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Morning List - I recently pulled out the hedge along the front of my property, bordering the pavement, to replace it with a fence. Was digging down last week for some fence post holes, and found (barely below the surface) what I initially took to be the footings of an old wall (it's an...

Hello Coggy - Sorry for the delay getting back to you - have been flat on my back with a cold :cry: Was going to send you an email re. this but since you've raised it here, may as well reply. Your mods look great. I can see what you've done with your title and Metadata tags; just...

Morning all - Does anyone know if Unibond or PVA is sufficiently 'weatherproof' to be used as a sealant for a newly sandblasted (and therefore de-glazed) exterior brick wall? I would guess at about a 4:1 mix with water.... ? Thanks in advance.

Hello list:- Am putting in a new window this weekend. Window is upstairs, only 3 courses of bricks below top of exterior wall / wallplate. Does anyone know what I *ought* to do about putting a lintel in above this window please? There's only 3 courses above it so not much weight -...

Good morning I recently installed a new bathroom, with a pumped shower. The pump in question (Techflow QT80) has a working pressure of about 2 Bar, at which it should pump about 15-20 litres water / min. It is sited about 0.5m from the hot water cylinder, at floor level, and about 2m...

Morning all - Can anyone please confirm the type/spec of cable required to wire up a central heating system, eg) between C/H Programmer and ancillaries like Zone Valves, Cylinder Stats, Room Stats etc ? Thanks in advance -

Good Evening - I'm fitting a new indirect hot water cylinder. Haven't done one before, and would appreciate any comments on a couple of questions please. 1) I'm assuming the Flow goes in the bottom coil fitting, and the Return comes out of the top one. Is that OK? 2) Treating the...

Hello - Anyone got any experience of fitting a Warix Flange? Specifically, I've just fitted one for a pumped shower outlet. It's the highest point on the system (@ the top of the cylinder) so I feel it needs either an overflow or a manual bleed valve to evacuate any trapped air... but the...

Good evening - Have built new stud wall in bathroom-to-be. Feel slightly reluctant to simply tile on top of Plasterboard to form shower area, in case the board fails long term due to damp. Anyone have any views on (eg) sealing the board with something like Thompsons Waterseal, or any...

Hi - I'm fitting a new concealed shower mixer which needs a 90 degree wall outlet for the connection to my riser rail & head. However, the wall outlet I have got (Screwfix one) has only a 3/4" threaded tail to go through the wall. By the time I have got 12.5mm plasterboard on there...

Hello group - I'm fairly comfortable with domestic electrical work, but have never installed a 'modern' RCD / MCB consumer unit. I want to rewire the upstairs lighting circuit in my house since it is very old, and I suspect a degree of earth leakage. Also I have no spare circuits on...