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    Lead Mains Replacement - The continuing mission...

    I have looked into getting this done for me recently and I have managed to find a couple of companies (approved by the local water board) who will provide a new water pipe from the stop cock on the path in the road to my stop cock in the house. The best bit is that they use a mechanical mole...
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    Online retailers selling 18mm Yorkshire Fittings ?

    ...caus they all want a minimum order of either 5 or 10 and when they are around 5-6 quid each it is going to be easier to just get a longer bespoke shower arm made
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    Online retailers selling 18mm Yorkshire Fittings ?

    bump - Dont suppose any plumbers on here have anything in the back of their VAN that might be able to help me ?
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    Plasplugs 35mm TILE HOLE SAW (THC858)

    I am tring to find somewhere that sells the following: TILE HOLE SAW (THC858) Universal pipe size. Cuts a 1&3/8" (35mm) hole in tiles. Comes complete with drill and arbour As per the last but one item on the following page: http://www.plasplugs.com/shaping.html I need it to drill...
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    Online retailers selling 18mm Yorkshire Fittings ?

    I am just in the process of installing our new shower head and the supplied pipe that comes off the shower head is in 18mm stainless steal. They have provided me with an 18mm to 15mm compression elbow joint but this is no good as I need to have a straight connector. I have had a look around...
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    Getting some copper pipework "Chromed"

    I am fitting a electrically heated towel rail fitted in the bathroom and I really wanted to cover the cable with some kind of cable cover for neatness. I have managed to find the type of thing I am after as per the link...
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    Double Snap-On Pipe Clip 10mm

    yes tried that - screwfix only do 15mm. got some now anyway (thanks for the help) - Local B&Q store had some (hidden!)
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    Double Snap-On Pipe Clip 10mm

    I am trying to find a supplier for the above - Anyone know where I can get one from (tried 3 places now) : http://www.diynot.com/shop/DOUBLE_SNAP_PIPE_CLIP_15MM/6399 Thanks mark
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    Pipe insulation for 10mm copper pipe

    Is there such a thing as 10mm insulation for copper pipe ? I will have a run of about 2-3 meters of two 10mm pipes in a loftspace to supply a radiator in a bathroom and I would like to insulate it. I have phone my local plumbing store and they dont stock it but wondered if its the kind of...
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    Electric IP64 Towel rail heater 45cm above head end of bath

    just out of interest - what type of cable outlet could you have used in the above picture if you didnt want to use the traditional 3" x 3" white box things. Surely there must be some type of chrome smallish outlet that you could run a 1mm2 flex cable though ?!?!?
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    Electric IP64 Towel rail heater 45cm above head end of bath

    ok cheers mate - At least from a customers point of view I can turn round to my electrician and say that theres no reason (in the regs) that it shouldn't be fitted there if he starts to play up. For the RCD in the cuboard, will this do the trick ...
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    Electric IP64 Towel rail heater 45cm above head end of bath

    ok thanks - but what else is he going to tell me other than the information found on here: http://www.lightingworld.co.uk/content.php/35120
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    Electric IP64 Towel rail heater 45cm above head end of bath

    get on your horse and drink your milk….
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    Electric IP64 Towel rail heater 45cm above head end of bath

    to do what excactly ??????? I never said I was doing any electrical work myself - Just the preparation. I wanted to get the following work done myself: - Decide what type of electrical heater to use - Where it is going be be located - Chipping out plaster - Provision of copper pipes...
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    Electric IP64 Towel rail heater 45cm above head end of bath

    Thanks and I agree the area I am talking about is in ZONE 1. I'll give Bisque a ring and check, at the moment I am designing the bathroom and as such I am deciding what bits I am buying along with how they are going to be installed. The heating element mentioned in the 1st post above is rated...
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    Electric IP64 Towel rail heater 45cm above head end of bath

    so I am going to be fine to use this heater in that zone. The problem is that I now need to work out what kind of accessories I need to connect the 2 foot of cable to? I was thinking of installing it via: 1) A standard plastic spur outlet plate like this one...
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    Electric IP64 Towel rail heater 45cm above head end of bath

    not sure - at the head end of the bath where does zone 1 finish and zone 2 start ? Looking at this diagram: http://www.stopbox.co.uk/site/bathroom-lights-ip.htm and looking at this one you see the head end is right on the border between zone 1 and zone 2...
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    Electric IP64 Towel rail heater 45cm above head end of bath

    I have purchased a bisque towel rail as follows: http://www.bisque.co.uk/page_533.html and I have purchased the supplimentary electric heater as follows: http://www.bisque.co.uk/page_808.html The supplimentary heater says that it is IP64 rated and so I should be ok to site this in a...
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    Gas supply to fireplace in living room

    I just wondered what the restrictions are regading the supply of a gas pipe to a living room fireplace. It currently has a microbore copper pipe connected to an old lead pipe which is all burried in the wall behind the plaster. As I mentioned on a different thred all the lead pipe work in...
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