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    Dot n Dab, wet plaster or battens for levelling a wall ?

    I need to level one wall of my living room - wife wants a ( purely ornamental ) fire surround fitting, and the wall behind it isnt straight or level, so putting it against the wall will leave gaps around it that look awful. Our house was seemingly built during the great spirit level famine of...
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    Hot water problem - not very hot & taking ages to heat u

    To cut it short, have bought a house that has a Danesmoor 15/19 oil fired boiler installed - is only 18 months old. For the first few months we had lovely scalding hot water all the time, but unfortunaltey discovered that this was because the immersion was permanantly on, leading to a HUGE...
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    Quick question about spurs / FCU

    Am redoing the kitchen and need to add an extra double socket on the other side of the room ( so putting it into the existing ring would be awkward ). This is in a bungalow, so all the wiring is in the loft. I already have one spur ( from the main ring ) which is running the socket for the...
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    Can you connect two lighting circuit lives to one fuse on cs

    Further to my earlier post about replacing the wiring on the kitchen light with proper T+E so i can earth the new metal fitting and switch... Is there any reason why you shouldnt add the live for the new cable into the existing fuse for the old circuit on the consumer unit that is already...
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    Can you add lighting connection to mains ring ?

    As per title - wife has bought a new light for the kitchen and its metal so needs earthing. The house has 60's wiring so there is no earth to the lights ( yes I know it should all be replaced, and it will be in the near future ! ). So, other than running a seperate earth from the main fuse...
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    Can I connect bath from sink pipework ?

    Have bought a new ( old ) house and want to fit a bath as at the moment it only has a shower ( the sort that just has a cold water feed ). As far as I can tell the only hot water feed into the bathroom is the one connected to the sink, which also has the cold pipe as normal. What I am...
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