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Leveling concreate
Hi all, I know concreate won't stick to concreate so is there a way even uneven surfaces on existing concreate? This is outdoor and garage base so not indoor Also do you think concreate repair products really work?
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Vaillant TURBOmax problems
Hi guys and girls Hoping for some advice on my problem We have a vaillant TurboMax (unsure if 242/1E or 282/1E as book says both!) We had a problem before where it keeps dropping pressure and there was talk about diaphragm issues and diverter valve issues but we actually had a bad water leak from a tap water pipe a few…
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Dried-on glue on plastic pipe
A workman has had to replace an outside section of plastic pipe in the plumbing outside my kitchen window (as part of my just having had a new kitchen installed). I've just realised that he let the glue he used to connect old and new sections of that pipe drip down onto another plastic plumbing pipe underneath it and not…
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I have decking, want low maintenance do I replace or keep?
I have decking in my garden and was wondering what I can do to either replace it or keep it and make is as low maintenance as possible. At the moment I have treated it once and I would rather not have to do it again if I can help it. Therefore I can either keep it and perhaps treat it differently so the maintenance is low…
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Blackout blinds or curtains?
So I've just bought my first house, moved in, and in the main bedroom I quickly realised that the sun beams through the window in the morning which isn't convenient. I have a normal curtain up, which was left in the house, but it lets in far too much light for me. Having heard of these "blackout" solutions I just wanted to…
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Nobo Orion 512 - RSX 512 receiver fault
Hi, my flat was fitted with Nobo Orion 512 heating zone controller system which controls my heater and boiler. There is a RSX 512 receiver which was fitted to receive signal for the boiler. The receiver is no longer working and making loud ticking/ clicking noise occasionally. This has affected my sleep a lot when the…
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Extention build
Hi, soon about to have an extension built on the back of the flat. One thing that not included in the plans is heating. Now our flat is all electric no gas comes into the village. We currently have under floor heating and will cost too much to dig floor up to get the pipes into the new part of the building as it under…
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Sewer smell in home
Since working on the soil pipe to plumb in new toilet, shower and basin waste in the loft, I am experiencing problems with sewer smell coming into the house below. The soil pipe runs vertically up through the house and is boxed in on ground and first floor to protrude through the roof where it is externally vented. I have…
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Bath Tap washers
Is it possible to fit mixer bath tap washers on - the wrong way round ? We had a plumber out to replace our washers, last week (I couldn't shift the tap tops !!) - who informed me that the previous replacement (from about 5 years ago) had been fitted in reverse !!
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Draining CH in a week, should i add Fernox?
Will be draining our CH system in about a weeks time in order to change some radiator valves and fit new radiators, I have 2 bottle of Fernox cleaner left over from a powerflush we had 2 years ago, should I stick one of them in the small, header tank in the loft a week before we drain the system? Will i need to, as it was…
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Toilet tank randomly refills for a few seconds
Hello, Our toilet currently has a mind of it's own, randomly refilling the tank but only for a few brief seconds. I don't think it's going down the overflow into the toilet, or it's stuck on flushing, so I'm a bit stumped as to why it just refills for 2-3 seconds every once in a while. Any ideas on what I might need to…
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Thermostatic Shower Valve keeps Spinning
Evening, My lovely (Unbranded) Thermostatic Shower Temperature Valve has decided to just spin round and round and round. I am guessing it is stuffed, but any advise to the contrary is happily received. I will post a few photos in a moment, in the hope that I can source and change the valve. I will have to take a tile off…
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SysteMate 2000 thermal store/boiler issue
Hi all, I've got a funny issue with my heating system and as I've seen a number of posts related to the SysteMate 2000 / BoilerMate 2000 systems I wondered if anybody might have any ideas... We're renting our flat, and it has a SysteMate 2000 thermal store unit to provide hot water. So far as I can see, it has an internal…
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Help! Too shallow for pitched roof?
Hi - having an extension done at the mo and the builder has been moaning And groaning about our roof design for a while- he said it's a really shallow pitch but the roofers been round and he can get it to work. He was going on about a 9 degree pitch- not sure if he was exaggerating though. Our current flat roof is 70cm…
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Getting quotes, what would you do?
I've posted a roofing quote on the 'is this quote fair' section of this forum and its got me thinking about the process of getting quotes. Its recommended to get 3 quotes minimum for big jobs - I guess this way you get an idea if any of the quotes is an outlier (too cheap or too expensive) and it also gives you an…
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Earthy smell in conservatory/living room
Just wondering if anyone can shed some light please. Father in law built a diy conservatory on the back of my living room (which is the only point of access to the garden) in December. The last couple of months I've been smelling a sort of musty earthy smell, made worse when it rains. I thought it was just isolated to the…
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New Bed - where to avoid?
Thinking of buying a new bed, and take away the old one. Probably going for 'pocket-sprung' - I imagine the more pockets the better? After problems with Harveys, first on the list to avoid is Bensons Beds ( a sister company). But who else to avoid? What are your experiences? Any recommendations?
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Plastic joint
I am looking for the thing in the picture and Google does not seem all that helpful. I must not be putting in the correct search parameters. Any ideas? It is 12mm OD and 10mm ID and 19mm in length with the ridge 10mm from one edge and it is grey plastic.
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No tv licence. Need monitor for dvd player use.
About 14 years ago a TV engineer removed the tuners from a couple of CRT televisions so that they could only function as monitors. I am thinking I need another monitor for DVD use only. I guess it is inpractical to remove tuners or freevew from a modern led TV? I know nothing of freeview and modern televisions and wonder…
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What trade to call re: concrete removal?
Hi everyone, I've bought a house where the whole garden has been filled in with concrete. It's pretty ugly, has cracks in it and it seems like a bunch of different types of concrete have been used over time so it just looks really odd. What sort of trades person would I need to call to get rid of the concrete? And is there…
