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    OUTSIDE SHED

    I would like to run electricity to my shed in the garden, and will obviously have to get a qualified elecytrician to do the difficult bit. However I want to lay the cable myself and run it to the MCB in the house for the electrician to fit. I have a couple of questions, but first the details...
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    ADHESIVE FOR SLATE FLOOR TILES

    Grateful for some advice on which adhesive to use for real slate floor tiles. Intend to lay onto a level concrete floor. Tiles obviously vary in thickness. What adhesive options are open to me and what are the pros and cons of each. Can I use a simple sand and concrete mix - presumably this...
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    New hot water cylinder thermostat - Wiring help

    My water is very hot too. The cylinder is a factory insulated one, with an immersion. I can follow the immersion wires to the power switch in the wall. I do not know when the cylinder was installed. I have the impression that there is no thermostat (I cannot see one at all). Is this likely...
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    DRYER CONDENSATION

    I have a tumble dryer in the utility room with a hole in the wall (former cat flap) nearby. I have fitted (rectangular profile) ducting behind the tumble dryer, through into the cupboard next to it and out through the cat flap. i have filled and plastered around the hole. the problem I now...
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    RECLAIMED RADIATOR

    I have just refurbished a reclaimed radiator but I am unable to remove the hexagonal screw-in stopper in order to replace it with a valved version I have. It seems to be set solid in the threads. I have tried with a heavy, long spanner with lots of leverage, but it does not seem to shift...
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    cast iron radiators

    Just bought one myself. The tap holes seem to be the usual 1/2" type, but I cannot unscrew one of the old ones - it seems locked in. Does anyone have any idea how to get it out? Can I apply heat, or is that a waste of time? My rad spanner just bends when I apply too much pressure. The air...
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    Bitumen on floorboards

    You may find this thread under General DIY helpful: Mark
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    DIFFERENT SIZED CH FLOW & RETURN

    Thanks very much for your advice. I think I will get a plumber in for an hour.
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    outhouse wiring

    Thanks for your advice - I'll be calling the electrician!
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    outhouse wiring

    I am building an outhouse, and want to take electricity out there. I plan to have a lighting ring (there will be 3 rooms) and a socket ring. I intend to run the power from the main MCB in the house, directly to an MCB in the outhouse, which will then feed the rings. Grateful for answers to...
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    DIFFERENT SIZED CH FLOW & RETURN

    Thanks for your help so far. What I want to do is introduce a new radiator close to the boiler, and two more a bit further down the system. The boiler is an oil fired Potterton Statesman Utility. It has 4 pipes into the boiler. Looking from the front: bottom right is a 22mm pipe, top...
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    DIFFERENT SIZED CH FLOW & RETURN

    My CH system seems to have a 22mm flow and a 28mm return. Does this make sense? What effect does this have? Is there any simple way of identifying the flow and return pipes further away from the boiler, other than by following 15mm pipes to radiators? What sized pipes does the hot water...
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    Removing tar from old woodblocks

    Do you really need to bother getting the bitumen off at all? Can you not just stick the blocks down with the residue still on? What adhesive would you recommend for laying on a concrete floor? Mark
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    CENTRAL HEATING PROGRAMMER WIRING

    Yes it does, but not quite so straightforward as it seems, because the wiring diagrams assume a seperate wire from a cylinder stat. I may have one, but I know that only a single 3 wire (E, L, N) connection comes in from elsewhere (i.e. is not the pump, the boiler or the mains). What it also...
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    CENTRAL HEATING PROGRAMMER WIRING

    Grateful for some advice on changing my CH programmer.. Current programmer is some kind of Venner (precise spec unknown - it has a rotating clock dial with two "on" settings and two "off" settings as well as two three-poisition switches - HW and CH constant, timed and off). New programmer I am...
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