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Can anyone with hands-on experience tell me if sanding will effectively flatten a pine floor where the boards are cupped? I have never used an industrial sander, so don't know how effective they are. I want to lay carpet tiles or laminate onto the boards, but not raise the floor level. The...

How can combination cylinders get away with just 20 or 40 litres as supply to hot water in the cylinder, and yet cold/hot cisterns in the roof space have to be 230 litres and more?? So if I have a combination cylinder, I get away with 20 litres. But if I put a separate tank just a foot above...

We're wanting to go fully-pumped while doing other work in the bathroom. I'd be VERY REASSURED if you people who know could tell me whether the arrangement in the diagram will work, using a Grundfos twin pump ('Pump Plan'). We have a standard old-fashioned vented system with gravity HW (28mm)...

I have read some of the past discussions and affrays around the issue of thermal storage, but I hope I can find some further advice. If the answer is in threads elsewhere, I'd be grateful for a pointer. I have to get rid of the header tank in our loft – as cost-effectively as possible. The...

Can anyone explain what might cause low energy lamps to fail to light up when they are used as straight replacements for tungsten bulbs which were working fine? These lights are on the lighting cuircuit, not plugged in to the ring main. None are controlled by dimmer switches. This is in an...