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    Silicone sealant and a wide gap between showerbase and tiles

    Having just replaced a number of tiles, and re-fixing the showerbase, I now need to redo the silicone sealant. Only one problem, on one side the gap between the tiles and the showerbase is around 8mm which I think is a bit wide just to fill with sealant. Is there anything else that people...
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    Shower running too hot

    Evening all ! I am sure I am missing something really obvious here, but.... We have a Gainsborough electric shower in the main bathroom that runs way too hot with a shower head attached. Remove the shower head, and run the shower with just the hose attached, it works fine. I have tried...
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    Wall panelling for a shower cubicle?

    Our bathroom needs doing and the shower has leaked for a while, grout between the tiles has given up and I am thinking of stripping the whole lot out to replace with pvc wall panels. This will mean taking out the shower cubicle, removing the shower tray before I remove all the tiles, and then...
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    Running a spur off a cooker circuit?

    I've read several old posts in regards to this, but I'm still not really sure if I can do what I would like to, so advice would be much appreciated! My cooker runs off it's own 32A circuit, connected to a cooker switch unit, and then wired into a CCU. Can I run a spur off either the cooker...
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    Replacing a Triton Opal shower - recommendations and advice

    Morning all, My Triton Opal shower has finally given up the ghost after over 10 years service, so I'm now looking for a replacement. This one I think is the 9.5Kw version so am looking for something similar. Three queries, 1 - Which showers can I use to replace, in terms of backplate...
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    Triton Opal shower problem

    Hi, We have a 10 year old Triton Opal which does not appear to be working properly in that there is no difference in flow when you press either button 1 or 3 for the hot supply. The light switches from 1 to 3, so the selection button is working, but the flow of water from the shower head does...
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    Potterton Flamingo does not stop heating

    I have a Potterton Flamingo boiler that is not heating up as it used to and I am concerned it may do something nasty if I leave it ! I have the hot water switched off, so just doing central heating at the moment, and have only just started using it again since the start of summer. If I...
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    Airlock problem to hot water tank?

    Gravity heating system, with Potterton boiler, central heating works fine, but hot water side appears to have an airlock. Feed from boiler up to hot water tank is very hot, so water being pumped up okay, but exit pipe from the hot water tank is cold.....so it isn't flowing through, and therefore...
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    Swapping an MCB on a Contactum board

    Can anyone tell me how to swap a Contactum MCB? Their web site is down so I can't look there. Had a problem with the fuseboard this morning, mains tripped out. So I switched off all the MCB's, reset the mains and switched them on one by one. All work okay, except one, which won't reset...
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    Larder fridge - possible condensor problem?

    I've got a 4 year old Electrolux 7620 larder fridge which over the last week has been getting more frost on the back of the fridge than usual. The condensor seems to be running a lot more than normal as well. This is a free-standing unit in a utility room, loads of space around it, and I've have...
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    Wiring in a cooker using a CCU

    Hi, Apologies if this has already been asked, please point me in the right direction for the answer. I am in the process of replacing my old Zanussi MC20 cooker with a Cannon Henley. The old cooker ran off a 13 amp plug socket, which was actually connected to the original 30A cooker...
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