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    RCD Tripping on board

    Hi all, My wife was cooking tea earlier she had the electric oven on and the overhead extractor. When she turned the oven off all the sockets in the house went (Up and downstairs are on two separate sockets) The problem now is that when we try to switch and appliance on it just trips the...
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    Shower Bar mixer problem

    Hi all, The plumber has fitted the pipework for the mixer bar, the tiler has tiled over and left the hot and cold coming through the tiles, i have come to put the shower bar on and the plumber hash't fitted a wall plate fixing kit so there is a lot of movement. the pipework is behind walls...
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    Mosaics and adhesive

    Hi all, Can you use normal waterproof tile adhesive on sheets of mosaic tiles. I m wanting to use mosaics to tile part of a kitchen. Regards Andemz
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    Combi and thermostat wiring help

    Hi all, I'm just wondering if you could give me some help with understanding the wiring on my combination boiler and thermostat. I have a supply direct from the CU for the combi, this feeds into a SFCU. There is a T&E to the thermo stat which is situated downstairs. The wire from the...
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    Heating issue (Confused) :roll:

    Hi all, I had a Gas/plumber (Gas safe) guy around to take a look at our boiler as it just packed in. He found what the problem was got a part and fixed it :-) A month later we started to experience a problem. We have a boiler in the utility room, an emersion tank upstairs, a control...
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    Electric Shower and unstoppable water

    Hi All, I was having a shower tonight, i switched the electric shower on, had my shower and when i come to switch it off at the stop button on the face of the shower it just didn't stop. The electric light on the unit was then off, i pulled the pull cord to off and it still kept running...
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    Advice on changing loft space for storage

    Hi all, i am posting this on behalf of a friend, who i am going to see at 9pm tonight. He has a semi detached property with a traditional roof. He wishes to utilise this space as storage but when i have spoken to him, he wants to put his small studio, keyboard, mic and computer in the loft...
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    Electric setup 3phase with pics and diagram question

    Hi all, I've just had my offer accepted on a very large victorian detached house. My surveyor has been in today to give me a full overhaul of the property, so i took it upon myself to go and have yet again another nose around. The property is a former nursery and has been other commercial...
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    circuit load question

    Hi all, I have a 16amp breaker in my consumer unit and a 1.5mm 3 core SWA has been run 15 meters from this to a consumer unit outside. The consumer unit outside is a mini consumer unit and has 2 breakers in it, with a main switch. 1) What is the maximum amount of watts that can run on a...
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    No electric in the middle of the Spanish countryside

    Hi all, I'm thinking of buying abroad and need some advice on permanent electricity. I am considering solar, wind (hydro is out of the question) and generator. With regards to generators - i take it you can have a permanent supply from this source (what are the running costs roughly to run a...
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    Generators advice

    Hi all, I'm thinking of buying abroad and need some advice on permanent electricity. I am considering solar, wind (hydro is out of the question) and generator. With regards to generators - i take it you can have a permanent supply from this source (what are the running costs roughly to run a...
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    One Ring Circuit for the whole house

    Well, not the whole house but this is my question. I've got the boys in, taking all of the old wiring for the whole house and chasing out for the sparky to come and do first fix. I popped up this afternoon to find that the upstairs bedrooms and downstairs living room are all on one circuit...
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    HENLEY BLOCK HELP!!!

    Hi all, I have recently bought a house to modernise and rent out. It seems that the previous person may have moved the main incomer, the reason i say that, is because the board that the henley block is on is slightly over an existing window, i wouldn't think that that would be allowed. I...
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    Water Pump Flow Regulator (With pics)

    Hi, i hope someone can help. Well after deciding on my pump which can be found here http://www.gardensite.co.uk/Henri_Studio_Feature_Pumps.htm i am now confused. Can anyone tell me where the flow regulator is on this pump. I have put the pump into a bucket of water tonight outside and...
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    Painting an outside rendered wall

    Hope someone can help me. Can you advise what paint and how best to apply it to a large wall that has been rendered using red sand, cement and lime. The finish is good, but now i need advice on what paint and whether i need to put a base pva on it first. Any suggestions are welcome Andemz
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    Outside painting on large wall that has been rendered

    Hi, Hope someone can help me. Can you advise what paint and how best to apply it to a large wall that has been rendered using red sand, cement and lime. The finish is good, but now i need advise on what paint and whether i need to put a base pva on it first. Any suggestions are welcome...
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    Confused about what pump to get for my fountain

    Hi all, Just wondering if anybody could help me. i have purchased a fountain which is in 3 tiers, plus the bottom stand totalling a height of about 6ft 2". the stand which the tiers sit on has a section cut out where obviously the pump fits in. The stand will sit in a circular brick...
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    Kitchen door disaster

    Hope you can help. My father, in haste has gone and drilled all of the handles for the doors for his kitchen cupboards on the same side. The doors cost £500, they are light oak from B&Q. Is it possible to fill the holes in with some form of light oak veneer filler. Please advise, if you...
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    Kitchen doors disaster

    Hope you can help. My father, in haste has gone and drilled all of the handles for the doors for his kitchen cupboards on the same side. The doors cost £500, they are light oak from B&Q. Is it possible to fill the holes in with some form of light oak veneer filler. Please advise, if you...
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    How do you join 2 laminate worksurfaces together

    I think there is a product that allows you to join two pieces of laminate work surface together. We have a long run in our kitchen and 2 pieces of laminate work surface will need to be joined together. I think I remember a product that is countersunk underneath the work surface and then...
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