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    Under sink disaster area!

    Hi all. We have recently moved into a place and I want to rearrange the kitchen a little, which includes replacing the worktop and the sink, and the kitchen cabinet the sink sits on however, I am a little puzzled by the pipework here. I've attached a pic that shows the arrangement of the pipes...
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    Convert hob to lpg.

    Hi. We are looking to have lpg for hob, probably couple of 47kg cylinders. I'm not looking to do this myself but am just wondering about the difficulty of such an exercise and the possible costs involved. I know these things usually need to be outside, so, question is, will we have to pull out...
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    Sub base material

    Morning all. I am sure the question has been asked before, but here's the situation. I am looking to lay probably up to 60m2 of patio, some of it over the site of a removed concrete path (was broken, uneven etc). What was under the concrete could probably be called sub base - I think its's a bit...
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    Extension on 110v transformer

    I have a job to do that will take a few hours - breaking a concrete path. The hammer is a 110v with a transformer. Will it be okay to use an extension from the socket to the transformer for a short time or is this an absolute no-no?
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    Noisy washing machine

    Hi, Washing machine has recently started making a godawful racket on high speed spin - it only happens under load - run the machine empty and it is quiet as a mouse - put in a wash and it is thumping at high speed. It was a refurb when we got it but was fine at the time - less than a year ago...
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    Petrol strimmer engine

    Haven't used it for a while. Took it out to start it, pulled the cord a few times, burst into life, then died when revved up. Repeated this exercise a few more times just to make sure that any crap in the old fuel would get firmly wedged where it shouldn't... Anyway, emptied the old fuel, put...
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    Used 32 tonnes of water in 3 weeks!

    Hi guys, We recently moved into a property with a water meter and oil-fired central heating - not that the two are connected but we had neither before... anyway, the boiler is a heatslave ii, only a few years old (3, I believe) and has two pipes coming out through the external wall - one is a...
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    Cooker switch trips out RCD

    Morning all. So, just moved house, put cooker in ( induction hob and integrated oven... two separate cables but into same cooker socket - has always been this way for 3 years and worked fine) Current situation as follows: Cooker switch in kitchen off, everything on in main control board. Turn...
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