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    Bathroom Radiator As Bypass

    The good news is that I've finished the bathroom in my house and it has some nice new s/steel electric towel rails. :D The bad news is that maybe I shouldn't have been so hasty in ripping out the rather old hot water towel rail. :( I have a Potterton Kingfisher MF RSL 100 floor...
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    New Bathroom Floor Problem

    In our new bathroom, about 8 weeks ago I fitted Wickes 305mm x 305mm self-adhesive Vinyl tiles. We followed the Wickes instructions to the letter by laying the tiles on the shiny side of a new hardboard base laid on top of the floorboards. There are no visible gaps between the tiles and I've...
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    Sound Proofing

    I'm dividing up a large bathroom into two small ones and I'm separating them with a timber stud partition wall. I'm using 47mm x 75mm sawn timber with 12.5mm plasterboard --- I'm told that 12.5mm is much better than 9.5mm for reducing transmission of sounds. What should I put in the cavity...
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    Bathroom Supplementary Bonding

    I know...there are probably more topics on this subject than any other. :( And I even went out today and bought the excellent NICEIC "Snags and Solutions" book on "Part 1 : Earthing and Bonding" (below). A very good & useful book IMHO. :) But I'm still a little confused; and if I ask...
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    Breeze Block Dimensions

    I understand that the term "breeze block" is a generic name for all sorts of clinker based block used in the '60s and 70's because it was cheap but is no longer in use within the building industry. I guess Thermalite is todays equivalent. Anyhow, I'm removing a doorway in an internal...
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    Check valves, Mixers and Mains Cold

    Some advice please :) Re-doing 2 bathrooms in a large 1950s house with gravity feed system etc. All the old sanitary ware has been thrown out and new purchased. My wife choose mixer taps for the 2 basins, bidet and bath --- although following an earlier mistake (:( ), we were careful to...
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    Bathroom Electric Circuit

    I've completely gutted my bathroom in my 1950's house....everything is gone, so I can start from scratch. :D The only electrics that are needed in the bathroom (apart from overhead lighting) are a couple of 350 watt heated towel rails, a shaving socket, 3 amp power shower (not an electric...
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    Leaking New Loo

    I can hardly believe it... :cry: Having slaved away for the past 8 weeks (not part of my day job!) building a new bathroom from a room that was previously a spare room: laying pipes for outside waste and splicing into soil stack, laying (safe!) electrics for power shower &...
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    Acrylic or Silicone?

    When do you use one sealant versus the other? Seems they are often inter-changeable. I've recently installed a soil outlet from a new toilet and the 110mm pipe needed to go through brick wall on the outside and a plaster wall on the inside. I decided to use silicone on both sides to seal...
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    Pedestal Water Traps

    My new pedestal sink waste is 40mm, my waste piping is 40mm, so shouldn't I be fixing a pedestal water trap with 40mm at each end? I can only seem to find 32mm x 32mm or 40mm x 32mm pedestal traps?? Am I missing something in this plumbing equation? Thanks Paul
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    Soil Pipe Right Angle Bend

    Maybe a stupid question, but why are they 92.5 degrees rather than a true 90 degrees? Thanks Paul
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    Roof Terrace Lime Staining?

    I've just had a double garage built with a roof terrace on top. It has a bitumen felt layer below the flagstones in the photo below. At the sides, the lead flashing is bonded between 2 layers of felt. The problem is that there is now a fairly large amount of white staining on the outside...
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    MR16 versus GU10

    Apologies if in the wrong Forum, but this seemed the most appropriate... I want to install some outside spotlights --- I've chosen the style and they are available either using 240v GU10 or 12v MR16 bulbs. Irrespective of issues of using mains voltage outside etc, which would provide the...
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    Upstairs Cold Water

    Should upstairs cold water be supplied from: 1. Mains supply 2. Attic Header tank 3. Either, it doesn't matter The reason I ask is because I want to fit a power shower which mustn't be connected to the main supply. I'm also moving the location of the bathrooms in my house, so have the...
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    Barely Warm Radiator

    I've read the Sticky :wink: Moved into this large 1951 house about a year ago; it has had two extensions in 1959 and 1961. I'm not sure at what stage the CH was put it; it may have all been done at once or it may have been done in bits & pieces to tie in with the two extensions. Most...
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    FCUs, Spurs and Rings

    I'm re-wiring my house (just about finished) with the help of a tame electrician --- I'm doing the work and he drinks tea, eats biscuits and offers advice :) 99% of my sockets are on the ring but I have 2 on a spur each...and my electrician is insisting that I put an FCU on the ring with...
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    Bathroom Fan Switch

    Hi All, I have a rather ancient (~1960's) extractor fan half way up the wall in my bathroom. The on/off switch is operated by the steel shutter on the front of it. The fan (and shutter etc) is earthed and on the lighting circuit. A few inches above the fan is a std size connection...
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    Can I Use My Cavities...

    Hi, Newcomer here...although been lurking for a few weeks. :) Recently moved into a large brick-built house that was built in 1951. Only one previous owner and he was the builder/surveyor so things are not your normal standard box shape but the walls are massively thick with wide...
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