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Can i ask this question?? A tank fed vented cylinder as a surrey flange installed at the top of the cylinder and i am supplying a shower via a pump, things arent working as they should. What are the consequences of extending the copper of the surrey flange deeper into the cylinder??? I...

Lucid, May i say thank you very much for your comprehensive explanation! I havent totally deciphered the information yet but reading through it seems like you have taken on board exactly what i am trying to achieve. Hope it will be ok to ask you some questions along the way?? Thanks Again...

This as probably been answered umpteen times on this forum but will ask it as a specific to my house. Currently major renovations to house, want to have a TV point in 3 possibly 4 rooms I am not savvy as to what i will end up having as my tv source, may be Sky, may be freeview, not sure...

Thanks all Probably need to post a picture of the set-up The shower on the floor below is gravity fed The shower (new shower introduced) on the same floor as cylinder is pump fed. Armo...The shower used is designed specifically for nursing homes and reccomended by the CQC, electric...

Hope maybe i can find some help with this, I am not a plumber but a construction manager trying to help a plumber determine a possible solution. A hot water cylinder that is gravity fed by cold water from a medium sized tank in the loft above, about 3/4 of the way up the tank is a 1 inch...

Hello Tony Thanks for your interest in my topic! Your footnote of 2 no 178 x 102 UB will do, is that like calculated?? Just for my own revisit to what i was taught, is there three criteia that the beam as to meet to be acceptable?? I seem to remember deflection first then shear, but...

hello Alastair Yes thats what my logical way of thinking was telling me however! Math is math..so would i be right in thinking the proffesional indemnity of a structural enginner would only be called upon if a problem appeared and it was found to be specified wrong, meaning that if it...

Many thanks chaps Looks like i will be able to achieve the detail i require. Russell

Hoping this forum can help me with this. I am building a 2 storey extension and want to knock through the existing external 2 leaf wall to eventually form an opening so as to enlarge the kichen area. The opening size will be 3200mm, the steel sections will have Min 150mm End bearing onto C35...

Hello all I am extending my property which is to have external render finish above the windows is a detail that as been done in render material. I want to add the detail above the windows of the extension. See below I have posted some pictures (hopefully) in the one picture I have cut...

Hope somebody may be able to help me I have stripped down my old propane gas cooker and have made it into a hob only (its basically exactly as it was but without the grill and cooker below). If you look at the picture below you will see the pipework for each hob burner, also you will see...

Thanks DP, didnt realise that there is a law preventing me surfing EBay do i need to employ my "pricey" engineer to surf ebay for me??. So am i right in saying that if i bought a suitable second hand hob that was not for use with propane, the jets would need converting. is this basically...

Hope that this is the right place to post!! I live in a large caravan, whilst renovating house, I have though started doing some modifications to the van, and heres my query. The gas cooker runs of a propane (large red) gas bottle, as does the fire. I want to modify (would use Gas safe...

I have heard today of a stubborn ole welsh bugger electrician who labels circuits in wales in only the welsh language (possibly rightly so), is this legal?? Are we reaching a stage were possibly all instalations should be labelled in more than one language...or possibly colour coded?? Any...

Like the idea that you could have it fully operational in less than one minuite. Not a big problem then!!??

Yes thanks, that sounds about right!! The spark is quite visible and looks strong, I have tried to change the position but not to any succsess. What "new part" may i need, or what else may i do. Russell

Hoping I may find some assisstance here, Not entirely sure if i should of posted here or appliances forum, I have a wall mounted gas fire (as picture), and are currently marketing my house , the gas fire Knob for turning on needs replacing as the chrome plastic socket as rounded, that...

Thanks for replies I am asking a little bit tongue in cheek, reson being I have started making (gorrila) type tubs out of recycled newspaper...what i am finding as a massive benefit to my decorating is that i place the open tin inside a tub and work from this, the tin is now bunded!! its...

Unfortunately I am one of those people who (however much I try) always ends up with a messy paint tin, and some were around the area I am working will always find a circle from were my tin as been placed, what I ask is this. Am I alone, does this happen to all, and most of all what is the...

Anyone here able to put my mind at rest?? The house i am renovating is one of a pair of smallholdings, adjacent to the houses is the route for the water main providing water to a nearby town, we have very high (unmeasured) water pressure, I have branched into the service supply (my side) and...