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    Hi I'm Stuart, a 75 year old active DIYer

    Dyfi valley by any chance? ;)
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    Need help understanding Honeywell T4 thermostat optimisation

    I've tried to email Honeywell, but their web address is playing up and they aren't receiving. Unfortunately Honeywell is extremely poor at providing explanations even when I found the firm's online explanatory PDF that tried to explain what Honeywell means. Anyone had an answer that answers...
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    new kitchen designed and want to move the washing machine across one space

    If you're only moving the machine one slot to the left, I suspect you are indeed being overly concerned. If you are planning to use an extended drain hose then it would be worth checking if the manufacturer approves this idea and has a maximum permissible length. Since washing machines have...
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    Geberit 110.700 series won't flush on small flush button

    Hi, My aunt asked me to have a look at her Geberit cistern which recently has suddenly stopped flushing on the short flush button. Long flush works normally as far as I can tell. This is the flush mechanism (the label suggests PN 7074-98) , please excuse the mess: Took the whole thing...
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    "Main" (Baxi) 24HE A Heat only boiler temperature setting

    Hi. Bored and wondering about a friend's boiler that was fitted a few years ago and that, having been involved with the heating system, I take an interest in. One of these jewels...
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    • baxi boiler heat main
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Boilers
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    The idea of balancing a system is to try and get the pressure drop of all circuits equal to that of the index circuit.

    Hi. Just trying to get my head around how this relates to the temperature drop across the circuit. Not disputing that the two are related (obviously we measure temperature as that is easier) but I don't understand the process. This came up on another thread and I didn't want to sidetrack the...
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    This is an Italian version of a compression fitting

    Just thought you might like to see one. You'll note the olive is a 3-part arrangement with rubber seal, washer, and separate grab ring. This had been used on a steel pipe, though the ones used on copper in Italy seem to be the same.
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    I'm a DIY homeowner repacing an outside toilet pan to a salt glazed spigot in concrete

    Look at the Hunter MultiKwik brand connectors. They are designed to accommodate various sizes and slight misalinements.
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    Is this ridiculous (boiler serviced and flame adjusted with flue buried in snow)?

    The boiler downstairs was serviced (not to be confused with the one with the gas leak - this is a separate boiler). The chap said the flame was not burning that well and so he readjusted it. All seemed well. Today I looked up at the house. Given that the downstairs boiler is never used...
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    Replacement boiler in CO11, Mistley Manningtree Veissmann preferred

    My mother has a rented-out property at the above postcode. She's lives abroad and is stuck, and I am in a similar situation. Existing boiler is a Thorn Apollo heat-only open-vented boiler fitted on external kitchen wall running on a Y or S plan with vented cylinder. Seems to reaching end of...
    • Ric2013
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    • boiler replacement
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Boilers
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    Leak from/around boiler pressure regulator (Italy)

    Had my father's boiler serviced yesterday. (ITALY) After the service, I noticed a slight smell of gas around the regulator in the boiler (boiler cover is a hinged door, so easy access). Think this was a pre-existing fault. Not a big leak, and would probably pass a gas leak test, though they...
    • Ric2013
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    • boiler leak pressure
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Boilers
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    Filling Loops - are they ever removed?

    How often do you actually come across filling loops that have actually been removed as is the legal requirement? Every one I come across has always been left fitted! And what is the logic of the requirement? As a DCV is suited to Fluid Category 3, so I would have thought would be sufficient...
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    Anyone know if this type of valve already exists and where I can buy one?

    Hi, I'm still abroad and slightly bored. My father waters the plants on his balcony using plastic bottles. Refilling them from the kitchen tap is time-consuming and laborious and 16 bottles take up a fair bit of floor space. It has occurred to me that if there were, say, 2-4 bottles filled...
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    Gas stove DIY modification - is this safe?

    You can buy a separate wok burner that runs off a small cylinder, bit like a camping stove. This gets around the issue of having to modify a gas appliance. I actually can't be arsed to go into the legal/safety aspect. I don't design stoves for a living, nor do I have an academic background in...
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    How long can it take to replace a fully back-to-wall WC pan?

    Bit of a head-scratcher and I know the answer is 'how long is a piece of string'. A potential customer wants a fully enclosed back-to-wall pan (the type with no access from room side) replaced. Not something I have done before. While there is an access panel where the concealed cistern is...
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    Any way of monitoring boiler firing time?

    Was just thinking about ways of monitoring heating system efficiency and the effect of different ways of using the house, what doors and windows are open at what times and the effect of various weather on gas consumption. We can do it for electricity at a household level, but it's fairly...
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    Vaillant EcoTEC plus system boiler - DHW control?

    Hi there, Boiler question, but nothing that contravenes gas regs. To get to the point, the Vaillant EcoTEC Plus seems to have two knobs. One has a tap symbol, the other has a radiator symbol. Even the system boiler version of this boiler has two knobs. What I cannot make out is what purpose...
    • Ric2013
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    • boiler control ecotec plus system vaillant
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Boilers
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    DIYDoctor | DIYnot | UltimateHandyman – DIY Plumbing Advice – Why it can be dodgy!

    My point is that my "local" Graham is okay for expensive stuff such as taps and very good value on some products, but regularly beaten on other items by BES, or even the local Toolstation (sometimes beaten both on both price and availablilty). There is a cheap local independent merchants that...
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    DIYDoctor | DIYnot | UltimateHandyman – DIY Plumbing Advice – Why it can be dodgy!

    "The DIY products used, cost more to them as a DIYer than the correct products would have cost them as a member of our forums, because we get discounts from suppliers and manufacturers." Some of the DIY products which are supposedly easy to use are more expensive than using normal products, but...
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    Viva Skylo Unifill Fill Valve - problems?

    Anyone else had a bad experience with these? I bought one on the premise that one part fits most and stuck it in the van. Then, appalled that a spare diaphragm washer for it was expensive and rare, I decided against fitting it in any customer's house and it eventually ended up in my own toilet...
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