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    Hot Water Not Hot Enough!!

    Im just a pen pusher and I have no idea whats what really, is that a major job??
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    Hot Water Not Hot Enough!!

    Hi All, Can anyone help, im having problems with my hot water. I have a Worcester 24 cdi boiler, and when I put the hot water on the boiler does power up but the temp of the water is just not hot enough. The water is just right for my 3 year old daughter without putting any cold water in...
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    shaver socket

    Thanks guys
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    shaver socket

    I have a shaver socket above my basin and would like to move it to a higher place can anyone see any problems in this as i want to put a mirror there instead. Also can i use the shaver socket to charge my electric toothbrush or is it just for shavers? If it is just for shavers then i will not...
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    Panelling a cloakroom

    I would cut the panels to the length of the floor then put the skirting over the top of the panels so you wont need a neat finish with the bottom of the panels as it will be getting covered by the skirting. You can get moisture resistant mdf, but does still need to be sealed. Or you could use...
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    Making good door frames....

    If i was doing it properly i would replace the door frame but you can get a scrap piece of timber the thickness of the gap and push it in the hole, draw around the shape of the door frame and cut the shape out then glue the piece back in, sand smooth and paint.
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    Fitting skirting board

    Personally i would plug and screw them to the wall. What i did in my house was drill a half inch hole ( using a half inch flat bit ) halfway the thickness of the skirting at 2 or 3 foot intervals and screwed it to the wall, then with a plug cutter i made a load of plugs out of a scrap piece of...
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    Screwing MDF

    I wouldnt use mdf as it is soft and hard to get a screw to fix into it. Because you have a lintel across your window its sometimes hard to get a fixing, what i always do is plug and screw a bit of 2" by 1" battern ( this can be a bit of pine and paint it) across the top of the window then screw...
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    shaver socket

    I have a shaver socket in my bathroom smack bang in the middle of my wall above the basin. I want to move it higher out of the way so i can hang a mirror over it instead. Is this ok to do? Also i have an electric toothbrush with a seperate holder for charging which has a two pin plug on it, can...
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    kitchen sink

    To all you plumbers out there i wonder if you can help me? I have a mixer tap on my kitchen sink where the higher you lift up the lever the faster the water runs out, when i move the lever to the right the cold water flows out very fast but when i move the lever to the left it comes out very...
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    storage heater

    Thanks for replying, ive had a better look and there is a fused unit next to the storage heaters, is it as simple as just dissconnecting the wiring from the back of the connection unit and pulling the flex through from the heater? The heater in the front room has not got a fused unit next to it...
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    storage heater

    Hi, Ive just brought a flat and it has 3 old electric storage heaters connected from the wall. I was hoping to to dissconnect the wires and take them off, but i will be left with the wires hanging from the wall and wondered if there's is a little connetion box i could wire them into and then...
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