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    Grade 2 Listed House

    Hey Folks, We're looking to move house (upsizing) and have a fairly decent budget. Our search area is pretty limited by a number of factors and the only potential properties that fit the requirements are all Grade 2 Listed. None of them are perfect and would need some work to get them to our...
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    Hot water not getting hot enough

    Hi Folks, I have a Worcester 40CDi boiler installed about 8 years ago (new when I bought the house) along with a Megaflow hot water tank - not sure of age, maybe 15 years old? Tank is one of the all in one pre-insulated, plastic coated types. I know the system pretty well as the boiler was...
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    How to finish ridge of mono roof

    Hi folks, What is the best way to finish the ridge of a mono tiled roof? Tiles are flat interlocking concrete. I see mono ridge tiles exist but I can’t for the life of me find anyone who sells them in a real shop. None of the big DIY chains or builders merchants seem to sell them. Photo...
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    Labgear "Sky+" installation

    Having recently cabled the house, I put in the necessary wiring (3 bits of coax to the living room) for a Sky+ install... in case I ever wanted it. I have a Labgear LDU608G distributor connected into a Labgear PSW351T. There's 2 LNB feeds and a UHF feed connected into the distributor...
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    GSM Dialer Sim Card

    I'd like to set up a GSM dialer for SMS to replace my landline connected voice dialer. This would simply alert me rather than going via a 3rd party. I don't really want to pay monthly for a contract nor do I want to top up a pay-as-you-go sim every time the credit expires due to non-use. Does...
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    Magnetic Filters

    I've read mixed things about these - is the consensus from the pros on here that they are worth installing or not? If so, I'm looking at the BoilerMag at around £50-60. Is this a good choice or is another model recommended?
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    How to set an automatic bypass valve

    I have a Worcester 40CDi Classic Regular boiler. The valve ranges from 0.1-0.5 bar. From various things I've seen, you need the pump head and boiler minimum flow rate to calculate this. The pump is adjustable between 0m and 6m head, but it's always been set on 5m. Not sure if this is the...
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    Central heating bypass valve installation

    I recently had a warranty fault with a Worcester boiler. When the engineer came to repair it, he noted that it had been installed wrong in 2 aspects: :: The pump was connected to the wiring centre, not the boiler. This prevented it from doing its over-run :: The system has no bypass - I presume...
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    Joining Joists

    I've cut out a 1600mm section of rotten 9x3 joist and I plan to replace it with a fresh bit of 9x3. To join the two, I will screw another bit of 9x3 over the joint using M10 coach screws. What length of overlap should be given on each side of the join and what is the required centre...
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    Cutting a joist

    I have a badly rotten floor joist. I've decided to cut out the rotten section and replace it with some new 3x9. The floor above is a tiled bathroom which I really cannot afford to rip out and re-tile. As such, I can't lift the floor boards above. The joist is parallel to an external wall with...
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    Air in power shower

    I have a power shower in the bathroom which is supplied cold water from a tank in the loft. The shower empties the tank faster than it is filled from the mains, thus meaning that air gets into the shower system when the tank becomes empty. The remedy, for the past 5 years, has been to take...
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    Light supply under voltage

    All of the lights on a circuit do not work. There is a live supply to the fittings but the voltage between live and neutral is only 200v. The supply at the box is 240v on that circuit. What might be the issue?
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    What is this and why would it stop UFH warming up?

    In the below pic, what is the part boxed in red? It sits at the top of the pump in the UFH system. It's wired into the wiring centre with 2 (white) wires between the switched live from the thermostat and the live feed to the pump and 2 port valve. The system works fine for a short while and...
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    Refilling a sealed heating system

    I've just had a new boiler installed. The old one had a pressure gauge which allowed me to see when the system was at the correct pressure after draining it down. The new one doesn't have this. When refilling it, how should I know that it's at the correct pressure? Phil
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