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    Severe Leak next door

    Just an update Phoned POLICE they phoned severn trent who couldn't care less. The Police broke in and the place was a total mess (no ceilings & celler flooded) and they managed to divert the leak into the bath (4 stop cocks in the house). Good news damage tomy father in laws house is at...
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    Severe Leak next door

    Next door to my father in laws which is up for sale and unocupied has a severe leak. He's tried to contact the estate agent who aren't working today. He contacted Severn Trent Water who came out who can't turn it off from outside (maybe cause it'll turn off 3 houses). Water is now coming in...
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    Heating on all night good or bad for Condensate pipe?

    Hope this question makes sense I've been keeping the heating on all night 12oC thro' the very cold spells, Today I noticed the 32mm condensate pipe was frozen with the condensate backed up to inside my garage, FYI (Ive a flexible pipe from the boiler dropping into a 32mm pipe inside the garage...
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    Alarm tested for Insurance

    Does there have to be any special forms for alarm testing to satisfy the house insurance or can just a reciept from the electrician who fitted it be ok.
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    Strong smell of ammonia in my bedroom!

    This may be a little left field but check your bedroom's ceiling light rose. Happened in my last house and I followed the smell back to the light rose which I changed and the smell went.
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    What to paint first

    What should you paint first walls or skirting boards/archatrave. I 've always painted the walls but watching a tv advert I saw the opposite, with the gloss being painted on the skirting board going onto the walls before the wall being painted down to the skirting board.
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    In desperate need of help

    Thanks for all the help I've taken off the switch, put the cable ends in a chock bloc and put on a blanking plate
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    In desperate need of help

    All the electrics to the conservatory go back to a fused switch and if I turn that off it turns everything off. So for now its selotape over the switch so it doesn't move from off and I'll look at it tomorrow. I'm just careful coz I dont want to break the switch and it stuck permantly on, the...
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    In desperate need of help

    I dont use the heating at all and the switch is permantly knocked off, but during the last week the switch must have been knocked and the switch moved up 1 or 2 millimetres tops turning the bloody heating on and its cracked 2 tiles. I ve looked at the switch and theres remains of selotape on...
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    In desperate need of help

    I'm quite happy to get an electrian in. Are you saying as a DIYer I shouldn't be touching it?
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    In desperate need of help

    The switch in the photo controls the under floor heating. It turns its self on if you look at it funny. I've just found out its been on full for maybe a week. I never want to put it on but I can't see how I can get at the connections then once in what do I do to disconnect. I would then put...
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    Bloody Switch

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    Gurgling noise through fitted TRV's

    Thanks for the reply I've 13 rads in total. 1 rad has no TRV (hall where the thermostat is) I've bled all the rads 3 - 4 times and I do get a small amount of air trapped in 2 of the rads. One of the radiators that gurgles has the air trapped in it, the other that gurgles has no air trapped...
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    Gurgling noise through fitted TRV's

    I've had TRV's fitted (B&Q ones) and now on a few of radiators I'm getting gurgling noises. Is this normal when water is passing through the valves?
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    What to ask for?

    Hi Guys I've installed 4 x "grundtal" 12v max 10 watt down lights in the kitchen from ikea. The transformer has blown. I would like to replace it with a dimmable one. What do I ask for?
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    Crack in Paramount Board

    Many Thanks Richard
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    Crack in Paramount Board

    Thanks Is this the standard stuff you can buy from B&Q?
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