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Cutting a Doorway....2Q's...mess and planning regs   (5 messages)   Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:01:01 -0600
Hello all, I'm new to this forum and have a couple of questions for you experts out there. Firstly, the situation. After extending the house last year the kitchen has now moved to the extended part, and I am having the ...

Towel Radiator and Timer in Bathroom   (2 messages)   Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 13:48:50 +0000 (UTC)
Hi, I habe had no luck in trying to find out if there are any 'approved' timers for use in a bathroom. I want to connect an oil filled towel radiator so that it can be 'timed' or just switched off. Power comes from ...

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ELECTRICAL jUNCTION BOXES UNDER FLOORS   (2 messages)   Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 23:10:55 GMT
My newly aquired Edwardian semi has obviously had some various wiring incarnations in it's time with occasional remnants of rubber covered cable around but not used. All cable is now T&E grey PVC but some of both the lighting ...

disabling veritas security system   (4 messages)   Date: 30 Oct 2005 14:53:03 -0800
Hello all I need to completely disconnect a veritas 8 security system. the system is wired such that if I turn the power in my house off the alarm goes off (there must be a battery that powers the alarm). Because the ...

Oil fired bolier not lighting   (1 messages)   Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 17:09:26 -0000
Hi, We have a wall mounted Grandee oil bolier that is annualy serviced but has of late refused to ignite without a few presses of the manual reset switch. Are there any other servicable parts which might need attention ...

Cleaning out central heating ducts   (2 messages)   Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 16:18:18 GMT
We've got warm air heating in our house, in a property built in the 1970s. Today, for the first time since we've lived here (5 years) I decided to pull off the single big intake grill and two outlet grills downstairs just ...

skimming an artexed ceiling   (6 messages)   Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 14:29:00 +0000 (UTC)
Hi, I have three ceilings that have previously been artexed, and I want to skim them, Am I right in saying all I have to do is make sure they are sound, give them a good coat of PVA then skim them?? Thanks ...

rusty cold water tank   (6 messages)   Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 14:03:11 GMT
Galvanised cold water tank fitted in airing cupboard in spare bedroom is in very poor rusty condition and is starting to leak from the bottom. Is it possible to fit a sturdy polyethylene tank in its place and how much ...

petrol generator-any equipment incompaible?   (2 messages)   Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 10:08:46 GMT
I have bought a 4 stroke genny from good old Nettos for under a 100 quid. I am about to test it on powering up my house in the event of the next power failure (of which we have many and prolonged...the last one was over ...

old fireplace 1st floor   (2 messages)   Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 09:05:34 -0000
Hi Q1. sometime in the houses past on of the first floors bedroom had its fireplace bricked up rendered over with cement. there is no air brick. Do i need to fit one? Q2. the hearth has had the tiles removed and left ...

Toilet Overflow   (2 messages)   Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 21:52:18 GMT
Jim, Where would I get the kit that stops my existing bog overflowing into my extension, and what is it called. Can I get the kit oneline or from a plumbers merchant -- 脗庐脙聳脙聬 Remove spamtrap to reply. ...

Toilet overflow   (5 messages)   Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 21:44:06 GMT
I need an alternative to the standard toilet over flow that vents to outside the building. As the outside wall is about to become the inside wall when the conservatory is built. I remember seeing a see through pipe that ...

wood burning stoves   (2 messages)   Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 19:48:28 +0100
Has anyone any ideas/plans or views on fitting a wood burning stove in a normal fire place & chimney, {how can I cap above the flue pipe so the stove is drawn through the pipe & not up the putside of the pipe, Steve ...

New Interior Doorway   (8 messages)   Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 15:43:25 +0000 (UTC)
Hi. I'm thinking about putting a doorway from my hall into my garage. Not sure if the wall is loadbearing, but because it's a sort of main exterior wall, i'm thinking it is. This will be confirmed before i go a head with ...

Is it possible to view gas/electric regs online?   (9 messages)   Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 13:09:56 GMT
Is it possible to view the gas and electric regs online i.e. rules re.siting of gas flues, earthing regs etc. Now that DIY is slowly being 'hijacked' by the state, probably due to a few incompetents blowing themselves up ...

lining paper   (4 messages)   Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:43:48 +0100
With lining paper do you paste the walls or the paper. ...

old double glazed uPVC window gaps   (1 messages)   Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 09:03:50 +0100
Hi 2 of our uPVC bottom opening windows (hinged 50/50) have a small gap along the hinge line when closed. i guess age has got to them. any ideas on adjustments. there is a little plastic piece which looks like a guide ...

plumbers paste / putty   (8 messages)   Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:58:56 GMT
hello all. Absolute plumbing novice here. I have a "lead-lock" pipe adaptor thing which joins the lead to the copper hot water pipe under my sink. I have been replacing a bit of copper pipe further down the line and ...

Where can i buy those parts?   (2 messages)   Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 17:35:31 +0800
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