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    exterior painting of window frames

    I want to paint my house windows on the outside, they were painted from new approx 3-5 years ago i think. the paintwork is in pretty good order but has faded especially on south facing windows and the wood is faintly show on some of the sills, but no flaking. Is it advisable to undercoat or will...
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    Radiator Sizes

    Hi, Can anyone tell if it is still possible to buy a radiator at 1450mm width? i would like to replace one in a 25 year old property but notice that the nearest sizes are either 1400 or 1600mm. Thanks
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    bathroom fan 3 pole isolator

    Hi, I was wondering if anyone knows if there is a particular distance from a bathroom fan that the 3 pole isolator needs to be mounted within?
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    fitting pushfit elbows when installing a shower

    Hi, Can anyone tell me if fitting 2 pushfit elbows 2 or 3 inches apart to go into a thermostatic shower, will reduce the flow/pressure too much? its a combi boiler.
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    earth bonding central heating pipework

    Hi, Was wondering if someone could tell me if there is still a need for earth bonding the central heating pipework in a domestic property. I know some of the regs have changed since the 17th edition came out and the house has a fully loaded RCD consumer unit now fitted. If so, is 6mm cable...
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    interconnecting smoke alarms

    Was wondering if after a property has had a re-wire, is it regs that smoke alarms need to be interconnected ? Thanks
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    interconnecting smoke alarms

    Was wondering if after a property has had a re-wire, is it regs that smoke alarms need to be interconnected ? Thanks
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    Changing toilet cistern

    I want to fit a new toilet cistern, but the inlet water supply pipework needs to be altered. The issue i've got is that the house hot water is fed from a tank and last time i changed the kitchen taps i had to drain the system and when i re-instated the water had issues with no pressure, this was...
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    3 phase supply

    Can anyone let me know what the best way of going about installing a 3 phase supply to my lock up, i've included a photo of the main incoming supply as it is, but as this is only single phase will i need to contact my local electric supplier or can an electrician tap off what is already there?
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    thermostatic shower

    Hi, I'm wanting to buy a thermostatic shower that requires a min hot water flow rate of 3 litres/min, checking my combi boiler manual it says it has a min 2.5 litres/min . Would this still be o.k to operate it?
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