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27349
A friend of mine in Bedfordshire has done just this. He lives in the village of Felmersham and can get bb from the Bedford exchange. The village of Odell is...
RichardOwen
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Mar 1, 2004
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... In a moment of weakness I signed up to be broadband champion for our village. We have plateaued at 126. This evening I took a call from a neighbour who was...
RichardOwen
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... If you are going this route, you have to 'break' the pipe so that the overflow is visible. Most plumbing systems have things called tundishes for exactly...
RichardOwen
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Mar 1, 2004
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Hi Andrew, You can get a plug to fill the gap between a WC overflow pipe and the boss on the 100mm soil pipe. You can also get a glue on boss for the soil...
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Mar 1, 2004
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Just a reminder on how to join to join the UK_Selfbuild group - been asked to re-post this for people who wish to send to colleagues etc. The UK_Selfbuild...
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27354
As Bob's glulam man proved, any of these tools is only as good as the user. The potential problems intrinsic with a cheapo laser level are alignment of the ...
Stuart Meier
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Mar 1, 2004
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Tundish at base of this page : http://www.bes.ltd.uk/products/119.asp Pipework is a bit ugly, but you can get flush units with an internal overflow these days....
Stuart Meier
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Mar 1, 2004
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Impvan, Could you recommend a manufacturer, or two, to look at? I am interested in putting in a more 'commercial' system and running all the sensors back to my...
Nigel Giddings
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Mar 1, 2004
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I was going to ask if you had considered a radio link from your near neighbour? 200m would not be an issue and by offering them service FoC or at a very...
Nigel Giddings
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Mar 1, 2004
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... Yep, I agree. Stuart's cost comparison was rich in fittings. When you do a more substantial plumbing install the price difference is significantly smaller....
John Webster
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Mar 1, 2004
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All our cisterns are fitted with internal overflows - i.e. if the water level rises too high it just spills straight around the flush mechanism and into the...
Nick Laurie
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Mar 1, 2004
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... So what makes it look amateurish ?? In my opinion, this is merely your opinion. If it is unsupported pipes, then support them. They sell pipe clips. Even...
John Webster
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Mar 1, 2004
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Surely it's best to try to cover up wood and glass before tradesmen arrive. Plastering's messy at the best of times and few tradesmen seem bothered about...
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Plumbing in Imperial sizes is common in Ireland, all copper pipe is in imperial sizes and Qualpex have decided to make their pipe in Imperial also. I think...
John DeWard
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Mar 1, 2004
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I'm not 100% certain, but IIRC european pipes are in imperial sizes, not metric. I'm sure someone can confirm or refute. Nick Nick Laurie 01458 250834, 07941...
Nick Laurie
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Mar 1, 2004
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... I don't think so Nick. They seem to use odd sizes compared to conventional uk plumbing, but not imperial. For example, they use 8mm and 10mm as well as...
John Webster
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Mar 1, 2004
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... I suggest you look at a few of them. A well planned and fitted copper system; the surface work properly bent looks like a work of art. ... Which then...
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Mar 1, 2004
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I had a marvellous experience in my last house. About 7pm one Sunday I managed (I don't know how) to crack the incoming main about 10mm below the floor screed...
Jeffery Hardy
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... BT trialled Wireless Broadband in 2001 using meshed Radiant equipment and the trial flopped. It will now offer the service using 5.8GHz spectrum which...
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Mar 1, 2004
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... wrote: Why cannot laminate be glued and ... Bruce flkooring state their laminate should be glued down....
rick_hughesuk
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Mar 1, 2004
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... You were lucky !! Normally the 24hr chaps will charge that just for the callout before they even start any work ! :-/ This email may contain confidential...
John Webster
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Mar 1, 2004
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... We use 8mm and 10mm too. France and few other countries stayed with imperial BSP threads. The UK was going to change over to metric on threads and...
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Mar 1, 2004
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The thing about masking tape is that it's designed to be removed without leaving glue residue - as long as you don't leave it on too long... ... From: David...
Jeffery Hardy
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Mar 1, 2004
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... Agreed John, just pointing out that I'd not seen any other sizes. They use 8/10mm where we would normally use 15 though, like for feeds to toilet cisterns....
John Webster
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Mar 1, 2004
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... The site I test my broadband on is: http://www.adslguide.org.uk/ For comparison here are my results. I get 507kbs downstream (incl overhead) 479kbs actual...
rick_hughesuk
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Mar 1, 2004
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... Hugely so ... having moved form Analogue to ISDN (64k) then to ISDN (128k) I can vouch for huge increse in performance with 500kbs Broadband. The money...
rick_hughesuk
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Mar 1, 2004
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John wrote: 'Plumbing in Imperial sizes is common in Ireland' and (in my limited experience) not manufactured to high tolerance - I had a number of instances...
Brendan
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Rick, I would love to believe BT claim of 100% coverage but is that really going to happen, it took me months to get an acceptable working telephone line they...
ian
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Mar 1, 2004
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Nick, BSP threads are standard but pipe is metric in 2mm steps so 8,10,12,14,16, etc so not compatable with our 15mm. Ian ... From: "Nick Laurie" <...
ian
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Mar 1, 2004
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... needs and ... will happen ... I remember my first modem was 240 baud ... bandwidth use always increases. The next big thing after broadband is FTTP...
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