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    Luke warm radiators - on Rad + UFH System

    Our house has a heating system identical to the one pictured. System boiler with unvented HW cylinder, upstairs radiators (12 of them) and about 100 square meters of UFH. All separated by individual 2 port valves. We've recently been renovating the far end of the house (and far end of the...
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    Sink not flat on top

    I've just received a wall mounted sink, and the top is pretty wavy (about 10mm deviation across the top). That last sink I got a few years ago was also not at all flat on top, and was a nightmare to tile. I'm wondering how common is this? I'm not sure if I should send it back.
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    Connecting multiple wastes & preventing siphoning

    I'm putting two bathrooms back to back, with the waste running through the stud wall between the two. In to the 50mm waste I'll have a shower, and three basins drains (one basin is a double) - as pictured. Would you recommend an air admittance valve be put in the wall near the shower end to...
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    Bottom of joists drilled and taped up wagos

    We've just had an electrician in today to install some new sockets and a new ring for the kitchen and I'm a bit disappointed with the work. After my brief look, I've seen that they've done some of the following and would love your thoughts: - Drilled through the bottom of multiple long spanning...
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    What sand for blinding on a concrete slab?

    Evening all, I'm installing insulation on my concrete slab ready for UFH and a 50mm liquid screed. I think I'll need to install a very thin sand blinding to flatten out the slab a bit, however I can't find anywhere what sand to use above concrete. I ask this because there is a DPM below the...
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    Steel beam sizing

    We're looking to remove a load bearing wall, which is supporting one wall of a gabel, the floor above, ceiling above and roof above. I've sent our structural engineers calcs to my dad and we're both a bit concerned. The above image shows the wall (and chimney to be removed). The wall is...
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    Extend water main via loft for unvented cylinder

    I'm looking to upgrade my vented system to an unvented system, and as part of that I'm looking to upgrade the 15mm pipe from the stopcock to 22mm. We've got 25mm in to the house and the stopcock is in the downstairs loo, it's in the boxing in of the soil stack. The pipe run to the airing...
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