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m7ohn

Can anyone advise me on where to go to get technical information for this project? It is a garden wall between myself and my neighbour. Garden wall 18 metres long. Three level changes each at 6 metre intervals. First stage, 6 metres out from my house. Looking for a height of about 1.9metres overall....

m7ohn

Hi Burger, how's your wall going? I built a retaining wall of similar height 3 years ago. It was just under 2 metres high, 1.95m I took professional advice and the wall construction went like this : first 5 courses were blocks placed lenghtwise so the wall's width was 440mm to start. Next 5 courses ...

m7ohn

My garden is at two levels. First section is level with the back door going 6metres out then it steps up 1200mm to the next level and another 6 metres out. I want to build a wall alongside my garden. How do i deal with the foundation at the 1200mm change of garden level? Stepped trench foundation? M...

m7ohn

It's been playing up a bit recently and the missus wants it changed.

Have had the overheat thermostat tripping alot lately. Trying to find out under what condition it's tripping and what frequency.

I don't live in the house it's located anymore so difficult to monitor.

Cheers

m7ohn

Hello. I currently have an old Worcester 350 combi boiler and would like to replace it with a new condensation boiler. I live in a 2 bedroom house with one bathroom and 5 radiators throughout the house. Before i start phoning round for quotes is there a new Worcester boiler i can buy that will fit i...

m7ohn

I've just installed a new ground floor toilet into an existing waste which drops vertically into the drain invert below approx 500mm below (definately greater than 450mm as i know this is the minimum) Placed upstream about 1 metre of the toilet waste point of entry into the drain i have located a mi...

m7ohn

I've read on the internet about a system that in the event of a gas leak and/or carbon monoxide leak the sensor will operate an auto shut off valve at the gas meter outlet and isolate the gas supply to the building. Can anyone advise of a good quality hi spec system i can purchase for peace of mind ...

m7ohn

can i get a RCD protected switched fused connection unit as the connection unit of the towel warmer will be on the kitchen ring main circuit which is not on the RCD side of the Consumer Unit or will the kitchen ring have to be put on the RCD side of consumer unti? I've seen unswitched RCD connection...

m7ohn

maybe when your new boiler was fitted the guy has compramised the water tight integrity of your roof or wall depending on where the flue is fitted and possibly storm water getting into your house and shorting something out at possibly the ceiling rose level or something. Has it started tripping foll...

m7ohn

with the switched unit outside of the bathroom but the electric element in the bathroom, sealed within the towel warmer, does this circuit still require RCD protection?The element is on the far side of the rail furthest from the bath in zone 1 at 2.3 metres away.

m7ohn

I think the best IP protection for my switched fused connection unit then is on the oposite side of the wall where the towel warmer is, it will then be located in the kitchen via a 4 inch piece of conduit going through the wall to take the flex.

m7ohn

Hi, i have a towel warmer located in zone 3 of my bathroom currently plumbed in to the central heating system. I plan to get it converted to duel fuel and want to know if the switched fused connection unit with flex outlet for the electric element can be located in zone 3 next to the towel warmer or...

m7ohn

Hey you not mad, i ain't got any tank in my attic!! Depends what system you got for your domestic and heating requirements. I used to have a big tank up their which used to provide my hot and cold water needs via a copper cylinder in my bedroom. I also had a smaller tank which served the purpose of ...

m7ohn

Not sure of the mix but i know you are meant to leave a bit out for expansion. Don't know about the anti-freeze but surely an anti corrosion inhibitor would need to be mixed with de-ionised water so you won't get limescale build up and corrosion.

Marcus

m7ohn

Bonzo, been studying the Worcester website and they do two 90' bends. one type has a socket and rubber seal on both the flue gas inner pipe and the air intake outer pipe - part number: 7716191084 the other type has only a socket and rubber seal on the inner flue gas pipe and the outer pipe has not g...

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