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by Yashin
Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:43 pm
Forum: Brickwork and Blockwork Forum
Topic: Lintel How Do You Tell
Replies: 4
Views: 2529

Re: Lintel How Do You Tell

Chipped away at the plaster on the lower face of the door opening and there was a steel lintel lurking.

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Yashin.
by Yashin
Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:47 am
Forum: Brickwork and Blockwork Forum
Topic: Lintel How Do You Tell
Replies: 4
Views: 2529

Re: Lintel How Do You Tell

Would you determine taking out a wooden architrave and turning it into an arch a structural change?
by Yashin
Mon Jan 21, 2013 9:37 pm
Forum: Brickwork and Blockwork Forum
Topic: Lintel How Do You Tell
Replies: 4
Views: 2529

Lintel How Do You Tell

Firstly not sure if this is the correct section but I will ask anyway. How do you know if you have a lintel or not? Due to the design of our house the two door ways into the kitchen work better with no doors. We wish to take off the door architrave and make very gentle (not 60's overstated) arches. ...
by Yashin
Tue May 19, 2009 10:10 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Toilet Fills Very Slowly After Waterboard Turned Off Water
Replies: 1
Views: 3121

Toilet Fills Very Slowly After Waterboard Turned Off Water

Apologies for the very long title! Anyway the water board had to turn off the water the other day for a mains leak and now out toilet takes an absolute age to refil after flushing. You can hear water dripping into it but not refilling properly. It takes about 30 minutes before you can re-flush. It i...
by Yashin
Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:06 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: In Line Flex Switch Query
Replies: 2
Views: 2729

In Line Flex Switch Query

My wife, in her wisdom, has just bought a new deep fat fryer which does not have an on / off switch on the unit, you have to turn off at the mains. The last one had a switch on the unit. Because so much of our kitchen is built in the acess to the mains switch is very difficult, in a cupboard behind ...
by Yashin
Mon Nov 17, 2008 7:01 pm
Forum: Insulation Forum
Topic: 2 out of 3 ain't bad as Meatloaf said
Replies: 1
Views: 3562

2 out of 3 ain't bad as Meatloaf said

Hello all, we have a nornal three sided three bed semi and were thinking of cavity wall insulation. How ever the front of the house is plastic cladded so one complete wall would not be done. Is there therefor any mileage in doing the other two walls, would it keep the house any warmer? As an analagy...
by Yashin
Sun Mar 02, 2008 3:06 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Adding Extra Lights
Replies: 1
Views: 3233

Adding Extra Lights

I am sorry if this has been previously asked and answered. I am fitting some addittional lights in the bedroom. I realise the cabling should be 1.5 but I have some 2.5 (ideally for the ring main). Will it have any detremental affect if I use the 2.5 and if it is ok to use what amp connector blocks s...
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