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    Replacing concealed thermo shower

    The 2nd photo is from when the shower was installed, I'm faced with a fully tilted wall and captive shower
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    Replacing concealed thermo shower

    Hi looking at a Triton Mersey concealed thermo which has thrown a third cartridge in 8 yrs! now discontinued looking to replace with a manual mixer concealed or surface mount. Not bothered about loosing the fixed head, could go for a hose/rail. I believe centres for the feed pipes is 170mm...
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    Installing 1930s toilet

    Andy, Daniel - did the Spirit of Salts (Hydrochloric acid) or Ever Shower get rust stains out or just remove the limescale? " Other thing, why not buy new bog? - Daniel. " Probably the same reason I didn't buy a new build, Sean
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    Installing 1930s toilet

    Managed to pull this bowl out of our outside loo in one piece and am wondering about the feasibility of re-installation elsewhere? //www.diynot.com/network/seanpk/albums/20413 I have 3 immediate queries: Is it possible to remove the rust stains? If so, how? This bowl used a high...
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    Floor insulation

    1930s house, original 25nom t&g on 6x2s, 3ft void down to dirt The boards are in excellent nick so are to be sanded It's just possible to crawl under the floor so am proposing to fit 50mm Celotex (excess from a previous job) between the joists for insulation - currently a cold floor General...
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    Electric Shock

    No haven't had a shock (luckily) was just under the misconception (just armed with some basic physics) that new fangled circuit protection on a correctly wired system had made electric shocks a thing of the past, obviously they still a have a way to go,
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    Electric Shock

    I can see that getting between the L&N your basically becoming the load, but usually the load (the motor in an appliance say) is isolated from earth, in these cases; Working on stuff without isolating it, Handling a damaged flex, Putting your fingers behind an old plug with unshrouded pins as...
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    Electric Shock

    We're having an extension built and we're starting with a period certificate test - I'm the sort of person who needs to understand the process and don't like when I feel myself slipping into the blank stare when an electrician is talking to me! So what sort of fault could put "...yourself...
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    Electric Shock

    If you have a modern consumer unit, how is it possible to still get a shock - what wiring faults can bypass the RCD protection? Can faulty appliances give you a shock even if you a have correctly installed circuit with a modern consumer unit? Cheers, S
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    Flush/concealed Electric shower

    Is the Triton T300 really the only flush fitting/concealed Electric shower out there? seems unlikely, any suggestions? 9.5Kw and over please, Cheers, Sean
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    Battery drill hack

    I'm fed up with having to replace the whole drill every time the batteries expire and the format is obsolete. Any reason why I couldn't use standard re-chargeables hacked into the battery case and then use a standard re-charger to charge the cells? Not concerned with the fitting side, it's...
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    Cheap tubing/fitting - false economy?

    Learnt my lesson with electrical sockets - cheap sockets are a false economy, what about copper tube and fitting? First reaction seems to suggest there is insignificant difference to warrant not going for the cheapest source. Comments? Am using a pipe bender, that seemed the only...
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    Softwood sealing

    Hi all, I've got soft wood floorboards in a south facing conservatory which is the rear entrance to the house - it gets hot and it gets abused! Any suggestions what might the best way to seal the boards? Cheers, Sean
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    Softwood floorboard sealing

    Hi all, I've got soft wood floorboards in a south facing conservatory which is the rear entrance to the house - it gets hot and it gets abused! Any suggestions what might the best way to seal the boards? Cheers, Sean
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