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    Core Drill Sets...

    core drilling may damage your drill, if your drilling out larger diameters much better to hire a proper core drilling, erm... drill. Tend to suffer a lot less broken wrists using one of these as well.
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    Pump Overrun Wiring - wire specification

    In fact dont put your wire in a notch at all!
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    Just had my boiler disconnected due to undersized pipes HELP

    Sorry, am hijacking post-haven't it all. But welcome back to Bengasman. haven't seen you post on here for ages. Thought they let inmates have access to laptops and i-phones so you can't have been in prison. Where you been? Good to see you back. Rojaca
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    Draining unvented cylinder

    Tony's back filling method. :lol: :lol: :lol: still smiling now
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    Draining unvented cylinder

    Snatch it, goowan goowan goowan. Jackpike's correct about these very often not draining, very often to recharge the vessel you'll find that you need to crack the top nut on the dhw to let air in to allow it to drain.
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    Shower waste not draining away but no blockage and good fall

    shower waste too long for diameter (3m max, 45mm/m fall I aim for) best run bath, shower and basin wastes in individual waste pipes easiest step to put aav basin waste which will help it vent at branch. would at least separate bath and basin waste from shower.
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    Heateam warning notice

    Cannot believe anyone on here would actually agree with this ****.
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    The wife went shopping for a friend

    tis a beautiful looking house though!
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    The wife went shopping for a friend

    I feel your pain. Going through exactly same thing (perhaps not quite so large scale). Just had to move in, no lights or sockets in most rooms. boiler up back garden, mone pooring out of every known orofice and back to work this week. Gaaahh :lol:
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    CH Hot water cylinder connections. One weeps!!!!

    I believe the reason why you are not to mix sealants with ptfe is that PTFE is an oil based derivative and is broken down by the oils in the sealants etc- this said hundreds of plumbers, myself included, have smeared jet blue over ptfe on threaded joints for some years now without too many...
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    poxi bahama 100!! not starting/firing

    always been told to check the bypass tube, if you know what I mean. :wink: :wink: Didn't know they'd only been man' d for 3 years though- they're everywhere. Hope your alright Powell30. Missed you recently, hope everythings good with you
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    previously painted walls/skirting?

    Thanks Robbie. That's lovely cheers mate. Now just got to wait for the good lady to decide on a colour scheme
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    previously painted walls/skirting?

    hello all, have come over from the plumbing section to pick you chappies brains. Renovating our 1950's property and currently stripping old paint off skirting. We have removed the majority of the gloss that was on them and sanded back. Was just wandering what the correct type of primer to...
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    Baxi Bermuda Inset 3 50/3 Problem

    manufacturers instructions are available form baxi partsarena which will be useful to you just sothat you know what the led's are displaying. The fireplace very often runs off a seperate electrical supply, or it may be that the fire jack plug has become disconnected.
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    Cable, internet and phone connections?

    Cheers gents. As I said previously you'll have to excuse my luddish comprehension of this area. So some questions. 1. I'm anticipating the Virgin installers will put the modem connection downstairs, by the sound of it this will be in the front room. I believe Virgin will be installing a...
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    Forgot isolation. What now?

    Its that tricky estate agent talk: Log cabin for sale, situated in 40 acres of woodland, very isolated...
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    Cable, internet and phone connections?

    Hello One and All. Hoping that someone will be able to help. Preferably using the most basic terms possible. Want to run an internet and phone connection upstairs to a little office room from the main point downstairs Would also like to add a T.V extension to upstairs. Virgin will be...
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    New boiler potterton - where is stat?

    I thought it was to within a metre of the cylinder Tony?
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    lintel for 3 door opening?

    Thanks for answers. Joists are running parallel to this particular wall. I've got to get up into loft to check the ceiling joists are also not being supported by this wall. Cheers once again.
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    lintel for 3 door opening?

    Hello all, bit of advice needed please. Intend to put in new doorway between two rooms on ground floor. Wall is single brick non load bearing, though continues up to ceiling of first floor. Span of doorway opening is 1918mm. What size and type of lintel should be used? Many thanks in...
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