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Hello, I have engaged the Council to inspect the electrical installation (first fix) that my builder and I are carrying out. My question is, do the inspections...
8 Jul 10, 2012
9:39 am

Federico
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Hi all SWMBO has decided we will make some paper bricks for the log burner and I just wondered if it is really worth it? Why separate all the pieces, wet them,...
4 Jul 8, 2012
8:14 pm

impvan
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Would like to know what size generator would be required to run a normal electric concrete mixer. Have a small generator at the moment but it doesn't seem to...
35 Jul 8, 2012
3:30 pm

George Shaw
nigtouk
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we're finding digital TV isn't working well for us, at the moment ... ie: after a hard day's building, we find the system hasn't coped with the BBC's daft...
2 Jul 8, 2012
3:18 pm

jon f
jonfield2004
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Paper makes an awful lot of ash - you seem to get as much back out as ash as you put in as paper! Tried it on my log boiler, soon gave up. Andrew ... From:...
1 Jul 8, 2012
1:33 pm

Andrew McLeod
avmcleod2000
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Many freeview recorders bye certainly the likes of Sky and Virgin have PDC. PDC or programme delivery control does just what you need, it records the programme...
2 Jul 8, 2012
12:14 pm

Christopher Hunter
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Thanks Chris If the rain continues like last night, I'll be up tonight and have a good read. Cheers Matt Sent from my HTC ... From: "Hunter (home) Chris"...
2 Jul 5, 2012
4:47 pm

Hunter (home) Chris
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Hi All I'm just getting ready to do the first fix plumbing & elec's before plaster boarding later this year.  I've got a heating system up n running from just...
2 Jul 5, 2012
11:37 am

Hunter (home) Chris
chris_j_hunter
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we've quite a few curtains in the current place, on french-windows & doors, as well as windows, all in the same fabric, all lined ... modern design, twenty+...
4 Jul 3, 2012
9:54 pm

bty95666
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we got our MVHR system going this week ... SWMBO quite-soon noticed the air-quality improvement ... we designed it for low velocities, for quietness & energy...
11 Jul 3, 2012
1:46 pm

Hunter (home) Chris
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Hi All I've got a little overhaul project coming up for this summer which I need to do on our oak framed atrium. It is a 2 storey chunky structure built from...
12 Jul 2, 2012
1:04 pm

Rona
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we need five slide-aside frameless glass screens - around 900mm wide, each ... an obvious thought was Haefele for the gear, and they do this : ...
2 Jun 30, 2012
10:32 am

Christopher Hunter
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1 Jun 29, 2012
5:28 pm

Stuart Frazer
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Not got ours up n running yet, but wondered if it could be vibration from the main unit through the structure of the house. Does it have padding under the base...
1 Jun 29, 2012
4:44 pm

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Cheers Nick, I'll try and get some pic's uploaded at lunch time. I plan to remove the glass panels one at a time, so getting the lead up the inner bead would...
7 Jun 29, 2012
3:50 pm

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Hi, My telephones are dead, No noise from the conventional phones, mild static on the portable (not "mobile"). First thought was that I had left a receiver...
9 Jun 22, 2012
3:46 pm

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the DHW thermal store & a heat-exchanger here have pockets for temperature sensors ... so wondered if there's a standard way to fit thermistors into such ...
9 Jun 20, 2012
11:25 am

Hunter (home) Chris
chris_j_hunter
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I'm looking for a neat way of screwing down a series of round wooden posts (probably 90mm diameter, though that could be changed) onto a flat patio. I know...
3 Jun 16, 2012
10:23 am

Bert Coules
Bert_Coules
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All answers sounds sensible to me, but just wondering how it works with an oil boiler? Is it the same, that I can fit all bit's but then get a plumber to do...
8 Jun 16, 2012
10:22 am

Bert Coules
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Hello, I am refurbishing a house in England. Is there anything in the current Regulations/Building control that prevents me from installing the central heating...
6 Jun 13, 2012
9:12 pm

Rick
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we've just installed an electric ram to open & close our yard gate (white-painted softwood farm-type gate, about 3m wide) ... the ram is actually a screw jack,...
4 Jun 13, 2012
3:24 pm

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we're still trying to get a handle on how well our solar system is doing ... are there still some bugs we need to sort-out ? we're still having to bleed it,...
9 Jun 10, 2012
8:19 pm

Christopher Hunter
chris_j_hunter
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terminating cables needed more volume they we imagined, so we've made some small cubes using tanilised timber, around 200mm per side, to form bases for some...
5 Jun 10, 2012
3:35 pm

Christopher George
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Hi there, Following the thread that I started a while ago, and the subsequent advise, here is an up-date. Don't know for sure what the issue was (dying sounder...
1 Jun 10, 2012
9:17 am

Rex
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Hi All Every now and then (when I remember) I sit down and put a few notes in my site book for things I’d do again and things I wouldn’t do/or do...
7 Jun 9, 2012
11:30 am

Matt
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Hi there, Searching with Google but cannot find what I want; perhaps someone has a jubilee of an idea! My rainwater harvester is powered by a 13A plug just...
16 Jun 8, 2012
8:14 pm

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C & L appear to work only for B & Q but I may be wrong. Today I managed to put a scaffold pole through a newly installed pan. £199 is currently quoted for...
1 Jun 4, 2012
3:01 pm

Chris
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Hi there, I have a Honeywell Accenta Gen 4 control with Reson8 sounder. Self installed and all been running well for the last 9 months. This morning, I...
9 Jun 2, 2012
11:40 am

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Daughter Fern is deeply involved in this - she tells me that tickets are running out and that you must buy NOW. Please share this with your contacts. Thanks ...
4 May 31, 2012
9:18 am

Nick Laurie
nick115398
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I have a bit of breaking to do on heavy blockwork and concrete plus some core drilling for services through the walls etc (I'm looking forward to that -...
4 May 31, 2012
8:29 am

Rick
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