Recent content by Rowan S-Bradley

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    NVR Switch - What is this terminal?

    The next question is HOW best to connect A1 to 24. I have a crimp that will fit the terminal A1, but crimping two wires into the terminal that attaches to 24 seems a very inelegant solution. It seems to me that the designers of this switch did not think very carefully about how it would be...
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    Damp proofing around windows

    >but your old frame were probly set in that same photo position so the fitter just copied an stuck on a length of silltrim to make it respectable? Yes, that is exactly what I think happened. >FENSA guide based on Buid Regs says 75mm set-back from face of buildin is needed min. How can I get a...
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    Damp proofing around windows

    Here is the full width of the inner reveal: I have tried to look into the cavity, but to do so would require me to remove a lot more plaster, which I am loath to do. Is there an authoritative document saying how windows should be mounted in cavity walls? I am going to have to fight the...
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    Damp proofing around windows

    "The window is about 14mm in from the surface of the bricks, and a plastic trim has been fitted to the join between the PVC and the bricks, about 7mm think, so it is about 7mm from the brick surface to the surface of the plastic trim. As shown in the first photo above, there is an inch or more...
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    Damp proofing around windows

    In my house (which was built 25 years ago) the windows have been fitted so that part of the outer leaf of the cavity wall is exposed inside the window (plastered over, of course). We have had damp coming through around the windows, which I have assumed is because the outer leaf of the wall is...
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