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    System boiler recommendations (hot water priority ~5kW heatloss)

    Make sure that you get an opentherm thermostat that actually works with you choice of boiler, there are many implementations of opentherm. I was stung by worcester bosch who intial advertised a greenstar 8000 as opentherm , then said it was compatible vi a modual that did not exist in the uk...
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    Raft foundation or potentially something else?

    Seeing as you live close to a river its more than likely a trench fill to get over the water table. The bit of the river you see is not the extent of the river underground, the river channel is the lowest point. Basically its really the only option to build cost effectively in a river.... which...
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    Cleaning plate heat exchanger issues

    you need to hose out both sides so it doesn't matter
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    Cleaning plate heat exchanger issues

    Personally I have used whatever came to hand, brick acid, spirt, but citric acid does they job and as its used in foods is pretty safe if your are a bit paniky about washing out the exchanger. You really need to just wash out the exchanger with a hose after you have finished. You can buy...
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    Under sink tap

    Sorry been at work... no you do not need to turn off the electricity unless you disconnect the earth strap, tee off where is easiest and to be fair the side you drill from is really a question of where you can best do it from so the pipe work lands in the right place.
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    Under sink tap

    hammer bit mark the depth of the wall and flick off the hammer for the last inch to save the brick face, if you are fitting the tap direct the you can omit the insulation as that was if you were running the pipe along the wall, but a short bit of foam pipe insulation will prevent condensation on...
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    Under sink tap

    You can tee off where you find it easiest...ie just before the washing machine connector.As for bits... whats your skill level. All Plastic is the easiest, compression fittings and plastic pipe, all copper and compression, or soldered copper fittings and pipe in ascending order of difficulty...
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    Under sink tap

    Err not really tee valves are for dual appliances eg a dish washer and a washing machine. I would take a feed to where you want the tap, is the kitchen the closest point with a cold water feed... do you have a downstairs loo ?
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    Under sink tap

    The issue with the tap is not with it but with what is connected to it, if you are using say a hozelock plug on connector they can fail suddenly... who has not had a gusher and they can also drip in use even if properly connected. Also as the tap is under a cupboard these too can drip and fail...
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    Woman and Sex, means biological sex.

    We can all hate a person can we not...but do you hate all because of the actions of one. Say you hate the ex owner of Pimlico Plumbers, does that mean you hate all plumbers....
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    Woman and Sex, means biological sex.

    hmmm seeing as misogyny is the hatred of women and women have been now clearly defined as born with female sex organs it would appear to have a lot to do with the sex of a person.
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    90s house various cracks

    Never seen any house that does not have some form of cracks. But a SE may be able to identify the cause, but would most likely give an opinion not a definitive answer... its asking a lot to get an absolute answer unless there is a ongoing identifable cause eg living next to a major road. The...
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    Woman and Sex, means biological sex.

    Can a transgender male be a misogamist ? Are all sparkies by nature transgender as they all act like old women ?
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    Sparkies, what would you do different?

    Brick blown out... could have measured the distance and turned off the hammer for the last inch. Sealing of the box was hmmm...he has a silicon gun there .. its supposed to maintain its ip66 rating. could have blobbed the back of the screws and just running a horseshoe around the cable...
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    Katie Hopkins

    I would suggest you read what the judge said... and your comment about Monroe is libel by the way. This case has been about the particular tweets complained of by this claimant against this defendant. It may have little wider significance. But I cannot leave it without making two observations...
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    Katie Hopkins

    As Monroe said herself all hopkins had to do is say sorry.... that hopkins did not shows you how far deluded the right wing can be... never admit a mistake.... That's not judge speak its a statement of fact... she failed to present herself for cross examination, if there is no cross examination...
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    I've cut a plug cable with a hacksaw, is it safe?

    if its unplugged from the wall then its now even more safe as nobody can plug it back in. The fire uses electricity it does not produce it....
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    how soon will Trump back down over tariffs

    I particular enjoyed the Bessent interview on pharma.... ran into the wall of reality mid sentence. We will tax all imports on big pharma who must make drugs in the US, interviewer, did they not move offshore in response to Trumps first term lowering of they patent length on new drugs, lowering...
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