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    Electric built in oven not screwing into recess properly

    When you push the oven in, is it touching the gas pipe Is the gas pipe preventing the oven from going all the way in?
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    making a drain cover

    Mm Photo's are not showing! Could somebody give me a quick hint as to where I go wrong, as these codes work on other forum's
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    making a drain cover

    I did this job on May the 4th , a day we spend most of the time in the cinema room watching Star Wars movies as it was **** Star Wars day **** However before the kids are over and we will be settling down with drinks and popcorn I thought about to tackle a few of these little jobs One of...
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    Construction Of 'The West Wing' & 'Orangery'

    Looks like some decent builders you have there they seem to work very neatly
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    Steve's bathroom refit

    Nice result, how long were you without a bath?
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    Low block salt indicator for water softener

    these softeners work with block salts (solid blocks) which slowely go down, therefore it has to be something that will A tank level switch won't work either on that I was thinking indeed of a reed switch on the outside of the tank with a metal or wood block on top of the salt block and a...
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    Low block salt indicator for water softener

    Low block salt indicator for water softener I have recently installed a whole house water softener system (with a separate kitchen non softened water tap and it excludes, outside tap & central heating filler) All I can say I should have done it ages ago, its brilliant, no more scale...
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    Need help in finding the right 28.5mm waste connection

    The 42 to 28mm wasn't that bad at £2.40 Had it all installed yesterday, tried it to see if it was all properly fixed and then i noticed that the bloody hose had a hole in it. so all for nothing I noticed that you actually can buy this hose but only from Australia So now...
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    Need help in finding the right 28.5mm waste connection

    I did check if it was a loose overflow pipe, but it was not Also after raising the bath more, I could properly measure up the hose as connected to the trap and that was 28mm as well and that was a solid connection (glued – hot melted on – as from new) So I went for the copper reduction...
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    Need help in finding the right 28.5mm waste connection

    I took some pictures last night and here they are The bad Untitled by mcluma, on Flickr The hose Untitled by mcluma, on Flickr Inside measurement Untitled by mcluma, on Flickr Outside measurement Untitled by mcluma, on Flickr The hose measurement...
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    Need help in finding the right 28.5mm waste connection

    I had another look at it tonight what it thought was 40mm is actually as well 28mm, I had to lay under the bad to see it, and must have mismeasured it. now i have put the bath on some blocks, hence i could measure it better and yes 28mm would drain very slow, that i agree - therefore i...
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    pouring concrete pad stones

    Normal concrete mix
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    Need help in finding the right 28.5mm waste connection

    Need help in finding the right connector I have bought a used Jacuzzi bath and found the waste pipe of a different size then you would normally find It’s a flexible waste hose which at the trap is the normal 40mm but the other end is only 28.5 or there a bout’s At the trap it look like...
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    Ready for Tiling - Part II

    Progress is steady by slowly What has been done so far: finished the bedrooms finished the dressing rooms prepared the bathrooms ready for tiling- which will be the next project Bathroom 1 Untitled by mcluma, on Flickr Untitled by mcluma, on Flickr Untitled by mcluma...
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    Earlex Pro HV5000 - The result - Review

    I has the standard 2.0 tip. the overspray is there because i was only spraying 70mm trimwork later i did 165mm doorframes which had much less overspray, the same goes for skirting the sprayer stops when you release the trigger, but it will still be blowing air out of the gun (no paint - just...
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    Earlex Pro HV5000 - The result - Review

    Spraying with the Earlex Pro HV5000 I have had now 2 days of spraying with the Earlex Pro HV 5000, in total around 4 hours 2 hour base coat 2 hours finish coat This includes spraying / mixing and setting up time Last week I bought the Earlex Pro HV 5000 to help me speed things up...
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    Fitting concealed shower valve and single function shower ki

    I fitted one of these concealed units last week they are not ideal to be build in a solid wall - luckely this was a double brick wall - not a supporting wall :wink: Untitled by mcluma, on Flickr
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    repairing an old floor -

    Finished the floor, and yes i was 4 boards short IMG_0579 by mcluma, on Flickr IMG_0580 by mcluma, on Flickr
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    repairing an old floor -

    yup lots of them, there used to be a bathroom there.
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    repairing an old floor -

    Lifting and repairing the floor After 100 years with little settlement it was time to repair the floor on the 2nd floor, the floor beams for the 2nd floor are resting on a brick wall which is running through the middle of the house. Over time with little settlement and shrinking the...
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