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    Cost of re-pointing a wall

    I bought a house 18 months ago and one of the mortgage/survey stipulations/recommendations was that the entry wall to the house should be re-pointed. I never got round to having it done. I am now selling my house and know that it will show up on the next survey when the buyer has it done. So i...
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    Lintels

    Hi all I have a post in the window section regarding regs but think this following matter is one for the builders.... My windows have been put in by my brother in law. The house is a 1908 2 bedroom terraced. I don't think there are any lintels above the windows, i know for a fact that the...
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    Fensa and selling my house

    Ok I've done a foolish thing, but i'm sure i'm not the first one! My brother in law has fitted some new windows for me over the past year (he works for a window maker, though not FENSA). I now want to sell my house, and had no idea that i needed this work certifying. It will cost £70 to...
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    Covering joists

    I recently put some insulation in my loft, rolls of fibre. Couldnt afford to do all the house, so to maximise coverage, i rolled them out across the joists rather than between them. Is this against regs? Woudl it cause me a problem when selling?
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    Outdoor Security Light and Electrical Certification

    Hi all This post has 2 parts really: 1) I want to put in a floodlight for my garden. It will be on the rear wall. There is a socket and also a fused spur that my boiler is linked to. a) Am i ok to install or is it a part p notifiable thingy majigy? b) If i can install, can put a fuse spur...
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    vinyl on bathroom floor

    Hi Have looked through past posts, but most people seem to be asking about tiling for their floors. I live in a 1908 terraced house - the bathroom floorbaords are dire! They are split, gaps in them, worn, pulled up by plumbers so the t&g is missing etc etc. You get the idea. Anyway, im...
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    Fitting new radiator

    Im fitting a new radiator in my bathroom this weekend - the pipes run from the boiler through the bathroom, so should be easy enough to fit. 1) How do i drain down the boiler? It's a Glowowrm 30ci - it has a drain valve below it - is there a particular order to follow? 2) Also, how long...
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    Cutting an existing toilet waste

    Hi I am about to put in a new toilet - the existing waste pipe comes out from the wall about 9 inches. I need to trim off about 3 inches and then use one of those felxible waste pipe connectors. How do i cut the existing pipe? From sight, bear in mind it\\\'s painted and got plaster all over...
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    Intensive Courses - any good?

    I dont have a trade at present, not totally an office boy, have done a bit of plumbing, electrics etc - i want a career change from what i am doing at present, and have seen quite a few intensive courses advertised for plumbing, plastering etc. The plastering one in particular would be useful...
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    Glow Worm 30ci Manual needed

    Can someone please send me a user and/or installation manual for the above boiler. Got a few probs i need to look at. MOD e mail removed it can be shown in your profile
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    Boiler problem

    Hi all I have a Combi Boiler, it's a Glow Worm 30ci. When it was first installed a year ago, it lost pressure about 3 times within a month, and i had to open the blue valve underneath to re-pressurise it. Then the problem seemed to stop ( i had unknowingly left the valve open after the last...
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    Moving a bthroom sink

    I am moving my sink from one side of the bathroom to the other and replacing it with a new suite. Fortunately, the pipes will be able to run with the joists rather than through them. The sink i have bought (being delivered friday) is a pedestal one and comes with trap. obviously i need to...
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    Radiator Problems

    I moved into my house a year ago. The boiler was replaced with a combi boiler which works fine (about 2bar pressure if you needed to know). I have 5 radiators (all existing). 4 working fine, 1 in dining room was disconnected. I recently got around to reconnecting that radiator. It is now working...
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