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I am going to be fitting a new vented hot water cylinder. Someone told me not to use ptfe tape on the connections. I can see that I wont need to use it on the immersion heaters as these have a washer. What about on the other connections though (1 inch-22mm male connections) I would have...

Hi guys Just a quick question. I need to insulate my porch (which is of a single skin block construction)and I have a few sheets of 50mm kingspan & foilbacked plasterboard which I intend using. My question is does there have to be an airgap between the external wall & the kingspan, or can...

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Hi Guys I have just replasterboarded a room and have got drylining boxs to replace the old light switch boxes (which where broken when stripping off the old plaster) the old boxes had earth terminals in them but the new boxes dont so what do I do with the earth wire?. Cheers Jim

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Thanks for the info gcol :)

Hi Guys I am in the process of making a hearth for a cast iron multi fuel/wood burning stove The hearth is going to be concrete. I was wondering iof there was a specific type of tile I had to use for the hearth and wall behind the fire or can I just use any standard tile that I like the...

Thanks for the info guys. I will give it a couple of days to see if they disappear. Cheers Jim

Hi guys I have just papered my first ceiling and was very impressed with my first attempt. Now it has dried though I have quite a few long bubbles in it (I have looked through the site and it appears I never left the paper to soak long enough). Has anyone got any suggestions has to how...

Revolting :shock:

Thanks for the info Dave :) Cheers Jim

Hi guys I have a problem with hot water pressure. I live in a single storey cottage so the immersion cylinder and all pipe work etc is on the same level. The water flow to the bath is fine to the bathroom sink it is slightly slow and to the kitchen sink it is mearly just above a trickle...

Thanks gcol. I thought it sounded feasable :)

Hi Guys Hope this is in the right section. I have 2 bathrooms where I have to decorate the walls and cover the floors. THe only thing we have found so far we like is some vinyl flooring and I got to thinking is it possible to not only put vinyl flooring on the floors but also to put it on...

Yeah its a real pity I couldn't restore it back to original but in some places there is even fabric glued on the walls. Thanks for the info Roughcaster its much appreciated :)

Hi Guys I could do with a bit of advice. I am in the process of renovating an old cottage and I need to know which plasterboard to use. The building was originally timber which sometime in the 70s had a 4inch thick block wall built around the original building. The room I intend...

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To use a indirect hot water cylinder as a direct cylinder do I have to blank off the 2 pipes for the inner coil or can I just add an immersion heater and connect the cold water in pipe and hot water out pipe. Cheers Jim

Hi I am currently renovating 2 old cottages turning them in to one large cottage. There is a cold water supply in the bathroom of one of the cottages but no hot water supply. There is no where in the cottage to fit an immersion heater (which I know would be the simple solution) so I am...

Thanks for the info noseall :)