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    Insulating a roof-Warm roof?

    Thanks very much, plan now in place. ray
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    Insulating a roof-Warm roof?

    Its a pitched roof, built in 1930`s but has been retiled about 5-6yrs ago and has a membrain under the tiles. So should i fill the space in between the rafters with celotex? or put another membrain onto the rafters and attach the celotex to that? Ray
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    Insulating a roof-Warm roof?

    A. Can I fill the space in between the rafters in the loft with celotex type foam sheeting? B. Or would it have to be fixed to the inside of the rafters allowing for air flow? If B would i need to put a membrain behind the celotex? This would then have vaporlock plasterboard on it. Am...
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    1984 Apollo 15/30b boiler-replace with ?

    This is a boiler that was commissioned in 1984,its still working but probably not the most most efficient, what would fit that is going to take the same space? Its fitted in a 60cm wide cupboard. any thing else i should consider? its still working but probably not for much longer Thanks Ray
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    vphase-ripoff or worth it

    This was in the times today http://www.vphaseplc.com/ . they claim that by keeping your voltage down to 220v it will save 17% of the energy you use. True or false? last time i measured ours we had 249v, so would reducing this to 220v work? Btw Its £299 inc vat. Ta Ray
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    Toilet not flushing

    That was it!! thanks fixed for a quid. Cheers Ray
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    Toilet not flushing

    Hi, We have a tywford lowlevel cistern with a tywford o2 flush? Its only flushing if the handle is depressed a number of times-like you are building up pressure- to repair do i have to remove the cistern or is the internals removable without? Any ideas what it could be? Ta Ray
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    Why dose this happen? tumble dryer/rcd question

    It appears that something had got wet when moving, all fixed now. Thanks Ray
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    Why dose this happen? tumble dryer/rcd question

    The garage ring is rcd protected. haven't tried another socket yet(why didn't i think of that!) I have a fluke T5. Will try another socket. would it being a spur(non fused) not part of the ring main cause a problem? Ray
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    Why dose this happen? tumble dryer/rcd question

    When I moved our tumble dryer to the understairs cupboard and plugged it in, it ran for a few secs then tripped the rcd-on the cu. It was quite happy on the garage circit, so i connected it back to that with the same result. when this happened in another house i was advised to move the...
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    sun flowers, how are yours?

    I will attempt it over the weekend,never posted a pic before. Ray
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    will my fence withstand the wind??

    I had the same problem, I got around it by building `hit and miss` fencing. our neighbour has a garden 2ft lower and we have a 30mile run up for wind like the horizontal hit and miss here http://www.monteith-fencing.com/html/garden.html Ray
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    sun flowers, how are yours?

    3 of mine are just under 4ft tall, the other 4 are smaller but still hanging in there. Ray
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    hard standing for motorbike

    http://www.pavingexpert.com/home.htm is where i go for paving, i`m doing the same soon
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    Stop Cats ****ting in front garden

    The light reflects off of the contents and scares the buggers off
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    Veg etc this weekend-what can i still plant?

    Answerd a post with no cheek :wink: Note to self there IS a spell check :oops:
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    BT Line

    up until the point it exits the master box its there problem,call and ask
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    Veg etc this weekend-what can i still plant?

    Thanks, have bought som radishes and lettice seeds and will source some plants locally. Thanks Ray
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    Veg etc this weekend-what can i still plant?

    Having now got to grips with the moss(i hope) i`m looking to plant some toms near the house in growbags(cheating?) poss some lettice. what can i buy as small plants as its too late to germinate seeds? I`m a newby at this lark so no long words ta Ray :oops:
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    Stop Cats ****ting in front garden

    I emailed east mids safari park but they wont sell lion poo any more :(
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