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I recently changed our sink drain 'S' trap for a bottle trap, and since then the sink 'glugs' each time water is drained. Once the water has finished draining the noise begins. At first, it makes a single glugging noise about once every 15 seconds and this goes on for up to 10 minutes with the frequ...

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Thank you for that, stoneyboy. I was just a little concerned that if I put a hand in the door opening and pull too hard on the side of the drum, I might cause some damage.

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My kitchen is being refurbished at present. The washing machine is freestanding and will be pushed under a worktop in between a freestanding gas cooker and the sink unit. Once the installation is complete, I reckon it will be quite difficult to get access to the machine when it needs attention. The ...

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Hi rosebery, thanks for your advice. I primed the old black adhesive with SBR on Friday, did the tiling yesterday, and grouted it all today. A really nice job, even if I do say so myself. How long should I leave it before I move the white goods back into place? I have a heavy washing machine, floor ...

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My thanks to floorlayergrant and rosebery for their valued replies. I did as you suggested, rosebery, and loose layed quite a few. The better half eventually decided she liked them best in the way that floorlayergrant had mentioned. The present floor is 40 year old vinyl tiles stuck with a black bit...

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My small kitchen measures just 3m x 3m. On one wall there is a window and the door to the garden, and on the adjacent wall there is the door to my lounge. I want to lay rectangular (30cm x 42cm) ceramic floor tiles. Is there a preferred way to arrange them? Would the finished effect look better with...

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Hi again kbrownie, After reading your recent helpful reply, I got to thinking a bit more about the earthing of my water pipework that I mentioned earlier. The pipe is earthed alongside the stopcock, and takes a supply to the kitchen cold tap. It also runs up to supply the storage tank in the loft. B...

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Hi kbrownie,
Many thanks for your reply. My system is indeed earthed via the incoming supply. I made an error; the two MEB cables are both 10mm CSA.

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The recent topic about eqipotential bonding got me tracing the wiring in my own home and raises a question. My MEB cables are two in number; each being 4 mm CSA. One connects the MET to the incoming steel gas pipe at a point alongside the meter. The other connects the MET to the incoming water pipe ...

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Hi rosebery,
Very many thanks for your kind reply. I'll buy a couple of those extension pieces and refit the rad shortly. Thank you again.

Dadwood

Perhaps I ought to also add that the pipe tails coming up through the concrete floor are only 3" high so no room to freeze the pipe and do a pipe modification.

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I've bought a new radiator to replace one that looks a bit old and battered. The problem is that I can't get one that's exactly the same length as the old one. The new one is about 4cm shorter. Normally, I would simply modify the pipework local to the rad so that it fits the new valves. But this par...

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At long last the cooker has been replaced. The new one makes no whistling noises at all! Brilliant! The engineer said that this problem has everyone stumped, so he will let me know if they find anything untoward when the cooker is dismantled at the factory.

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Thanks to you both for your kind replies. I gather from them that I don't really need to test the RCD every time I go to boil a kettle, and if I do, it will shorten the life of the unit much quicker than if I only test it (say) monthly and ALWAYS before I use it to power an outdoor piece of equipmen...

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Although my domestic consumer unit does not have an in-built RCBO or RCD, I would imagine that if it did, it would be good practice to test it periodically. Weekly? Monthly? Quaterly? Whatever, but surely not daily! So why is it that the new 2 gang RCD socket installed in my kitchen has the wording ...

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