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    Heatmiser wet UFH without a wiring centre

    It's finally time for me to describe how I solved the problem (and it's really only been during the past week that we finally have everything plumbed in and connected up, and I can honestly say that spending a little time figuring out how to wire and plumb the system so I was clear about the...
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    What product to fill a dip in latex based self levelling compound

    We've had a bit of a nightmare with getting a floor that is suitable for a level finish (carpet tiles in our case) which has dragged on since August. Our extension, internal dimensions 9.7m by 5.1m, has a block and beam construction. The room is going to hold a full size snooker table at one...
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    Heatmiser wet UFH without a wiring centre

    That makes a lot of sense cross thread. I wonder why they even supplied the actuators with the other components, as they seem to be items that aren't required for the system we want. I will have to look into getting zone valves. I'm still confused as to whether a wiring centre is required or...
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    Heatmiser wet UFH without a wiring centre

    I currently have a Glow-Worm Flexicom CX30 combi boiler servicing hot water and around 10 radiators. The boiler has a pump built into it, so it's not a separate device in the pipe work. I am in the middle of building an extension, and we're just about to put in UFH. As the room is 9.7m x 5.1m...
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    New block and beam floor into existing wall

    Thought it best to log in (since I've asked a different question) to give an update. We spoke to several beam suppliers, got quotes from a number of them and chose the one we felt best understood our requirements, and the beams and blocks have been happily in place since around October 2017...
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    Disguising mortar lines before painting split faced blocks

    We got Planning Permission for a large extension on our bungalow in 2014. Through numerous issues and with me being a full time carer for my wife, work progressed slowly, and I was hoping to do most of it myself. After realising how much work (and time) it was going to take, we have had some...
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    New block and beam floor into existing wall

    Hi I am building an extension. It is extending from our existing rear wall of a 1929 bungalow and will be just under 6m wide by 10m long. The new walls to be built are approx. 23 linear metres with 3m of existing wall (currently a kitchen that sits out 3m into the rear garden). One 6m end...
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    Core drilling below extension - is a lintel required

    So, that's one for lintels and one for flexible pipe joints. Anyone else able to put forward their views/thoughts?
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    Core drilling below extension - is a lintel required

    Hi. I'm building a new extension, but that bit is not relevant to this query, other than stating we wish to relocate all the waste water and foul water out of the existing bungalow into a new inspection chamber because the old chamber is slap bang in the middle of where the new extension is...
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    Extreme macro photography

    Hardly "extreme close up", but very nice picture taken with Huawei Ascend P7 Smartphone which really shows off the subject. It was on a really windy day and the plant this thing had landed on was blowing around quite a bit, but after about 50 photographs were taken this was one of the best.
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    Insulation between joists Floor.. Membrane and sand Yes No

    Hi I'm pinkofficelady's husband. The semi-detatched bungalow we are in was built in 1929/1930 and due to the high water table, when it has rained the kitchen (3x2m area that sticks out of the back of the bungalow and has concrete sub floor that is lower than the rest of the bungalow)...
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    fitting a coal fire

    Oh, I know it's an old post but I couldn't stop myself chuckling at the fallen apostrophes in the original post and replies. If your apostrophes have fallen, you're going to have to get some scaffolding up around them, use a few Acro props to get them back to where they should be, then attach...
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    Glow-worm Flexicom 30cx water main isolation

    Hi Ian Thanks, and I had turned that isolator, but for some reason water was still coming out of the hot taps, and I couldn't work out why. Then the penny dropped (it was more like a lead weight). My wife, being disabled and not very strong couldn't turn the mixer taps in the bathroom...
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    Glow-worm Flexicom 30cx water main isolation

    Hi I have the above boiler in a bungalow and I need to re-route the hot water supply pipe from its current route through the loft to under the floorboards as currently it takes about ten minutes (no exaggeration) for the hot water to get to the shower. I therefore deduced that I needed to...
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