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    Plaster onto bare brick next to existing plastered wall with 5mm thick plaster

    Hi, I have just had a front door and porch door removed from my house and there is now a 700mm strip of bare brick, floor to ceiling, that I need to plaster to get it to blend in with the wall in the hall which is already plastered and painted. The bare brick is on both walls either side of...
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    Installing Integrated Sharp Slimline Dishwasher

    Hi, I have bought an integrated Sharp slimline dishwasher and am currently trying to install it, however, the only available space I have for it is between the cooker and a wall (which has an opening of just over 450mm). The instructions say to fit 4 small metal brackets to the machine and...
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    Replacing TRVs but Unsure of Current Setup (10mm pipe but 15mm TRVs?)

    Hi, I am looking to replace some TRVs that have stopped working on 4 radiators, however, the setup looks a little unusual. The pipework is 10mm but the TRV looks like it might be 15mm with some sort of reducer going into the TRV from the pipe. The reducer doesn't look like anything I can find...
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    New thermostat not turning central heating OFF

    Hi, I have a Worcester greenstar 28i junior combi boiler and a tower rf wireless thermostat that I purchased from toleration which I am trying to install to replace the wired British gas one. The wires connected to the old British gas one were brown to the L terminal, blue to the N terminal...
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    New thermostat not turning ventral heating OFF

    Hi, I have a Worcester greenstar 28i junior combi boiler and a tower rf wireless thermostat that I purchased from toleration which I am trying to install to replace the wired British gas one. The wires connected to the old British gas one were brown to the L terminal, blue to the N terminal...
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    Advice needed on sealing a bath against existing tiling when replacing shower tray with a bath

    Hi, I realise that what I'm asking is generally not a good idea and you should generally fit the bath first and then tile afterwards, however, we recently moved into a new house and the bathroom was only a few months old and therefore like new. The only problem is that it had a walk in shower...
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    Safe Use of Low Watt Radiators on an Extension?

    Hello, I was just wondering if anyone could give me a little bit of safety advice on connecting heaters through an extension lead. From reading through other posts on the forum, there seems to be a general rule that extensions should not be used to supply power to a heater. However, in...
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    New Central Heating System Installation (Birmingham)

    Hello, I am currently looking at replacing our existing heating (which comprises of 4 wall mounted plug in electric panel heaters), with a gas central heating system. I am just wondering if anyone can give me some advice on what sort of prices I should be looking for when I am getting...
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    Hot Water Tank Overflow Pipe Dripping

    Hello, I have a problem with a leak from one of the overflow pipes at the back of my house. I believe it is coming from the electric hot water tank in the airing cupboard and am not sure what could be causing it. I have turned off the isolation valve to stop cold water coming into the...
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    Washing Machine Isolator Switch

    Hello, I am hoping that someone may be able to help me. I have searched this site but not been able to find anything relating to this topic. I have a washing machine at home, fitted with a 13a fuse, which plugs into a standard wall socket. As the machine is under the worktop, there is an...
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    Certain sockets in house only work during Economy 7 hours

    Hello, I don't know if anyone has come across this problem before, but I have recently removed some old electric night storage heaters from my house which were wired into fused outlets on the wall. I have removed the fused outlet and replaced it with a standard plug outlet but when I plug an...
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