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    Reinstalling shower – crumbly brick wall, minimal space for fixing backer boards – advice needed

    Rear wall stage three: Scatter coat i.e. throw/flick "cast on vigorously" , do not trowel on/off. Just a suggestion.
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    HELP!!!! LP112 controller

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256257001143
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    Radiator Brackets (Fitting centres)

    Don't think there's a problem. You don't need to hit your studs dead centre and anyway there's horizontal play on the bracket position on the radiator nubs. You don't have to use the pre-drilled holes on the bracket, either.
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    Which pan connector?

    https://mcalpineplumbing.com/wc-connectors/flexible-wc-connectors/short-90-back-to-wall-flexible-wc-connector/ might suit
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    Question Regarding Installing New Shower Cubicle

    Download the fitting instructions for your proposed new cubicle and compare the tolerances with what you will have after overboarding. Also, check your walls are plumb!
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    Toilet flapper valve

    Nah, finger pressure on the handle holds the the outflow open; that's shallot. The Fluidmaster version is of USA manufacture; even they eschew "scallions" as a durable component. The french versions come with a certain "je ne sais quoi" hint of wild garlic but that's more to do with the...
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    Removing dual fuel towel rail to replace element

    Drain system, undo the third nut on both valves,loosen the brackets and pull the bottom of the radiator forward an inch. Undo brackets and remove rad from wall.
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    Sealing a ceramic cistern on a toilet?

    Very much fronded upon to use oxblood today, except in certain Mithraic initiation rituals. Edit - i'm wrong here ; the followers of Mithras slaughtered bulls for sacrifice, not oxen. Replacing the ballvalve is probably the simplest and best solution.
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    Rain coming into house via logburner flue

    Of course not, nor should the flue wobble. Your man's a t**t. Get someone else in to redo the job properly and, for your own sanity, have no further dealings with the original installer. Going after the original installer for the costs of this -and remember your daughter was not the original...
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    Fitting tap isolators with pre-roughened threads

    Loctite 55 cord would be better than PTFE tape. Videos online for how much -its more of a "feel" thing, you want to feel some resistance on the last turn(s). Could use hemp and jointing compound- some people disapprove but the continentals still use, indeed the threads are pre-roughened to help...
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    Mains water to house drop in pressure

    YES If you then turn on another cold tap fully e.g. a garden tap your gauge will then read the dynamic pressure.
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    Laying 33m of soil pipe over land which is 4.5° slope

    According to Floplast ' "There is no maximum gradient; a fall of 1:10 is usually considered as a maximum guideline. BS8301 states “Research has shown that high velocities of sewage flow arising from steep gradients do not cause increase erosion of pipes or deposition of solids.” '...
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    Thermino Thermal Battery

    Increased radiator sizes may require larger pipework. Survey and calculation required.
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    Changing a toilet bowl over - Which of these are true and which are myths?

    3-part plastic high-level flush pipes are still made for retrofit, cut and trim as required e.g. https://www.cityplumbing.co.uk/p/wirquin-macdee-high-level-flush-pipe-3-piece-white-side-wall-dfp12wh/p/931543?srsltid=AfmBOorr2PvEmTzkYzUJsPmyP1sjq3r6iFdlqhySgI9-n-YswhgHJY-f
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    Thermino Thermal Battery

    First impressions very likely correct...
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    20mm black plastic water main to 22mm adapter needed?

    21mm approx OD black alkathene will be 1/2" imperial nominal internal bore . Roughly equivalent to15mm copper and 20mm OD modern blue poly.
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    Changing a toilet bowl over - Which of these are true and which are myths?

    The twyford classic pan is available in both horizontal outlet and S-trap versions. Can be used with both high and low level cisterns.
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