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    Living room shares wall with communal bin shed, and gets moldy

    Nice photo but where's the bin shed
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    Gas powered Bain-Maria playing up (very dangerous fire!)

    Maybe if you did the shot in daylight we'd be able to see what you're doing First question must be Where is the gas regulator ?
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    Leisure battery questions

    Your charger pobably only puts out about 4 amps so if the battery is fairly low then it'll take a couple of days for it to charge. If you measured 12v on the battery BEFORE you connected the charger then it's probably still good. A reasonably priced smart charger will have a relatively low...
  4. J

    pride in a job well done

    All of the time actually - when you think about it
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    pride in a job well done

    First breaker has incorrect polarity
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    Boiler age?

    "Clyde-Built" cast iron boilers with simple low-tech burners - If they ain't broken (leaking sections) keep it
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    Pipe Leak at Radiator valve

    Changing the valve might cause you more broblems than you already have as you will now be dealing with several leak points. From the photograph it appears as if the elbow isn't correctly aligned to the valve. This being the case there's a chance the elbow is creeping out of the valve. Once you...
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    Condensation in shower extractor duct

    Show a photo of the discharge pipework - any droop in the run will collect water which will eventually drain back into the fan unit
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    Kitchen tap keeps tripping RCD

    Do you have an under-sink water heater, conditioner or dishwasher connection that may be the cause of the trip. If not, there is a possibility that the sink drain is somehow leaking water onto an under-sink electrical socket
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    Heating flagstones without lifting??

    A draught excluder on the outer door would go a long way to keeping things warm - there appears to be enough room to sail a ship under
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    Removing Olives

    More expensive than the puller and other threads have reported problems with it leaving marks on the tubing
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    Removing Olives

    Get an olive extractor yes, a bit expensive for a one-of job but life's too short to worry about botch-ups https://www.screwfix.com/p/monument-tools-olive-puller-15-22mm/88681
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    Waste and boiler pipe in loft

    Apart from that, the dip in the silver flexible will collect water and prevent whatever is connected to it from venting to atmosphere
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    Bell transformer queries

    Door bell transformers generally provide an AC voltage which is all the chime requires. In all likelyhood your video system will require a DC supply.
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    Olive Cutter

    As has already ben said - get a puller However if using a splitter, you don't need to cut the olve all the way through. Cut until you're almost through, then insert a flat bladed screwdriver into the slot produced and twist. This will split the olive with no damage to the pipe.
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    Selling house - but consumer unit certificate missing. Illegal install?

    He's not talking the price down; simply responding to a concern by the buying agent that the house electrics weren't certified. If you were buying something and identified a possible fault or something missing, you'd expect the vendor to respond with something to the effect of "Yeh and that's...
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    Help understanding why I'm not getting enough Hot Water for a full bath

    If the heated water comes from the same source so there's no way shower outlet could be warmer than the bath tap.
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    Help understanding why I'm not getting enough Hot Water for a full bath

    As said by higher persons than me "recollections may vary" You could try turning on the immersion heater for an hour before bath-time and see if that helps.
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    Selling house - but consumer unit certificate missing. Illegal install?

    Or simply state "Asking price makes allowance for possible rewire by purchaser if inspection deems necessary"
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    Heavy radiator on to Plasterboard

    I've used option 3 on several ocassions, on plaster-on-lath walls. I found 18mm MDF suitable. Yes things do end up 18mm further out and sometimes the sheeting extended beyond the radiator but mess in doing the job was minimal
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