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    old electric feed not up to scratch.

    have looked through previous posts and can't find anything exactly like mine so would like to make sure.if you can please help i'd be most grateful. Have a schupa box with a 63A,30mA rccb, controlling 1no 30a,1no 20a, 1no 16a,and 1no6a,mcb's. the 16a mcb is for a feed to the garage some...
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    schupa now gewiss? tech question

    I'm looking for a 40amp breaker (40B1M) for a schupa GIC563R. I believe schupa were taken over by ' gewiss'. Does anyone please know if gewiss fittings are compatable with schupa.
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    combi min flow rate?

    i have a cold water mains flow rate of 12litres/min. could someone please tell me whether this is suitable for a combi system,and whether i need to upgrade my combi boiler from say 24kwto 28 kw to increase performance.
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    shower doesnt trip

    had a leak in a shower in my house which has a modern consumer unit. i turned the shower off at the switch in the bathroom ceiling, and was quite concerned that the shower rcb didnt trip as i had to take out the cable and from my past experiences they usually trip, when the different cables...
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    epdm roofing- any experience?

    Has anyone had any experience of using epdm rubber roofing material. I'm wondering about how long it lasts,or whether any one has any experiences please- good or bad.?
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    new possible extension

    A friend is building a patio for which he's putting in strip founds for retaining walls just in case in the future he builds up and extends his house, to the same footprint. has anyone any experience please of when putting in the floor insulation, 100mm i believe, under the concrete floor slab...
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    de walt charger problem

    hello all. i have a de walt charger which got wet without me knowing and blew with a big flash from the unit. i've opened it up, after trying the fuse, to find a broken what looks like a ceramic resistor? right next to the mains coming in, and where it flashed when it blew. its code on it is...
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    walking flat roof. best surface?

    hi all. i'm looking to install a flat roof system which could be used as a walk on area on occasions. could anyone please tell me if they've had any experiences of a good OR bad product for this.
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    searching rules?????

    can someone please direct me to the option for asking a question of the forum?? i have been defining my search to say-- folding and doors and external--- then receiving around 267 matches which dont all have the relevant words in! once again apologies for placement of question-- couldnt find...
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    folding patio doors

    looking at refurbing a property and part of it would be to put in folding patio doors. jeld wen website looks good but they don't show prices. AND I WANT PRICES NOW!! only joking, not shouting. has anyone purchased any, and has some idea of price, pvc or timber, whatever sixe,just for an...
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    torbeck valve sticking/ sixe??

    i need to renew a bottom fed torbeck valve. the measure to top of water level is 8and a half inches. could someone please tell me if this equates to the sixe of the torbeck valve.
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    service fuse blown

    the service fuse has blown on a house i'm working on fitting a kitchen. its within an old hinged metal box. porcelen holder and rewireable. the tenants were using oven, shower, and a host of other items which it seems is why it blew!? i've searched the forum and it seems my client should ask...
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    pegler valves,still available?

    going to replace some of my aunts old central heating valves. they are pegler, mainly 10mm. do they still manufacture valves as i'd like to be able to just replace the body of the valve within the radiator and not rearrange the pipework? anyone able to help please.?
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    worcester combi 24i rsf not firing

    hope for some assistance please. my friend has had a leak in a down stairs radiator valve. i replaced the valve and he fired up the boiler and everything appeared ok. next morning he had a leak within the boiler,and found it to be the automatic air vent, which he replaced. however, he...
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    shower fuse rating

    have installed a 8.5 kW shower on 6mm cable, with a 32amp breaker. is this ok? cable run is 13 metres, in cavity wall and through floor without insulation. i'm have prefered to change to 10mm but cost prevented this so i'd rather keep the 32amp breaker rather than change to a 40amp. breakers...
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    plastering over painted finish

    i have rippled, artex like, plaster situation above dado and flat under dado. its all painted. i want to take dado off and plaster from top to bottom. could some one please give me advice on procedure. i believe 5:1 water:pva allowed to dry then 1:3 and plaster while tacky. however my...
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    max shower rating?

    hello all,have a recently fitted consumer unit (jan'03) by the local electricity board. they put in 2 seperate 6mm cables to feed 2 separate showers-1 in the attic ext., 1 in the first floor bathroom. both are served by 32amp mcb's. the attic has a broken 7kw triton shower which needs...
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    new shower-tripping rcd

    bit of a problem which i would be grateful if someone could give me some assistance. bought a new mira sport 9.8 kw shower. bought a new 50amp mcb for an existing contactum split load box and positioned on 80amp 30 ma rcd side. switched on mcb all ok. switched on 45amp cooker type switch...
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    sixe of earth link?

    can't remember my 16th edition. is it 1.5mm earth cable to link with back box on ring main?
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    tile spacers for large tiles?

    could someone please advise what sixe spacers i should use for 330 x 250mm wall tiles please.? are 2mm ok?
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