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    holes in chimney breast at loft drug by drug gang

    Are you sure that you wont want to use them in the future? ;)
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    Piping

    That is a bigger problem than where the downpipe discharges too. That has been getting wet over a period of time it needs a proper investigation and fix. Do you have access to a loft above that area?
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    How to remove tiles unbroken

    If you can get any water down behind the tiles you might wet the plaster enough to get the tiles off. Some tile adhesives will also soften with water. Use a thin blade behind the tiles and hope you get lucky. It isn't likely to be successful unfortunately, the tiles tend to snap without warning.
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    Piping

    I don't think they have forgotten to connect it, I think that they have intentionally installed it to discharge onto the lower roof. The water will then run down that roof and be collected by its guttering. Love the outside loo. Should it have a building over it? :cool:
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    Do slotted isolating valves fail

    Is it a good idea to operate these little slotted isolating valves regularly to keep them working or does that just make them more likely to leak?
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    Shower drain trap... is it really needed?

    These things work well: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Flexible-Sink-Cleaning-Brush-Unblocker/dp/B0CCCTKMP5
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    Artex Showing through new plaster skim?

    If it was, what do you propose to do about it now? If the artex contained asbestos which you have released into the air by sanding it then you are too late to do anything about that.
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    Pre-Diabetes

    Surely everyone who is not diabetic is pre-diabetic? It seems to be the latest fad like cholesterol was a few years ago. Once again the "cure" will be to give up eating anything that you enjoy.
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    Name of this plug/connection?

    That is 0.8v AC. What does it read on DC?
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    Another example of how cash strapped councils waste money

    Local to where I live the council constructed a shared cycle/footpath alongside a road. If cyclists use the cycle path then they have to give way to traffic at every junction where side roads meet the main road. There are many of these as it is a residential area. If the cyclists cycle on the...
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    Kitchen LED's Not Working. New Junction Box/Re-Wire?

    Is your problem simply because the plug in your second photo is bent?
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    Is it worth adding additional cores when buying SWA?

    What is going to happen to it to cause you to need the extra cores? It will survive happily in the conduit for more years than you will need it.
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    Old house rain water cisten

    Have also seen them with a pipe near the top leading to a soakaway further from the house. Have been down into a few when they are dry in the summer to give them a coat of render to keep/make them waterproof.
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    Old house rain water cisten

    Often old cisterns had a porous section of brickwork near the top which allowed them to overflow into the surrounding soil.
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    Replacement euro cylinder with thumb turn

    What happens if you put a magnet on the deadbolt and pull it back out a bit?
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