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    Larsen Flexible Standard Set Tile Adhesive - to prime or not to prime?

    Hello everyone, I'm about to lay some antique 6"x6"x 0.5" ceramic tiles, all clean and dry, onto a very solid bare (untreated) timber boarded living room floor with no damp or water supply of any... Read more Continue reading...
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    Advice needed on this standard set adhesive

    Hi all, about to embark on a bathroom renovation myself (due to financial situation). Only a keen DIY-er but am an absolute novice in most areas! As its my first time, I wanted a standard set... Read more Continue reading...
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    UK Acceptable ways to terminate SWA - standard practice question

    Hello folks Inhave my 18th Edition and Part P l, but I dont trade as a sparks. I have a question about best practice for terminating SWA. I am currently installing a connection to my new workshop. (I used to be STROMA registered years back, will likely reregister to sign off myself). 16mm...
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    TTA Hosting Further Webinar Introducing 2024 British Standard Update Next Week - From TTA Discussion Thread

    TTA Hosting Further Webinar Introducing 2024 British Standard Update Next Week - From TTA TTA Hosting Further Webinar Introducing 2024 British Standard Update Next Week - From TTA Due to popular demand, The Tile Association is hosting an additional webinar introducing the latest revision to...
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    Hmo or standard rental

    Hi All, Question for you/ your oppinion. I have a customer that owns a 3 bed hmo and has asked me to install and sign of a new consumer unit for him. Thing is he has said he doesn't want afdd’s installed due to cost and claims he will no longer rent it as an hmo. I don’t believe him. So how...
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    Looking for a cradle (Ideal Standard)!! plumbing advice

    Looking for a cradle (Ideal Standard)!! Hi All, I'm desperately looking for a cradle (the assembly that connects the flush unit to the cistern, in case I'm using the wrong terminology) for a discontinued Ideal Standard 2 button pneumatic system (Part number: SV93467). I really can't find it...
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    • advice looking plumbing plumbing advice standard
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    Ideal Standard Dual Flush Cistern Overflow Problem plumbing advice

    Ideal Standard Dual Flush Cistern Overflow Problem Any help greatly appreciated. It appears that every time i flush the toilet the cistern fills up then overflows back in to the toilet. This can last for 2 minutes or is continually running. I have replaced the cistern dual valve as it was very...
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    • advice flush ideal plumbing plumbing advice problem standard
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    • Forum: Plumbers Forums
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    Replacing fused spur and hard wired kitchen appliance (fridge freezer) with a standard plug socket

    DIY'er here... After my fridge failed (less than 5 years old) I replaced with a new one. The old one was hard wired in a wall socket connected to a fused spur above the fridge. So I replaced the hard wired socket with a normal plug in one. When I switched the electric back on, the fused spur...
  9. Dan

    Trowel - with Mapei Standard Set Plus Discussion Thread

    Trowel - with Mapei Standard Set Plus Some adhesives give info (not seemingly Mapei). I think the Mapei Standard Set Plus would suit be well as a DIY'er. How do I know what trowel type/size to use? Does it really matter? I'll be fixing 60x30 ceramic wall tiles to Marmox boards. Trowel - with...
  10. Dan

    Anyone fitted an Ideal Standard i.life S Basin & Full Pedestal? Discussion Thread

    This is an RSS feed of thread: Anyone fitted an Ideal Standard i.life S Basin & Full Pedestal? Content of the thread: Has anyone fitted an Ideal Standard i.life S 50cm compact washbasin with a matching i.life S & B full pedestal? The basin is T518501 and pedestal is T519901. I have a...
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    • anyone fitted ideal plumbing standard thread
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    • Forum: Plumbers Forums
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    DIY Halogen to LED Standard Lamp

    DIY Hi to you all and thank you for allowing me to post on your forum and for taking the time to look. I haven’t been able to find the answer anywhere. Hopefully the pictures will help they are in order and show my old lamp that I like to use to read and sew by when the light is poor. I would be...
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    IEC 61439-1 - Relationship between prospective fault current and diameter of copper wire

    Hi, I am currently reading through the standard IEC 61439-1 - Low-voltage swtichgear and controlgear assemblies - Part 1: General rules, and on Table 14 it is stated the "Relationship between prospective fault current and diameter of copper wire" (see picture attached). I don't understand why...
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    Can't find this standard ceiling plate anywhere

    Hello. I hope everyone is safe and healthy. Please see the attached photos for reference. I have a ceiling with a junction box or maybe it should be called a "junction circle/box" - photo #1. It is 3 3/4" in diameter. This is where I want to mate my fixture displayed in photo #2 which is 5"...
  14. impish15

    Standard junction boxes with screw terminals

    Hi, Hopefully I haven't made an error but I was speaking with another electrician and he said standard junction boxes with screw terminals can no longer be used anymore, is this true? I wasn't aware of this. I fitted 2 in a loft last week (to replace a connection just wrapped up in tape) as...
  15. zarrin

    Rewiring unorthodox S plan to a standard setup (central heating & Hot water)

    Hello there, I’m in the process of mapping out a relatively standard S-plan system for my parents central heating and hot water system. Not sure exactly who set this all up in it’s current layout however it is certainly non-standard in several ways and is very inefficient and expensive to run...
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    • central heating gas boiler heating hot water plan rewiring s plan setup standard water
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    • Forum: Central Heating Systems
  16. Msitekkie

    Earthing the base of a metal standard lamp

    I have been asked to rewire an antique metal standard lamp. It has been rewired previously, but not earthed..! One of the screws on the base has a short length of uninsulated wire attached, presumably from the original earthing. Unfortunately there is insufficient space to run an extra earth...
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    Changing thick cooker wire for standard plug wire at socket

    Hi I am attempting some DIY I had the wire installed as I was going to have an electric cooker. This changed and I now just want to put a double switched socket in the hole. Could someone please tell me how I can convert the wire so it is smaller and fits in the back of a standard switched...
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    Timer needed, but not the standard one

    Hi, I'm trying to get a timer that runs off mains, but where the clock trips a separate independent circuit. Everything online seems to be based on the timer letting the mains through rather than tripping an independent circuit. I've tried googling it, but can't come up with the right phrase to...
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    Swap a 2 gang dimmer switch for a standard 2 switch arrangement

    Hi. In the images. One is a 2 gang dimmer switch and the other a normal 2 gang switch arrangement. Dimmer 1 controls the main ceiling rose and the second dimmer controls some wall lights. I'd like to swap out the dimmer entirely for the standard switch only am not 100% sure on the wiring...
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    How not to standard is this rewire?

    Hi, My son has just (last week) had a rewire done on his house in Leyland. He has just bought the house but a "domino" type consumer unit was spotted and so a rewire was deemed necessary. He wanted to move in with his girlfriend and 2 month old son as quickly as possible so phoned a website to...
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