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    Mossy grass-repair or replace?

    So far i have applied dry moss killer and on the bad areas the wet stuff aswell,I work away so i can only get at the garden two days a month. so far I have raked a load of dead moss out and in one 6ftx8ft area that was completly bare reseeded and we have grass :D . Having done some more...
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    Hybrid cars

    I use veg oil and as of the 30th of this month you can use 2500ltrs tax free.
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    Mossy grass-repair or replace?

    We have just moved into a house with a large(30ftx75ft) garden. it has lots of moss-one patch i sprayed with liquid moss killer(3yr old calls it garden killer) and after raking it was just dirt so i re-seeded and i am waiting!!!!. is what i am doing correct or should i rotovate the whole...
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    Central Heating Upgrade

    we have a old 1930`s house and fitted trv`s on all rads-except the hall one, as we needed a open circuit for when the other trv`s shut the flow down and we fitted a room stat in the hall to control the boiler so the rad there would not need a trv.
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    Cable routing again

    The foam wil be closed cell so will not allow the ingress of water, a bath sponge will be open cell so it asborbs water. Ray If onlt ohms law etc was as easy!!!
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    Hybrid cars

    EVO mag has just tested the prius against the new panda 100hp, the mpg from the prius was only a bit better than the panda and it would take 1,100,000 miles to make up the diffrence in price between the two for the prius driver. Also the prius may have lower co2 emissions but it would take 7yrs...
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    City and Guilds 2330 level 2

    I got a credit today in 2330-205 installation(buildings and structures) quite happy as after we all thought we had not been taught half of what we rembered. Ray
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    Qualifications

    I`m doing 2330 coming to the end of 2nd year,mine was about £600pa. 16th ed next i think?? its flipping confusing from over here. Ray :oops:
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    Earth Bonding - Is this OK?

    equipotential bonding should be a minimum of 10mm csa, the shower earth is rated to handel any current from that circuit only i dont think it would be wise to try and add to it. proper sparks will be along in a mo` as i`m only in training. Ray
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    Why can't T&E be used outdoors?

    The rules change with each edition, could be that it was ok then.
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    shower eletrics

    Depending on what shower you have,cable size,type of cu mcb-rcd-rcbo-or rewireable fuse. I think you need to call a sparks for that one. Ray
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    Ideal response 120- no intermittent hot water

    It was the flow switch, thanks for all the help. also shopping around switch price £87 aylesbury-£42 black country it helped that potterton use the same switch and are cheaper than ideal Thanks again Ray
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    Embarrassed Nursery Girl...

    We were in a restraunt and the waitress was new at the game and a bit flummoxed by every thing, she also had trowled her makeup on and had drawn her eyebrows on- i told our 2.5 year old boy(the daggers i got form my wife!!) and when she came back he shouted at the top of his voiice`YOU HAVE NO...
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    Paint removal

    we have just decorated our spare room,it had a horrid dark green so i put some cheap white emulsion on it, when i was doing the second coat the green stuff started peeling off in places. in order to strip it back to plaster then i assume pva it then paint it as normal-can i use A. nitromores...
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    Ideal response 120- no intermittent hot water

    the 3rd led at the bottom, the domestic hot water one is not coming on. it has worked intermittantly-but not for me
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    Ideal response 120- no intermittent hot water

    Thanks paul, i`ll update soon. Ray
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    Ideal response 120- no intermittent hot water

    Hi, our plumber has moved said ideal response 120 to our garage, the problem now is that he dose not service these boilers and has reccomended ideal. The Hot water is intermittent at best, the central heating works fine and the leds for the fan and burner light ok,but the hot water led is...
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    running on cooking oil

    i have a rover 420td with a diy 2 tank conversion, i drive aboout 3-5miles on diesel until the thermostat is at normal and i then switch to the second tank in the boot-there is not change in note or performance,when sitting in traffic you can smell it but i am quite happy with of my carbon...
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    Any Motorcyclists here

    I`m ex too,but i will return to two wheels(if my wife and kids let me),when i met my misses i had 5 bikes and have had 50+ so far-must be getting old though `cos the car seems nice when its raining now!!! :oops: Ray
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    Cadburys Heroes

    We dont eat the fudge ones in our house-anybody want them?
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