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can anyone supply a diagram showing how to wire a contactor? this is to be used between a thermostat and underfloorheating cables as the amps exceed the amps allowed in the stat. i imagine that i would need "normally closed" contactor and i do have one already, but how can i check if this...

i'm not a property developer, this is my home! i wouldnt give two stuffs if i was doing this to sell on as the new owner would have to deal with any problems. hehe. anyway... re the copper pipe burning the plastic pipe, its not the hot water that i am worried could burn it, it is the...

1. if a poly pipe runs across a copper pipe containing hot water, can the hot copper which touches it burn the polypipe? 2. if polypipe is installed and isnt secured down so that it is suspended in mid air between joins, can this cause problems with pressure blowing the compression fittings off?

have you got any contact details for plumbcentre? thanks

i am fitting a roll top bath and will therefore have exposed wastes. you can buy this in kits which come in chrome. however, there is quite a long run from the bath trap to the plastic waste sticking out of the floor. can anyone advise where i can buy longer lengths of this chrome waste pipe...

but i have heard that i can only use "promenade" or "porous" tiles when tiling roofing grade asphalt. is this correct, or can i use any stone as long as i fix it with bitumin or the PU adhesive? thanks

hey static, are you sure you're not a lawyer in builders' clothing?

a structural engineer planned the steels. a steel man put them in but some ar not as per the plans because the walls below were not as the engineer had assumed.

i am changing the layout of a loft. steels have been laid under the timbers about 1/4 of the way up them to help carry the load of the roof. previously the roof was held up by a wooden beam running across the middle of the roof timbers and this beam was suppported by loads of upright timbers...

did you ever get any answers to your asphalt query? i have some queries re asphalt and tiling on to this and could do with some help. thanks

i have an asphalt flat roof. in the summer it melts in the heat if you sit on a chair or leave something on it. i want to tile this with porcelain (this is frost proof i believe?) does anyone know how i can tile onto this asphalt flat roof?

i have an asphalt flat roof. in the summer it melts in the heat if you sit on a chair or leave something on it. i want to tile this with porcelain (this is frost proof i believe?) does anyone know how i can tile onto this asphalt flat roof?

i have fitted ip65 lights to the ceiling of the bathroom including over the shower. 1. the instructions say to use GZ/GU10 lamps. what is the difference between "GZ" and "GU"? 2. i know that the (mains voltage) lamps get very hot. in my other (aurora) spotlights the lamp is not covered by...

1. i am not on a water metre 2. cylinder is about 5 foot high; seems pretty big; my other shower has a 12 inch rose and there's masses of pressure of that one, even when i run th bath at the same time. this particular shower is very close to the cyclinder, if that makes any difference? 3. Paul...

instead of using a manifold system, would it be better to use a "pressure balancing loop" for the body jets? if so, are there any preferred items i will need to build this loop?

does that mean you think the system i described should work ok?

i have an unvented cylinder system there are 22mm pipes running off this to where the shower will be. unfortunately the shower valve is 15mm, so i will reduce the pipes before they go into the back of the valve. then i will run a pipe from the shower valve to a tee. from the tee the pipe...

i have an unvented cylinder system there are 22mm pipes running off this to where the shower will be. unfortunately the shower valve is 15mm, so i will reduce the pipes before they go into the back of the valve. then i will run a pipe from the shower valve to a tee. from the tee the pipe...

my phone line at home was working fine. then the other day one phone just kept ringing constantly until i unplugged it. after turning my computer on and off a few times, everything went ok, altho for a while there was a strange ring tone which didnt always work. i have not recently added new...

the cables are not being clipped to the skirting boards but are chased into the walls, before these are plastered. however, noone has covered the cables within the chasing before they bonded and, in some cases, concreted over these. before i get the final plaster skim done i need to know...