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    Gas Boiler annual service

    Generally Bg don't service boilers in the traditional sense in line with most company's out there. What they do are perform safety checks in line with the GSU 26.9 regs similar to a mot on a car. You need to expand on your leak issue. Is it a combi and your topping it up etc. If your on Bg...
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    Worcester 8000 life

    How is it controlled? As the switch live is linked to the live (ls) so would be permantly on.
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    Day rate for a Carpenter in Dorset

    It's all dependant on whereabouts I the country London rares and metropolitan rares are higher than home counties for example. All. I can comment on us what Ii have experienced, Surrey, Hampshire into outer London Richmond, Twickenham etc. Chippies £200-£250 Brickes £190-£220 Good Plasterers...
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    Fukui v Valspar B&Q mixer operative advice

    Been using valspar Trade tough and valspar contra f white both great paints wife picked wickes colour it's crap compared to the valspar.
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    LED Shower Niche

    Normally do this with 1 watt leds designed for external use. Drivers in the loft. https://allledgroup.com/midi-1w-led-350ma-ip65-marker-light-polar-white-3000k
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    Convert trusses from W to loft OR tell me I’m crazy

    The wooden trusses themselves without putting a steel ring beam in.
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    Convert trusses from W to loft OR tell me I’m crazy

    Cheapest thing to do is take the roof off and fit attic trusses then replace the tiles. You never going to adapt existing trusses there just not designed to take the floor loading. Back in 2021 I did this the new attic trusses complete with metalwork, ladder sections etc cost 16k for a 10mtr...
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    Expansion vessel on unvented hot water tank question.

    I'm bored so I'll dispense with the bullshit. Boiler discharge shouldn't be put into waste should be run outside in copper. Or on a dedicated connection ie not shared with anything direct into a soilpipe. All unvented cylinders come with the expansion vessel when new. Although if you get a...
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    Intergas combi hot water temperature

    The most important factor and forgive me if you have already stated it, is the pressure and flowrate of the incoming water main. Amount of time I see and I have been guilty of installing big combis on poor mains. There's quite a pressure drop through the intergas dhw pipes they won't really...
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    Intergas combi hot water temperature

    Intergas boilers do suffer from cold hex scenario. For example the dhw works a lot better if you have had your heating on and there is latent heat in the main exchanger. Yes the hot water will work on its own but your heating the entire block to heat the small dhw pipe. Oh my god the extreme's...
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    Pop-up Wastes - Are They All Poor?

    Vado are the best clacker wastes you can buy can get them cheaper on ebay. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185929513207?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=72ASpvVkQea&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=SWtYFfYpSAa&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
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    Radiator valve crush reducers.

    They sell long 15mm by 10mm reducers end feed of solder ring there long enough to go into standard 15mm valves then onto your 10mm pipe. https://directplumbingsupplies.com/product/15mm-x-10mm-end-feed-long-tail-fitting-reducer
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    Levelling Spacer question

    Just be careful there's no mortar exess as it may stop your next row going in on the right spacing. I've just used the spinners but I think I prefer the wedges. As the spinners snap the clip. If you really torque them up.
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    Shower Niche estimate estimate

    How the hell are they going to. Build a niche so small. In height 150mm? Tanking one of my niches atm
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    Toilet waste blocking up

    First thing is to look in the first manhole and see if your drains are blocked
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    Tiling behind log burner help

    I looked at brickslips and lime rendering but by far the cheapest and fastest thing to do is dot and dab cement board then sheet up and spray it all with vht spray paint make sure you have a respirator on though. My front edge is easy fill where it meets the cement board been in two years had no...
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    Priming with Bond It SBR

    Acrylic sealer on walls. Sbr on back of porcelain or stone. I also mix my sbr with dry cement
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    Slab Laid, How long for foot traffic and shuttering off?

    Depends on the concrete was it volumetric or mixer lorry or mixed up on site with a small mixer? The first two will have far too much water in them and take longer to set and harden. Most of slabs I've done by hand 3 ton 9 " rebar for my garage was about 3-4 days.
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