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    Chimney problems

    No, one wasn't required. Hetas registered, and whatever the chimney accrediation is.
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    Chimney problems

    Ok, so i live in an old bungalow that used to have an open fire. when i moved in there was an electric fire placed infront of the opening and a timber board over the old chimney. Since then i've had a wood burner fitted, and the chimney was smoke tested etc. Ok, very long story short, i was...
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    What screws/plugs to use to attach skirting to a solid wall?

    i'd fit 2x1 or slate batten to the wall, as others have said, small drill hole first, through the 2x1 and the use a 7mm bit with brown plugs to fit the grounds to the wall. Use a larger drill bit to sink the head into the 2x1. then you should be able to fit the new skirting directly to the...
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    Large Gap Around Bath

    fit a timber rail to the wall that is filleted to accommodate, and then trims and silicone. Or hack the plaster off the wall on the tight side to get a better fit
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    What screws/plugs to use to attach skirting to a solid wall?

    have you considered fitting timber grounds below the plaster level to fix your skirting boards to?
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    Where can I get a door spindle like this?

    what's a door spindle?
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    Which colour silicone to use

    Yeah, i couldn't decide ...
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    Which colour silicone to use

    What colour silicone should i use between the black bar top and the grey walls? sorry for the poor picture, taken in bad light 20151014_202613 by GSXRCarlos posted 15 Oct 2015 at 9:44 AM
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    Advice on Wood Burner Installation

    If you're in Devon i hope you're getting a woodwarm?
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    Noisy Feed and Expansion Tank

    has anyone every had any luck with sound deadening or forming a box around the tank?
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    Folding Doors between lounge and dining room

    so this is how it looks until i can get it skimmed
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    Noisy Feed and Expansion Tank

    Hi, I live in a dormer bungalow, my hot water cylinder is in a cupboard in my bedroom with a copper feed and expansion tank above. My girlfriend likes a lie in, so when i have a shower she can hear the tank filling up, is there any way to insulate it, or somehow alter the flow from the float...
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    Please comment on this photo of Ultracom expansion vessel

    it doesn't seem wet, why are you in there?
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    Something between the plasterboard walls?

    looks like metal stud
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    Electrical socket is live but nothing works in it?

    those are earth wires, not neutral. try to think of wiring as a loop, with the live bringing the power and the neutral returning the power a lost neutral suggest that the power has nowhere to 'return to'
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    Electrical socket is live but nothing works in it?

    looks like you have face fixed wiring, can you trace the wiring back further and attempt to plug something in closer to the source?
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    Folding Doors between lounge and dining room

    I'm leaning towards forming a borrowed light, cill height approx 1.00m from finished floor level with a breakfast bar in the dining room
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    Folding Doors between lounge and dining room

    excuse the mess, I'm working on every room at once
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