plug up and down thingy and no room for human hand. Anyway its a rented property and not wanting anyone to come out in the current clime crack on and get the waste trap off, empty of...
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    Foodbanks .... I got well and truly educated..... drop something in the supermarket contributions

    it almost seems to me that there are people pushing their political preferences, thinking labour socialist militant hatton era claptrap, in a not very subtle way and decrying any contrary post without acknowledging that there could be another point of view. And yes universal credits isn't fit...
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