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    FIFAS Electric Boiler

    I was wondering if anyone else has one of these electric boilers as most reference to them has disapeared from the web. Ours is working fine :? but I have been informed of possible problems :x . We had ours installed by Ecolec Innovations but they seem to have vanished. I wondered if...
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    Draining a hot water tank with seized drain point

    I need to install a new hot water tank as immersion heater has failed and thread on heater is completely seized :? (bending tank when attempting to unscrew). I thought this would be easy but the drain point is also completely seized (broke tool trying to undo). :cry: I am thinking of...
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    Damp proofing holes

    Hi We have a chemical DPC, some of the injection holes are not plugged - anyone know where you can get 12mm plastic caps to plug them - seems like mice can get in! :( Tried asking at local builders merchant with no luck. thanks Ian
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    Refilling and Commisioning a sealed system

    Hi I have drained down our sealed system CH as we had to remove most of the rads for some building work. The system has two auto air vents, a pressure vessel (obviously), and a bypass at the boiler. Has anyone got an easy to follow step-by-step procedure for refilling and recommisioning...
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    Terminating Light switch Earth

    Hi We have had a bedroom stripped out replastered, new stud wall etc and I installed new lighting and power cables - all is OK. Only one minor problem - I used dry lining boxes in the stud wall - when wiring up the light switches I notice that there is no earth terminal on the dry lining box...
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    Laying floating laminate floor

    Hi I have a concrete floor that I would like to lay a floating laminate floor onto. I have leveled the floor with floor leveling compound but I think I mixed the compound too thick as there are lots of trowel marks and small ridges :cry: . How level do I have to get the floor to lay the...
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    Cleaning up an old brick fireplace

    Just had some builders in to remove an old fireplace and expose the old brick arched 'range' fireplace :) . They have cleaned it up with acid based brick cleaner, but it hasn't worked that well :( . I found a reference in an american article on the web that talks about using a mixture of...
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    Electric Heating Boilers

    Having recently moved to a property that needs updating we are looking at installing a new CH system. (currently we have coal fire+back boiler). Since there is no mains gas and it is a small two bedroom terrace with little room for tanks/bottles we are considering Wet Electric CH boilers. So far...
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    How level are Concrete Floors?

    We have just had a new concrete floor laid by what we thought was a reliable building firm. However it is not completely level. It appears that they have just leveled the concrete off in sections by hand using a trowel, and there are lots of minor inconsistencies and some more major bumps. Also...
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