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    What pipe?

    Ive taken a cap off and the pipe is dead......I am having the kitchen fitted this weekend so need these caps now basically, have taken a look at Plumb centre etc around here in Essex and no-one seems to do them, I can get them online but am not too sure of the size for 1 and also I need them now...
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    What pipe?

    Having the plasterers around tomorrow in preperartion for our gleaming new kitchen. Have noticed that there are 3 pipes sticking out of the wall, 1 is capped and 2 are not. I need to know what the pipe is so i can get more caps. Anyone any idea what it is..i.e.....old gas, old water etc...
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    Wall plates extention

    I have chased out walls for the valve and pipes, the handheld shower rose fitting that screws into one of the wall plates does not have a very long thread so need an extention to get the wall plate thread closer to the surface as there is 12mm tile going over it. Just typing this out i realise...
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    Wall plates extention

    I am in the process of fitting a power shower, I am using wall plates for the 2 shower attachments, can anyone tell me if I can get an extention to fit into these wall plates to bring the thread closer to the surface? If so what are they called? Thankyou in advance
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    Had wrong boiler fitted???

    So the 28he will be able to cope with the number of rads we have? So having the larger boiler just means that the hot water will flow from the tap faster? I guess the company conducted a heating audit and heat loss assessment before recommending the size of boiler they did so they must have...
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    Had wrong boiler fitted???

    I have just had a Baxi Platinum 28HE combi condensing boiler fitted......unfortunately I had paid for a 33HE. Can anyone tell me the difference between these boilers before I ring them up? The radiators I am using are: Double in hall Double in lr Single in kitchen Single in landing Towel...
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    Steel bath feet fixing

    I have a steel bath that came with no instructions of how to attach the feet. The fixings i have are: 2 x bars with the feet attached to already, 4 metal strips that i guess fit onto the lugs under the bath, 4 x plastic mouldings that are arc shaped, 4 double sided pads, and bolts and wing...
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    2 way lighting pendant

    Sorry yes yellow is earth. No wires cut off as far as I can see.
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    2 way lighting pendant

    I am trying to wire in a 2 way lighting pendant. What I have is 4 cables coming out of the ceiling. 2 cables are red, black and yellow and 2 cables are blue, red and yellow. My new pendant is blue and brown terminals. So far I have wired all red together in the pendant and all yellow to...
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    Insulating

    We are moving into an old house very soon, the house has a seperate double garage with a pitched roof with 3 single rooms attached to it. The construction is block wall and felt roof. We want to make this a bit more habitable so we can use it all year round. My idea was to block up the garage...
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    Cable type and size?

    Right lets get this right. It HAS planning permission originally for a self contained dwelling.......just that the previous owners never carried out the work, just had it as living room etc. I am not after clarifying on planning permission regulations.......just the original question answered.
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    Cable type and size?

    Already is living accomodation, just that it was just a living room, bathroom and bedrooms, for cooking etc they would do this in the main house. Now I want to make this a self contained annexe. I am not going to do this myself, I have a friend who's a sparky, but just want to try and get a...
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    Cable type and size?

    I have an annexe in my garden that now needs to have electric run to it. The annexe will need to have power for the usual lighting, sockets for tv, fridge, freezer, cooker hood, microwave. etc. Later on a cooker will need power so guess it is best to cater for that now. As the annexe is a...
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    What boiler??? Baxi Vaillant Worcetser Bosch???

    I have a 3 bed house and have had a central heating engineer quote me for a new conventional boiler. Do not want a combi. He has given me a few quotes depending on what boiler I have. In order of price: Baxi solo 24 HE Vaillant Ecotec 428 Worcester Bosch 24 RI Only about a £100...
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    Dry rot???

    Am in the middle of looking at houses to buy, this house we are very interested in but have found a few problems on the second viewing. The estate agent told me that the rear patio is a little bit high. It is only about an inch below the dampcourse. The floor is concrete and when I took up...
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    Driveway weeds HELP

    I have a block paved driveway about 6 years old that has a thick concrete base underneath, i.e. not a cowboy job from builders with only a mobile number on the side of their pickup. Anyway the problem i have is with weeds growing through it in between the blocks. I have since had the drive...
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    Gas flame not high

    I have a Leisure Bistro 55 cooker, about 10 years old, the 4 hob rings and the grill are working perectly. My problem is that no matter what gas mark i select the flame stays the same very low flame in the oven. I have been told it could be the thermostat or the Flame Supervision Device (FSD)...
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    Oven not getting hot

    I have a Leisure Bistro 55 cooker, all was working perfectly until about an hour ago. The 4 rings and the grill are all working but the problem is the oven.......regardless of what gas mark I select the flame stays the same very low flame. Any ideas what the problem can be? I will obviously...
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    Connecting Boiler Spur

    Hope this helps
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    Connecting Boiler Spur

    The other wires go up into the ceiling, my boiler is in the garage, I can only guess that the wires come from the controller etc. cable from boiler looks like normal flex
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