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    My Builder is digging out for my extension and dumping tons of earth on my back lawn Neighbours are complaining.

    Yes my Builder is dumping tons of earth from my extension dig and raising my back lawn making it several feet above my neighbours gardens, they are complaining that it affects their garden privacy and drainage and it should be skipped, one says that his fence is not a retaining wall so shift it...
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    Main soil drain

    After the flush was rising in the pan before going away slowly,I tried to rod from the inspection chamber 10 yards from the soil stack but I couldn't get the rods up more than a few feet and the 5 ft chamber and my 68 years defeated me so I got a drain company who cleared and camera'd (very...
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    Armoured cable sizing

    I've got 4 core armoured cable for a garden shed run but the cables outside diameter is 12.3 mm and the only junction boxes and joints are 10mm and I think 15mm. What am I doing wrong ? Thanks
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    Fixing Shower caddy to a pvc clad wall, I'm sure a screw would crush the cladding and not sure that the cladding would hold the weight if I glued it

    As said, screwed or glued fixing through or to pvc cladding seems too fragile, any history of success ?
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    BGas say our 5amp fuse feed has damaged boiler.

    Should have been 3amp, they serviced Nov 2024 no faults, so whos fault, they say access was a problem, now I've got a 2 grand problem.
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    Air? in upper floor Rads bled but comes back (bit like me with sprouts) Sealed Combi brand new. Useless Plumbob!

    Yes I know this question is donkeys years old on here. BUT no clear answers, Chemists or Plumbers welcome, not the clown who fitted mine as he's gone to Thailand, best place for him. 1) My brand new sealed pressurised Combi system has no leaks but seems to replace any air I bleed away just on...
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    Outside gully blocked, rodded to death and hose flushed but plunger did it How?.

    The outside gully that takes only kitchen sink and machine washer water became blocked. I rodded it to death with coiled wire type as the U bend is tight and high pressure hosed it, and chemical cleansed it, I felt as far as my hand would reach but there was simply nothing there. My wife wanted...
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    New Ideal Combi fitted (replaced a gloworm boiler with fortic tank system) hear water trickling in rad when starts.

    Q1- Since new combi boiler installed I can hear trickling water inside 2 rads, I have bled all rads many times and still getting air from upstairs. Q2 - It now take ages to get hot water to the taps kitchen and bathroom (downstairs) I think he's connected via the old tank piping in the loft so...
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    Old 3x2 pressed concrete flags load strength 2 ton ?

    After another idiot concrete delivery truck driver has drove onto my flags and cracked them all, I asked him, didn't you know they only take 2 ton load, whats your truck weigh ? he knew nothing about anything, no surprise. I was taught that an old style pressed concrete flag on a good base would...
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    New Ideal Boiler Hot+Cold knocking when turned off

    After my new Ideal boiler was fitted it was fine, a week later there was a radiator leak (we found it had been leaking a while) the plumber fixed it BUT then the knocking started turning hot+cold off, its now a double knock. (Its already got a flowmaster arrester above the boiler). I called the...
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    Will any small outside camera like Ring send to a Smart TV

    I know the ring cam sends to moby phone and has brilliant clarity and vision but can it send to a samsung smart TV, if so how ? Thanks in advance.
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    My Triton Electric Shower cuts off approx 5 minutes run time COLD or Hot

    Please help me its doing my head in. Everyone just assumes HOT overheat trip out with thermo BUT NOT It trips out when set JUST just running COLD approx 5 minutes every time Tested it all afternoon running JUST COLD trying to flush (hopefully Woefully) and it still stops running approx 5 mins...
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    DANFOSS 102 clock Yes the very old one.

    Heating didn't come on for the evening session it had been on in the morning and all fine. At tea time the clock had stopped, no function , no sound. Got new clock and plugged onto wall plate block bracket (have done 15 years before and all was fine) as You'll know it should be that simple. BUT...
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    Monitor has pink pixel 1" bands a bit like tarten

    Monitor has developed pink bands approx 1" wide, running full screen vertical and some blocks horizontal a bit tartenish if you will. Whats best test to establish, if graphics card has gone or monitor has gone.
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    Fortic Bell Style Tank Overflows at initial heat up

    Overflow pipe spurts at first heat up. Then appears to settle. Gloworm boiler (the rollsroyce as the gas board say) No emersion heater. Have checked header and water about 1" below outlet. So all seems fine after initial heat up. Clear hot water, no noise and only started about 6...
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    Plug socket Neutral is live

    Just 2 pairs of 3 core into a single switched bedroom socket. (But dont know if its a ring or a spurred, spur) Checked due to intermittant faults and found sparking between the 2 neutrals. When separated 1 neutral is live. When properly connected :roll: together no live indication and...
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    The knack of Setting out brickwork square to house

    Will a qualified brickie please advise the rules (cos without rules where would we be) l am tired of arguing the toss with "conservatory base builders" who are constantly erecting out of true dwarf walls. On a regular 3 waller I have advised ignoring the bendy house walls and setting the...
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    LCD TV screen crackels and spits when CH boiler fires

    Every time boiler refires up it happens. Obviously due to the ignition (Oh bloody well is It smartass) If its something else do tell. Can I stop it, at the tv plus socket with a suppressor or sumfink like old car radios (yes I'm that old) Or do I have to get a Corgi ish man to sort my...
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    Getting Chuck Off a Cordless Drill

    Bust my trusty corded drill Chuck but managed to get it off fairly easy. Thought I'd swap it for a good chuck off one of my many knackerd cordless drills in my collection but cant get a chuck off any. Do they come off or is there a trick I should know. Cant be buying new at this time of...
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    uPVc french doors toe / heeling packer spacer?

    Only fitted about 6 pairs and always have alignment problems. Firm supply only 2 types of blue packer/spacer I thought the slimmer of the two fitted in the space between the beading ridge and frame and the other spans it (sitting on it) providing there is enough clearance around the unit...
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