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    Air con use during winter?

    30p / kWh electric with a COP of say 4 = 7.5p/kWh to heat from ASHP Gas at 90% efficient is 6.33/0.9 = 7p/kWh So not a lot cheaper. {Though efficiencies / COP will change as outside temps drop very low}. My 1000 litres of Kerosene is costing 5.3p/kWh at similar 90% should be cheaper still...
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    Radiator valve covers/knobs

    Other valves in the home may give a clue as to TRV brand used in the home? Remove one from another radiator to check it seems the same and fits, then buy a new head... Although head and valve body can be cheaper in some cases and discard the valve. Smart TRVs sometimes have a selection of...
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    Low Cold Water Pressure Inside on Unvented Cylinder

    @Johntheo Why would the Pressure reducing on Unvented hot water cylinder affect the cold water to anything other than the balanced shower outlet --- balanced tapping has been unused in both homes I have had unvented in (from original new build install)? (It's the blank black cap on that photo...
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    Massive headphones - under 20's?

    Not for the majority of drivers. https://www.gov.uk/deafness-and-driving Only certain class(es) of Licence need it declaring. (Hearing aid wearer, but not yet deaf) I think some of the yoof wearers in supermarkets and similar crowded spaces are Autistic/ADHD types and it helps with sensory...
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    LPG Domestic Storage

    Correct. But that won't help when A N Other supplier , to take on the ownership and risk of an existing tank, and their assessments mean they want it to comply with the Current Standards. Which is the OP's situation. Rock and Hard Place.
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    How to remove mira riser rail , no screws visable

    (y) Press in would have been my next suggestion following that description. Honest, guv! Mira may well have an instruction leaflet for the precise model of shower riser you have installed, if you search their site.
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    How to remove mira riser rail , no screws visable

    They are referred to on the diagram as and need an Allen (hex shaped) key (shown in the picture at the bottom bracket) to insert in hole and find said hex socket to unscrew it. One was probably supplied in the original fixings kit.
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    iPhone to 3.5mm adapter

    Here you go https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pifco
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    What's changed Astra 28.2

    LG are freesat comliant (unlike my Panny OLED). Enigma boxes get the EPG and tuning stuff over the interweb with the right 'images' installed. You may or may not find that works when away caravanning without occasional wifi hotspot use? Good luck with it Enigma may be the way I go if/when my...
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    How to remove mira riser rail , no screws visable

    Looks that way: allen screw hidden within that clearance hole https://www.plumbnation.co.uk/documents/mira-beat-installation-instructions.pdf
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    What's changed Astra 28.2

    An awful lot of ITV1s and no way to know which is which? How? The $ky 7-day epg is behind their paywall and the freesat one is 'encrypted data' as far as I know. Via the interweb is possible as per Enigma boxes with 'images' and web-scraping of listings sources. That's interesting... how...
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    Bigger TV For Above Fireplace

    I disagree I reckon it's about the centre of the screen, or a tad higher ideally. I've read that ones gaze is naturally a bit lower than straight ahead. But it is a pretty subjective / personal preference thing. My eye level is almost mantelpiece height and my TV sitting on a cabinet is...
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    LPG Domestic Storage

    There are rules for them. too - and they differ from the Bulk Tanks (and distances vary with size of said tank, smaller can be closer).
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    LPG Domestic Storage

    Where did I suggest walling it in? Read the pdf I linked to for the LPG code of practice!
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    Calling all cable wranglers out there.

    https://www.expertelectrical.co.uk/6242y-cable#product-specs-dimensions Has the approx weight per km so around 6.8 or 7 kg I expect. Ain't Bing and Google wonderful. ;)
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    LPG Domestic Storage

    Only have 1.5 metres... exactly or can you fit a firewall (aka radiation wall) in-between? https://www.liquidgasuk.org/uploads/DOC65F1825C7F50A.pdf has the Code of Practice from 2017 (whether that is when the distances were revised I know not). Q. Is a garage a habitable building? Q. Is a...
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    What's changed Astra 28.2

    See my previous. Buy a freesat box. Or sort out the terrestrial reception issue, somehow. Free to air sat boxes are a pita. 1) They don't (cannot) sort the channels into a Logical Channel Numbering system. So you have to do that tedious job. 2) They only have now/next EPG data - so you...
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    Grohe 27.05.44 Flush Valve - constant leaking into bowl

    Not a professional plumber, either ;) That reference number finds https://www.fixthebog.uk/grohe-27-05-44-flush-valve-52mm-funnel-model-42137-grohe-43544000-discharge-piston/ and from that Grohe number https://www.grohe.co.uk/en_gb/others-sealing-washer-43808000.html is the likely culprit for...
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    What's changed Astra 28.2

    £100 ?? https://www.argos.co.uk/product/7647019 is cheaper and has the Freesat EPG / LCN. https://www.argos.co.uk/product/2075679 is more expensive but the latest Freesat box. Or go in to CEX for a second hand Freesat box? IIRC the satfinder LNB needed a special receiver to feed back to the...
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    Pipe in bathroom wall

    Where does the pipe go to / appear on the ground floor? Can you cut it there there to replace with a new straight length to join up with the clean(er) looking pipe? Alternatively cut out the pipe above and heat the T piece to remove it (along with the drain cock). Clean up (wipe old solder...
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