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    three port valve packed up????? brrr its cold!!!

    Sounds like it and £8 from Screwfix. Wickes used to stock them but I'm not sure now. If you lock valve in mid-posn you will get heat to rads while tank stat is asking for heat.
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    Replacing a wooden Consumer Unit

    Andrew said: Tell me you did mean 'competent' Andrew.
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    Tips for a single life.

    Adam: Don't place too much importance on this though. Remember the old saying, "Marriage is an expensive way of getting your laundry done for nothing"
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    Bathroom, tiling under WC pan

    Graham said: :shock: :lol:
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    Levelling compound

    Best to seal the floor first with pva solution to reduce the suction.
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    corgiregisterd

    nealpx, it's his thread.
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    corgiregisterd

    Who has, Neal? You mean this: I agree.
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    My lovely neighbour!

    If you are claiming that the brick wall of your garage is the boundary then your gutter downpipe is on her property and so are your garage roof tiles. Any overhang over the boundary is a trespass so it could be you who ends up with a big problem if it could be proved the brick wall is the...
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    My lovely neighbour!

    B****cks to that, just run a chain-saw through it if it's wood or disc cutter if it's metal.
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    solid fuel flu glowing red hot

    The dry wood is why it's burning that hot but how much stock have you got? If you start buying logs then you won't get it that hot. I would just regulate the quantity of wood you put in it. Once I'd had a wood burner I never wanted anything else. My current home has a multi-fuel stove with back...
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    corgiregisterd

    That's a good one Kev, I've not seen that. Where's Neal though?
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    solid fuel flu glowing red hot

    I once had a pot-bellied wood burner that glowed red if I filled it with really dry timber such as off-cuts of joist ends etc. Not the flue pipe, but the bottom of the stove glowed and wood stacked alongside started to smoke. It was ok with tree logs because the moisture content was higher.
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    Damp

    It will definitely improve things. There is a good thread on' damp cellar' if you search.
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    Well done Tony Blair!

    I forgot about Maggie! Back to the point about innocence. A miscarriage of justice doesn't prove innocence though, it may show that the procedure for conviction was wrong. Is there any evidence that the people did not do the bombings?
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    Well done Tony Blair!

    ....but Tony is the longest serving PM, so he must be ok surely?
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    Fridge Question

    If it's just the thermostat failed it is worth fixing. If anyone is competent with electrics the thermostat can be temporarily bypassed to check if it's that.
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    white hats.... on parcel shelves.

    Wilhelm asked: Perhaps because of the association with this guy. Recognise him?
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    corgiregisterd

    Neal said: ....which is?
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    Burgler

    It looks like the worst case scenario in this country may be an Iraqi burgler then?
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    carpenter/joiners

    Good question, & while we're at it - a 'clamp' and a 'cramp'?
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