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Judging by the blister on my right hand and ache in my right arm...fairly sure ;-) But to say I'm chuffed with the results is a hug understantement...the actual skim was a pleasure to put up!! :-D Not sure how well I'd fair on a full size wall though..we'll see. Steve, with a fully...

Thanks...helped a lot...seems to be ok and adoes seem to just be a separate drain....

Well, fingers crossed it still looks good in the morning. Did both walls tonight - first proper skim and they look good! To be honest, when I left them they looked better than the last 3 pro jobs I've seen... the first wall was troweled more and perfectly flat..the second was polished...

Thanks Alec. The problem I se is that I want independant timing for each room. I guess I can live with less 'stats, but that still gives me 'old skool' control of one temp reference point for the whole house...

Thanks Adam... kind of what U wanted to hear...I'm still surprised though that there's standing water in this drain...like it's agot a 'U' bend in it...I was expecting the drain to run clear once I unblocked it, but it has a static level of water in it...it THIS the same as yoursl??

Thanks and Ouch! I that case I think I might be buying an IP camera and a rubber glove...

Now that's going to be a camera I'd never want to clean!! It's typical...we're looking to extend the back in a couple of years, but might have to do remedial work on something that;s going to be ripped out... Starting to dislike old houses!!

Dont worry...im not installing a gas pipe...im installing a pipe that happens to be fitted in the same manner as one that could be used to carry gas if a gas safe were to test it and apply gas to it.. Said gas safe happens to be on hols at present :-) If it were to carry gas though, id be...

Thanks, I did put a hose down the gully but not a drop came out of either man hole......theres also two inlets to the manhole near the back of the property with a toilet about 2m at right angles to this...the toilet uses one of the manhole inlets...nothig seems to be using the other....my...

So my new house has a large number of 'features' that we're putting right over the next few years! One I found today is a damp wall in the kitchen where the wall joins the lounge...on the outside of the wall is a rainwater drain and next to that an air brick that goes under the under the...

Ah...makes sense...stupid questio. maybe...but what does one seal the pipe with?? expanding foam? Silicone? especially made horrendously expensive pipe sealing grommets... :-)

Presume the same applies when gas pipe in running through an internal wall...only question is, should the sleeve be sealed around both outer edges? wall is a solid 9" brick wall...

It is, but as you can't just chop the end off the neural lead to shorten it and you have to crimp it, the topic goes hand in hand with the result, no??

Sorry to revive an old topic - but about to replace my 32mm MDPE to 15mm stopcock (temp set up) to directly feed the 28mm internal pipework...any reason not to reduce 32mm mdpe to 28mm copper before the stopcock? Also is there any reason not to then use a check valve and peglar full bore...

Looking to run a bronze pump to my kitchen sink to provide always hot, hot water during the day...kitchen's at the opther end of the house to the tank... How are these normally set to run? a half amp pump will use about a 150quids worth of power a year if running 24/7 but surely it doesn't...

Hmmm, so what's the answer then? Got to be one!! Am I back to your (Dan) recommendation of using manifolds and 3 4 way programmers...not the end of the world, but need to start the plumbing soon, so need to get a crack on with the planning. is there such thing as a heating 'architect' as...

Just wiring up my full RCBO Wylex metal clad board...is it best practice to group the RCBO Earths together like this or to twin them with the circuit earth which I've started to do??

I've never understood the whole idea of connecting the fan to come on with the lights...I've always connected mine to a separate switch (with run on) And there's no logical argument that it forces people to make sure they use the fan as its connected to the lights...cause who turns the lights...

Cheers guys..Screwfix were useless at helping so bought sone Sylvanas...much nicer light, 4 quid morte expensive, but so much better made...proper instructions and only needs a 160mm depth void and doesnlt require self extinguishing chilled fire and bomb proof kryptonite cable to run! In and...

Crazy ideas...LOVE THEM! Either reduce the voume of the ball (or part fill it with water and reseal it) or hsorted the length of the arm...a lot. Some ball valves have a ball attchement that slide up and down the shaft...can just slide this up and cut of he surplus. You might also want to...