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    Water regs for pipes under concrete slab

    I'm not up to speed on the latest regs, but the supply pipe up to the house boundary used to have to be at least 75-cm deep for protection. There must be many water supply pipes buried under drives etc. However, you are responsible for any problems so not a great idea to bury under a concrete...
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    Laminated flooring cowboy job by builder

    Pretty awful looking job, probably never done laminate before or just can't be bothered. Paintwork not much better. If you have some spare laminate, always a good idea, swap out the really bad stuff. Cork strip is the normal expansion stuff, or a gap, or silicone. There are suppliers who will do...
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    BBC Green button stopped working?

    Yes, functionality is restored. I wonder just how many people must have put it down to something else gone wrong with the TV. Initially, I did wonder if the physical button itself was working. It's clear that the BBC had this event planned for some time. They could and should have let viewers...
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    BBC Green button stopped working?

    They don't seem to have messed about with the red button. They do admit to removing the green button functionality. If they can put a little message up when you come into a BBC channel programme after the start, it wouldn't be difficult to put a message up that due to unusual circumstances, the...
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    Laminated flooring cowboy job by builder

    Looks pretty awful. The paint jobs aren't any better. Like most jobs, taking time to do it properly isn't something that a jobbing builder isn't going to do. By the looks of it, it might have been the first time faced with fitting flooring around anything.
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    No hot water - thermostat on water cylinder clicking - third replacenent valve!

    Like many others, I have had to replace many three port valves after failure. All the brands operate the same way as the Honeywell and mostly, other than mechanical failure, go because the synchronous motor fails. The three port valve design is fundamentally flawed in using a spring return and...
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    BBC Green button stopped working?

    I can throw some light on this after complaining to BBC iPlayer directly. The green button on my Samsung remote control stopped working around the date of the Queen's demise. It has never been that great, often getting several "not available" before actually working. I think a lot of it is to...
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