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    Drilling hole in sink

    Ikea sell a tool in the kitchen department for this very job about a fiver I think and all you need is a spanner to use it.
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    do wall tiles stick on plaster board?

    Bare plasterboard is an excellent surface for tiling.
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    cold feed pipe to bath wet when runing tap

    The water is only cold when it emerges from undergound. Once the tap is turned off the water in the pipe soon warms to ambient temperature and the condensation stops forming.
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    Vibrations driving me mad - anti-vibration feet on bed?

    Tico pad under fridge not bed. Mounting your bed on springs could be intresting though. How about those big ones used in kids play parks. :lol:
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    Need to make some very long bookshelves - advice needed!If

    This is an cool calculator to work out material, thickness and support centers. http://www.woodbin.com/calcs/sagulator.htm
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    CP PLUS Parking Charge Notice

    Thanks guys. Still thinking about what to do. Done a bit of searching and the general consensus seems to be to ignore it. Bit peeved off really considering most traffic through these places use the toilet for free and then leave. While I spent around £70 to gain myself a £50-£90 pound fine. :evil:
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    CP PLUS Parking Charge Notice

    Parked it legally in the nearest town.
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    trace heating for gutters

    Don't see how you could considering that trace heat tape relies on the pipework and tape being insulated to be effective. Its output may be as low as 10w/m. Even in a single pipe hot water system the boiler heats the water the tape only has to overcome the losses of the insulation w/m.
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    CP PLUS Parking Charge Notice

    A couple of weeks back me and a colleague met at a motorway services where we had breakfast. I then left my car there and we continued our journey in his vehicle. We returned around 10 hours later had dinner at the services, I filled up with very expensive fuel and departed for home. Now this...
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    Pressure Reducing Valve- Am I about to drown??

    If it is after the hot tap is turned off could it not be the water in the heat exchanger expanding in the closed system after the tap is closed. Check valve fitted at stopcock? No mini expansion vessel fitted?
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    Hoover fridge freezer freezing in fridge section

    If it has one check the fast freeze switch has not been accidently switched on. It happened to me. :oops:
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    Speedfit vs hep2o etc. Your views please

    In the commercial construction industry we are using more and more of these products. Mapress carbon steel and Mapress copper for LTHW, Mapress copper or (Mepla or Mapress Stainless steel for NHS) for Domestic water, they are all a pressed jointing system using a tool which takes around 3...
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    Hob Installation

    My induction hob came with 1m of cable attached but my oven did not. Would it not be easier to deliver even hard wired appiances with a couple of meters of the correct flex/cable?
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    BAL Microseal white or clear

    Indoors at room temp.
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    BAL Microseal white or clear

    Oops, It was only the first pea sized bit that was clear. feel like an idiot now. Is this normal? It has been stood up unopened for a few months now.
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    BAL Microseal white or clear

    I have bought WHITE BAL Microseal silicone sealant, however when I have opened it it is clear. Does it go white during curing or is it labeled wrong?
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    Please tell me what these screws are called

    They come in 2 lengths so take 1 with you.
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    Please tell me what these screws are called

    Or go to Ikea and say you need more of them like I did expecting to pay a few quid for a pack. However they insisted I take them for free. They keep them at the returns bit along with other bits and pieces incase some are missing from you purchases. :shock: :D
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    Shower Head / how to fix?

    Lots of PTFE tape on shower head to wall plate elbow. You will probably need a few attempts to get the right amount and the shower head tight when in the down position.
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    Adhesive problems

    Are you sure its not 1 part water to 2.5 parts adhesive by WHEIGHT. By BAL stuff is 1 part water to 4 parts adhesive by WHEIGHT.
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