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... As you've found out, window and door prices vary considerably. Since you know what you want (uPVC), you could just pick two or three other suppliers out of...
hanging pictures & shelves - maybe a pipe detector would work ... maybe there's a water additive ... maybe the warmth can be felt ... maybe just measure from...
uPVC varies a lot aesthetically, too ... some looks very neat, some the opposite, some just clumpy ... so it's worth digging to find a good selection, anyway...
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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Jul 1, 2007 11:17 am
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I've found a quality uPVC supplier. These guys supply Everest - Ive seen the vans parked outside!!. - obviously at a fraction of the price. Its really all...
They do sell a pipe detector! Hadn't though about expansion and therefore cracks. Bet if I ask the company, will be told that they have never experienced it...
A few years ago IPPEC the UFH supplier in Birmingham had a range of wall and ceiling heating - might be something on their website. David C [Non-text portions...
... I didn't keep my bracing. We put it there to keep the trusses in place as they were being fitted. We took it out once the sarking was in place. Do you have...
I need to engage a plumber for some work in East London area. Rather than just picking at random from the yellow pages, does anyone have any personal...
Hi, In March, our central heating failed to light up. We tried various CH engineers listed in Yellow Pages, but without any luck. Eventually, we were ...
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Just thought I would give you an update on this thread. I took a slightly more 'direct' stance with my builder and said he should go back to the BI or I would....
I can recommend Gas Services Ltd. They do plumbing as well as Gas work. They have a location in Dartford but I'm pretty sure they cover quite a wide area. The...
problems with CH worry me ... it seems to happen to us all, sometime, and we all seem to have trouble finding the problem ... the cost of sorting it seems...
Thanks for the replies. We are in Northants so a bit far from those who offered possible contacts. I have had a word with the builder that I think we are...
Welcome back :-) We had a similar problem with our old boiler. It turned out the thermocouple was rotting away and without it the gas valve wouldn't stay open...
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I (and others, I know) kept a diary - just an A4 ruled book - running from first thought to sign-off; in fact I still jot relevant items in it today. Anything...
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Richard Thanks for your comments. I have kept the bracing in the end since I had already gone to the extent of counter battening the underside of each of the...
A vapour barrier need not be thick visqueen It can be thin 63 micron polythene just under the insulation which is how I used to do it or even a layer of paint...
... I can't see how you would seal them either. I'd be tempted to put flowers in the pots and find another solution to the lighting. Richard No virus found in...
Hi, Hopefully there are some appropriate memories on this group. Up until about 1972, a civil servant was expected to work till he was old, then recieve a...
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Jul 4, 2007 7:11 am
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If you are foaming the gaps between insulation boards, get a gun. Toolstation do guns and foam http://www.toolstation.com/messages.html?code=93227&mainWin=1 ...
The joys of being a public servant eh?
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Jul 4, 2007 8:04 am
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Anybody know of a recently built (last 20 years) property where the vehicle access to the main road is across a bus stop (or more correctly a bus pull-in, or...
Are the lights LV with transformers? If so then you will need to think about how to access the transformers for maintenance. They cannot go inside the flow...
IIRC most LV transformers also need good ventilation as they get hot and will fail quickly or burn! Rob [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
I can't help with precedent, only suggest an alternative approach if required. There was a bus stop where my access is and the resolution was to pay for it to...
