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    flat roof water pooling

    hello all, our kitchen roof is flat and has water pooling in one area near the drain is there anyway to eradicate this ? and after fixing a leak i was thinking to make the roof more leak proof by using flashing strip and a 2nd layer of felt roof ? thanks all.
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    kitchen light help please.

    yes thats right, the living room light is controlled by 2 light switches and the kitchen light only works if you switch the living room light on ie its providing power to the kitchen light. as far as i know from memory as i havent checked again yet, the wires from the ceiling are 1 earth 1...
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    kitchen light help please.

    checked the switches. the kitchen one has 3 points with red wire at top, earth to casing and a red wire in point L1 says on the case for one way use L2 now i moved the red wire from L1 to L2 and its still the same situation. the living room has 2 light switches that control the living room...
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    kitchen light help please.

    her ex put new lights up years ago and its been like this ever since, ive put a new one up in living room and it was wired right ie neutral live earth etc i presume both earths of the light and wiring from the ceiling go together any solutions would be great. thanks.
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    kitchen light help please.

    Hello all, got an issue with lighting in the house, basically the kitchen light wont switch on by itself, the only way to get it on is to switch on the living room light and then it comes on ? any ideas what is going on its like the living room light switch controls the kitchen light. any...
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    weird lighting issue ?

    Hello folks I have a question about the living room main light, about a week ago it stopped working totally, fuses were checked and they had not flipped off so ruled this out and came to the conclusion that the light had it but just now after a week all of a sudden the light has come to life...
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    Kitchen cabinet fitting advice.

    Thanks all heres the finished article. next will be the wall units to match the length of that, another question is theres plaster board on the walls, what fixings are best and strong enough for wall units when attaching to plaster board.
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    Kitchen cabinet fitting advice.

    the holes arent pre drilled for the brackets i guess its a case you have to drill them yourself ?
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    Kitchen cabinet fitting advice.

    ahh i see i did get small metal L shaped brackets not big ones though, i will reassess and have another look, thanks very much.
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    Kitchen cabinet fitting advice.

    Ive just bought some lovely costa rica kitchen units from wickes, certainly were not cheap, ive built them and put them in place, but they seem to be a little shaky, am i missing a trick ? I've never done anything like this before and was under the impression most kitchens and units are...
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    Central heating help please.

    yes ive bled the pump.
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    Central heating help please.

    central heating not working. Replaced the pump because the previous one had seized so this works now and is pumping, but still the radiators didnt heat up even after bleeding them of air after investigation i found umpteen amounts of sludge in the smaller tank in the loft so drained all that...
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    Bathroom radiator hot the rest cold ??

    is this normally the right symptoms for gunk in the rads with it sometimes working and it sometimes not as this morning it started working again perfectly all radiators were hot.
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    Bathroom radiator hot the rest cold ??

    im sure i can handle it everythings a learning curve, if you dont try you wont learn and we all learn from making mistakes, how am i supposed to get experienced in this if i aint gonna give it a go. no worries i will have a bash tomorrow, ive fixed the f and e tank before so its not something...
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    Bathroom radiator hot the rest cold ??

    yep got ya this link explains what i need to do http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/projects/drainch.htm however on my radiators the valve is at one end of the rad and i do believe the actual outlet is on the other end where the thermostat knob is.
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