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    Advice regarding insulating loft above integrated garage conversion

    Hi all, I moved into a 25 year old house a couple of years ago and am thinking about future improvements I can make. The house originally had an integrated double garage. This has been converted to a single garage,and a dining room (which we rarely use in the winter for reasons that will...
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    Help needed opening shower bar

    Hi all, I have a shower bar which i am finding is getting quite stiff to turn the left hand knob which turns the shower on (up for rainfall, down for hose). The right hand knob that controls the temperature moves freely although the little knob that you push down to reach the higher...
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    Help required regarding suitable extension for radiator valve

    Will grab a photo later when I can get in the room, but essentially I have a 3/4 male thread on the valve and want to attach the 15mm radiator tail.
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    Help required regarding suitable extension for radiator valve

    Hi all, I need to reignite this thread as today I removed the radiator, armed with a few options and am a little stumped. I cant see that any of the suggestions previously mentioned would work. Situation is as follows.... Radiator valve is exposed with a 3/4 male thread. 1/2 to 15mm...
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    Advice for earthing new ceiling light please

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    Advice for earthing new ceiling light please

    Hi all, I am going to replace a ceiling pendent for a new light/fan. The instructions included are not the best as they appear to be for a slightly different model with a different base so don't show me what I should do with the earth. The bracket and light are both metal. The bracket that...
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    Rigifix - how close together can I put them?

    Hello all, I plan to hang a new radiator on a dot and dab wall using M6 rigifix anchors. The 4 x brackets are quite small which means the two slots for the fixings are quite close together. I am a bit concerned that drilling two 12mm holes in thermalite blocks so close together for the plugs...
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    Advice required when hanging new radiator

    Hi all, I am soon going to hang a new radiator in my house. It's the first time I will have hung a radiator in this house so I am looking for a bit of advice. The house was built late 90s and the walls are plasterboard with an approx 25mm cavity and then breeze block. What would people...
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    Ideal Classic FF250 only running for 60-90 seconds following new HW cylinder installation

    How can the engineers get this out if all rads have been bled and pump auto-vents? The engineer cancelled on me last night and is due tonight so he hasn't looked yet.
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    Ideal Classic FF250 only running for 60-90 seconds following new HW cylinder installation

    Hi all, Here is my setup.... Ideal Classic FF250 Brand new Gledhill 250L unvented cylinder and associated pump, zone valves etc (installed 2 weeks ago) Nest Gen 3 Thermostat (installed 2 weeks ago) All radiators have been bled As mentioned above I had a new HW cylinder and Nest programmer...
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    Help required regarding suitable extension for radiator valve

    Would this help me? https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07KS2ZYLJ?ref_=cm_sw_r_apann_dp_0FDK4ZZ93FHZEY3VYWWZ&language=en-GB
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    Help required regarding suitable extension for radiator valve

    Thank you, but I really want to avoid draining down the system and changing the valves at this point. Do you have an example of the reducing insert you suggest?
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    Help required regarding suitable extension for radiator valve

    Thank you, that's helpful. Do you know if there is an option to cut down an extension to my requirements?
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    Help required regarding suitable extension for radiator valve

    Would you be able to show me an image or link to a product to show this please?
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    Help required regarding suitable extension for radiator valve

    Please see another pic below. The reason I didn't buy a wider radiator was because I was looking for a black one and my choice pretty much was between 1220mm and 1440mm (to replace a 1400mm radiator). Unless I wanted to pay crazy money. I appreciate aesthetically it's not ideal to have the...
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    Help required regarding suitable extension for radiator valve

    I want a black radiator (and don't want to pay crazy money). I appreciate the extension might look a little odd, but it will mostly be hidden by curtains so I'm not too worried. I don't want to replace the existing valves. Are you saying that the existing connection in to the existing rad...
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    Help required regarding suitable extension for radiator valve

    Hi all, I am looking for a bit of advice please. I recently moved into a late 90s built house and want to replace a radiator. The existing radiator was a bit of an odd length so the one I have purchased to replace it is approx 180mm shorter, so I am looking at needing 90mm extension each...
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    Sockets with built in USB - can any sparkies recommend one that doesn't hum/whine!

    Hi all, I'm going to be replacing a couple of sockets in a bedroom soon and want some with built in USB ports. The current one I have is a cheap BG branded one and gives off an annoying whine/hum which I gather is quite common in cheap ones. You only notice it when a couple of feet away, but...
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