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    Soil Stack / 3 corner connector ?

    Currently our vertical soil stack is connected to a 90 degr bend at the bottom which then has a triple socket branch to pick the soil up from a toilet which is about 45 cm away from the main stack and then runs horizontally to another toilet and out of the property. Is it possible to have a...
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    Pyronix Enforcer : help setting inputs

    i have manged to successfully install the System but am struggling to get the programming of the Zones working correctly. Scenario: the Hall has a PIR which also has the control panel and then the front door which has a sensor. I want to be able to get Zone A to set all the house by standing...
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    Costs of rebuilding old stable

    We are fortunate to have a number of outbuildings - one of which is a 3.2m x 3.85 m old wooden stable built on 4 courses of bricks on concrete slab with a flat felt roof with a pitch of around 6 degrees Sadly its completely falling apart - roof leaks badly; construction leaning heavily; wood...
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    Install new exterior door / fixings ?

    I need to install a new exterior composite back door into a single-brick thick utility room. What fixings should I be using ? The frame is 4 cm thick - so I was thinking of using these which would go straight into the brick work to a depth of 6 cm - is this sufficient ...
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    Uneven joist heights & boarding tolerances

    We are looking to get our 4x4.5m kitchen re-boarded and skimmed. We have had a local chap in to look at it, with a laser theodolite thing and he has advised that - as the joists are not all exactly level - there is around 1-1.5cm variance between shortest and tallest - installing sister joists...
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    Cold Roof: Vented or Unvented ?

    I have done a lot of searching on this topic and its clear that (at least to me) its unclear as to what the best plan is with a cold roof. I have an existing 4 x 4.5m flat roof build in the mid 1970's and is enclosed on three sides by other parts of the house - so only one side could be vented...
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    Clayboard requirement if using piling ?

    NWe are getting quotes to pile foundation a 4.5 x 1.8m utility room which is single storey and single bricked utility room. It was built at the back of the single story kitchen extension built in 1977(ish) and has signs of slipping into the adjacent brook - although its hard to tell if its...
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    Sanity Check: Cost of new Consumer Unit install

    We recently moved into a new house which has been extended numerous times and has two consumer units. Both have MCB - but need updating and wiring checking This was the plan: 1.Replace existing consumer unit with new 24 way Dual Rcd fire rated version. 2.install new 25mm meter tails...
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    Potential subsidence - do I need Certificate of Lawfullness first?

    Purchased a house 2 months ago - had full structural survey which mentioned the utility room on the back of the kitchen was single walled and close to adjacent brook. Noted some movement but in line with usual settling etc. The utility room was built back in mid 1990's without formal planning...
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    Voltage Pen and weirdness

    I bought a Voltage Tester Pen thinking it would be useful https://www.amazon.co.uk/Schneider-Electric-Rapitest-IMT23009-Voltage/dp/B00LY1CGYC However I am now very confused by it. I turned off the fuse for the lights in the lounge; but the Pen Tester still lights up on the feed to each spot...
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    Rayburn diagnosis request with video !

    So we got our Rayburn RD80 serviced 10 days - all good. Gravity fed system with gas Raburn But today it has failed to start from cold - the pipes bang and crash and eventually the boiler goes out I have checked 1/ pump working and active 2/ T switch on manual 3/ header tank full 4/ radiators...
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    Inspection by water company

    today we received a rather bizzare letter from our water company advising ..... "We will shortly be carrying out a survey of the water system (plumbing) at your premises. These surveys are carried out routinely..... Blah blah blah" We have only been in the property two months and have never...
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    Planning appeal dismissed in 2000: probably of success of re-application ?

    We are hoping to move in the next couple of months to a property located in the Green Belt which had a planning Appeal dismissed in 2000. Being a complete novice to the perils of planning consents - is there 1/ the potential to re-apply and 2/ probability of success given the original appeal...
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    Worcester 24SBi: pump working, no flue fan or ignition

    I would appreciate counsel from the collective wrt Worcester Bosch24SBi which today has decided not to work. Symptoms as follows: Room stat working Pressure set at 1.5bar Green mains light on CH control panel to ON 1/ pump starts 2/ no flue fan 3/ no ignition Checked all the...
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    Replacing Eurosec CP8L keypad

    This is our orginal Eurosec CP8L keypad... The keys are becoming unreliable so i would like to replace it with a direct swop I have found this unit which I think may be suitable here...
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    Radiator puzzle

    Simple question for you all A. 8 mm bore copper feeding single fin rad has STD LC and non trv ends as it's the one nearest the thermostat Using infrared temp unit Feed temp is 52 degr C exit temp 30 degr C with both valves fully open Rest of system perfectly balanced LC tap can be...
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    Bypassing aftermarket immobiliser

    I would like to bypass the immobiliser on my '97 LandRover Defender 300TDi which was fitted when the clutch isolator MeckLock was fitted. Think it may be the cause of my intermittent starting problems - turn key get no starter motor activity at all - other times its just fine. The immob came...
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    Bypass valve required ?

    System : sealed/pumped, Worcester 24SBi in garage, Sunvic 3-port mid-position valve, digital room stat etc Oddity : Worcester 24 SBi altho’ being a combi boiler is installed only to provide CH (i.e., there are no HW flow / return pipes out of the back of the boiler only CH flow/return) and we...
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    Replacing Sunvic SP100 with Sunvic 207xls : 2 wires left ?

    Guys My Sunvic SP100 CH/HW programmer has gone caput. Purchased Sunvic 207xls as replacement. Have successfully transferred the terminal wiring on all but one terminal The original wiring on Terminal 3 of the SP100 was a link into Live and a red-wire down to the boiler. But as you...
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    Mid-position valve went BANG / smokin

    I have a Sunvic SP100 programmer, Tower mid-position value, Sunvic cylinder stat and Hortsmann digital room stat connected to a pumped system on a Worcester 23 SBi Last night my Tower mid-position value shorted out with a bang when the shower pump in the airing cupboard leaked everywhere. The...
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