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    Help an idiot plumb his toilet.

    Also if you remove that isolator, you lose the ability to shut off the water quickly in the event of a leak etc when you reconnect....
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    Help an idiot plumb his toilet.

    ...and shut off the water elsewhere before cutting the pipe below that isolation valve?
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    Blocked drain toilet shower bath PLEASE HELP I HAVE NO IDEA!

    .....but you said in the OP the "outside drain" overflowed? Where's it overflowing from, if not a manhole or inspection cover?
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    Eletric showers?

    www showerdoctor co uk See the forum at this address for lotsa useful stuff
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    Leak from a compression joint

    ... or, since you can see the joint (have you removed part of your ceiling to do so?), why not bite the bullet and get a friendly plumber to fix it as your insurance claim when your neighbour is out? Then get your insurer to send the bill to him or his insurer
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    Leak from a compression joint

    Talk to your insurers about making a claim against him or his insurers ....
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    Connecting coax to roof ariel

    He's shown you how to connect the plug at the TV end. Are you asking how to connect it at the aerial?
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    mira sprint shower

    www showerdoctor co uk
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    Sky HD --- is it worth it?

    You really need to decide for yourself -find a dealer who can show you HD compared with standard side-by-side. Decision will be a lot easier then. Only you have your eyesight.
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    Flat fitting outlet plate for cable TV, connector

    The F connectors fit onto the front of the plate, so don't need to be angled. Are you looking for some kind of connector to attach to the cable where it meets the BACK of the faceplate? Doesn't the cable just attach to screw terminals?
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    What to do with redundant extrenal overflow for toilet

    Assuming it goes straight through the wall, as the prev poster said - cut it internally to remove any bends, push or pull it, either from the inside or outside to remove it, and cover the hole on the inside and out with appropriate materials.
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    Connecting the toilet pan to the soil pipe

    ...or alternatively, measure the height of the soil pipe and check that the WC matches it before buying the new suite.....
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    Is there a way to improve reception?

    Find out where the transmitter is - there used to be links via the BBC website to give you the locations. Make sure the aerial is pointing directly at the transmitter's location (possibly where the majority of other external aerials in the neighbourhood are directed) Make sure connections...
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    No sound from satellite receiver's 'Audio Out' sockets

    THe hum tells you the leads are fine, and your amplifier is fine, so the problem is defintiely with the sat receiver. Either the internal audio output stage has co-incidentally failed when you've disconnected either the mains or the audio leads - in which case it's a repair or replacement...
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    Plumbing Job

    What's a CC/CCC ???
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    Boosting Virgin Media signal

    Just for an experiment, take a single clean length of co-ax, and plug one end into the faceplate, the other directly into the TV (just leave it loose across the lounge for the time being, or temporarily move the TV close to the faceplate) and see how that looks. If you get a decent signal...
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    Help me source a sink

    These ones are good, but I can't find one with two drainers for you.... www.carron.com
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    Low Flow head for electric shower ?

    Take shorter showers, shower together or take fewer showers. "Ah cannae change the laws o' physics, captain!" The electric shower works on the principle of heating the water as it passes through a tank. As you've found, the heating is variable between two settings; Med & High. You...
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    Faceplates on new builds (triplexer?)

    The wiring is connected to the faceplate in the flat, but they haven't installed an aerial? Alternatively, the aerial's there but they haven't connected your flat to it?
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    Pipe Hammer problem

    Ideal. Any particular make? Which website did you get this one from?
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