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70836
Craig, We did not provide invoices for, nor make any claim for our plastering in our house... Yes it was plastered.... VAT man didn't ask any questions at...
Nigel Giddings
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Mar 1, 2009
8:13 am
70837
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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Mar 1, 2009
1:18 pm
70838
Thanks to all those who replied to my query about Hansgrohe products. Regards Tracey...
Tracey Gardner
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Mar 1, 2009
5:33 pm
70839
Hi Webbo, Did you ever visit the Kitchen place in Fareham? Any feedback? Thanks Pete _____ From: UK_Selfbuild@......
Pete Church
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Mar 2, 2009
7:01 am
70840
Hi there, Sort of related to a previous post regarding my slightly Rattling Floor, part of the problem is that the 18mm OSB sub-deck is not flat. There are a...
Rex
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Mar 2, 2009
7:53 am
70841
... After reading concerns about pressure drop and flow with mains-pressure DHW I asked my water utility to install a 22mm. meter instead of a 15mm. meter. The...
richard
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Mar 2, 2009
9:09 am
70842
Hi Pete, sorry, no didn't happen. Funny, I was only thinking on Saturday that I need to get back on this. A number of things have conspired to ensure i've not...
WEBSTER, Edward ( kno...
johnw_aka_webbo
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Mar 2, 2009
9:10 am
70843
much depends on the pressure the water arrives at the meter at, of course - wonder what typical pressures are ... somewhere in the range 1 to 10 bar, typically...
Chris Hunter (home)
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Mar 2, 2009
9:17 am
70844
Chris, I didn't see anyone else mention this in the 60 odd posts since last Thursday. So here is my answer ;-) We used polyplumb pipe, manifolds and some...
WEBSTER, Edward ( kno...
johnw_aka_webbo
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Mar 2, 2009
9:28 am
70845
We have 3.6 bar here Tracey much depends on the pressure the water arrives at the meter at, of course - wonder what typical pressures are ... somewhere in the...
Tracey Gardner
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Mar 2, 2009
9:32 am
70846
I'd always been very suspicious that Hep2O & PolyPlumb were actually the same product with different labels. Reinforcing that was the knowledge that both...
Eric Mears
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Mar 2, 2009
10:00 am
70847
brilliant, thanks ... gives a good feel for things & how they can be mixed ! this business of plastic going brittle seems to be very hit & miss ... IIUC, it's...
Chris Hunter (home)
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Mar 2, 2009
10:01 am
70848
Our meter is also 15mm & feeds the house through a hundred metres of 32mm MDPE. I also laid a second line just in case pressure drop demanded an even lower...
Eric Mears
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Mar 2, 2009
10:06 am
70849
hi all, I'd never heard of such a cable until I read about it here => http://www.cytech-technology.com/temp/techinfo/RSECheshireCaseStudy.pdf Anyone using this...
WEBSTER, Edward ( kno...
johnw_aka_webbo
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Mar 2, 2009
10:13 am
70850
Hi Chris, We get a fairly consistent pressure of just over 4 bar, peaks at 5 bar occasionally.... I live in a rural area and from what I remember we have...
Nigel Giddings
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Mar 2, 2009
10:46 am
70851
when I asked about Cat-8 over on ukha, a while back, the clear response was that it was nonsense - but they're quite a conservative bunch !! It should give...
Chris Hunter (home)
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Mar 2, 2009
10:55 am
70852
will have to check ours - hadn't thought of it being as small as 15mm, which it probably is ... 15mm has half the area of 22, so flow speed would have to speed...
Chris Hunter (home)
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Mar 2, 2009
11:29 am
70853
Hi all, nothing to do with building, but your a wise bunch so someone is bound to know the answer ;-) When baggage (bags, rucksacks, etc) quote their sizes...
WEBSTER, Edward ( kno...
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Mar 2, 2009
11:35 am
70854
Maybe your 4 litre oil bottle is actually 9 litres... To: UK_Selfbuild@... From: edward.webster@... Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 11:35:09...
Jeffery Hardy
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Mar 2, 2009
11:41 am
70855
The rucksack people probably quote how much liquid the thing would hold (if it were waterproof) before it overflows. Not really helpful when it comes to...
Eric Mears
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Mar 2, 2009
11:50 am
70856
... Maybe it is, if I use their measurement method ;-p This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential and/or privileged information or...
WEBSTER, Edward ( kno...
johnw_aka_webbo
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Mar 2, 2009
11:50 am
70857
thanks Eric, the car engine bit was a little tongue in cheek ;-p btw, I have learned that the standard method of measuring a car luggage area is using the...
WEBSTER, Edward ( kno...
johnw_aka_webbo
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Mar 2, 2009
11:55 am
70858
Mmmm, so I should google for a conversion factor between litres, and, er, um, litres? Can't say I've heard of that before ;-) Mind you, it sounds like the...
Tim Hawes
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Mar 2, 2009
11:58 am
70859
I realised that - but thought I'd forestall anyone asking "why didn't my new 2 litre engine fit in my mates 200 litre estate car when we went to collect it ?" ...
Eric Mears
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Mar 2, 2009
12:24 pm
70860
yep, when we uncovered ours I was surprised how small a diameter the main was - black, cast iron, might even have been less than 3" ... wish I'd measured it,...
Chris Hunter (home)
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Mar 2, 2009
12:26 pm
70861
... mechanical or electrical read-out - mechanical combined pressure-gauge & pressure-relief valves (Comap) are about £20 at Screwfix, but it would be good to...
Chris Hunter (home)
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Mar 2, 2009
12:33 pm
70862
A 4 litre bottle of oil is 4l oil + bottle. Try taking the lid off the bottle and just pouring the oil straight into your rucksack ... no, that would be silly...
Nick Laurie
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Mar 2, 2009
12:38 pm
70863
It's only mechanical... ... From: UK_Selfbuild@... [mailto:UK_Selfbuild@...] On Behalf Of Chris Hunter (home) Sent: 02 March 2009...
Nigel Giddings
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Mar 2, 2009
12:41 pm
70864
Thanks Nick, I shall follow instructions precisely. If/when I can't fit all 9litres in, what should I then do ? Something tells me they might not take it back...
WEBSTER, Edward ( kno...
johnw_aka_webbo
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Mar 2, 2009
12:48 pm
70865
put a large poly' bag in first !! Chris...
Chris Hunter (home)
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Mar 2, 2009
1:00 pm
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