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i have just ordered some travatine mosaic tiles for my bathroom. They are going in a shower area. ive been told i need to treat them before and after with a stain stop. Will this be sufficent enough to give a water proof barrier. Alos is any water proof tile adhesive suitable or is there a...

I recently installed a multifuel stove. I knocked out the chimmney breast and set my stove in the bottom of the chimmney breast. I dry lined the back and surrounding areas and within a month or 2 the plaster started to craze and crack due to the intense heat. I now realise that i should of maybe...

I'm currently paying for 8mb braodband and i know it is not going to be 8mb, but i was wonderering how i can check what speed it is atually coming down my line at to my pc. My previous pc used to tell me on my network connection on bottom of screen. That was when i had windows XP. Now i have...

i currently have a 6mm cable from the consumer unit to the kitchen for an existing freestanding cooker on a 30 amp fuse. Im currently renewing my kitchen and i am going for a Zanussi double oven which apparntly needs 30 amp fuse link...

I have just got a new computer and within 30 mins of having it with windows vista i cocked it right up. I'm no pro when i comes to computers but here is the tale. I uninstalled the trial version of mcafee then it all went wrong. It must of taken a windows driver file with it etc so basically...

I have a Belkin wireless router and a usb belkin adaptor plugged into my PC (desktop). It has been working fine for ages then all of a sudden it decided not to work. So off i pop down to my local pc store to buy a new usb wireless adaptor thinking it must be that and it is still the same...

I have installed quite a few of these over the past 2 years. They have been a great boiler apart from having to call Alpha out under warranty to fix about 5 or 6 of these. The spark Gen keeps going down on these. I have had 1 customers boiler where they have replaced it twice in the space of...

Is there anywhere online where i can read the regs. I need to look up soil pipes and vent stacks etc. cheers.

i went to service one the other day. I have come accross 3 or 4 and fit a couple before. The thing i want to find out is there a standard limit of CO that is allowed to pass the converter. I was getting readings of 3 - 4ppm CO. I would consider that as very low but what is the limit. There...

I have recently had to move a passive sensor in my lounge as i was decorating and when i took the cover off so that i could undo the screws that was fixing it to the wall the alarm went off. I can see that the tamper switch on the sensor has made it go off but my problem i have now is that it...

I have been informed the other day by a Gasforce engerneer that they have been informed by Corgi that U16 gas meters and upto 32mm pipework is now classed as domestic. I know this is only a rumour and i would like to hear it from the horses mouth. Just wondering if anyone else has heard simular.

I have been to look at a job today and basically im looking for a 50kW condensing system boiler. I am going to price up a Viessmann vitodens 300 49kW system boiler but i am looking for an alternative boiler to price as well. I have looked on a few websites of domestic boilers but seem to be...

I've tried searching the hmce website but ther website is about as confusing as this scheme. Does anybody attully know the ins and outs of this scheme or does anyone attually charge 5% for this type of work. I think most people just charge 17.5% like myself as it is very confusing. Any info...

has any body got this on PDF format and if so could you e mail it o me. I need one for a job in a couple of days. Thanks Michael.

i went to repair one yesterday and today. i have currently replaced the DHW flow switch as it was definitely faulty and now it is working fine in that area. But I have now discovered that every now and again the boiler will go to lockout (flame failure lights up). I suspect it is overheating and...

Has anybody had any dealings with this model. I went to look at one today that was taking ages to light. I narrowed it down via the fault finding diagram in book to either PCB or Gas valve.... Thing is They are 2 very expensive parts to replace. I could just replace the PCB and if the problem...