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I have a Satchwell 25T room thermostat in my lounge, probably 45 years old, and wish to change it for a digital display room thermostat. The Satchwell is three-wired red,blue and yellow and the temperature indicators are inaccurate. My central heating is controlled by an on-off programmer in the air...

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Thank you stoneyboy for your help and I am keen to avoid doing anything to impede the flow of water. However I am also keen to avoid any chance of the water from the bath waste flowing into the shower and would prefer to fit a back-flow preventer during installation. Perhaps I am worrying unduly but...

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I am adding a shower waste to my bath waste pipe and seek opinion on how I proceed. The individual wastes are approx 4/5 feet and then are to join the existing waste which runs to the stack pipe. Putting another boss on the stack pipe is not easily done. To avoid any possibility of back-flow I was c...

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Thank you also Plumbbob, I replied to Gardnico before seeing your helpful reply. I will put a layer of marine ply down over the floorboards, just in case. It is unbelievable that manufacturers supply legs which may not be up to the job. The legs supplied for my tray are 10mm thick steel with thread ...

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Thank you Gardnico. I will proceed with the legs and additional wood support recommendation. Having re-read the Manufacturers installation instructions, which are not totaly clear, I now appreciate that they provide a standard installation guide without using legs and another using just the four leg...

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Thanks Gardnico Yes, I did look at the projects section which also gave examples of using a wood supported platform and alternatively legs. The tray instructions indicate a raised platform made up of marine ply on lengths of wood but on the next pages a detailed installation just using the 4 plastic...

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I am confused by the instructions to instal a shower tray at first floor level. The flooring is normal T & G. I intend raising the tray off the floor for waste purposes. I am supplied with four legs and instructed to bed ithe tray on mortar on marine ply, but surely the legs will get in the way....

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I have a brick built room in the garden with a concrete floor. There is PVC flooring on the floor but however much you heat the room your feet get cold. To try and remedy this I have considered laying some form of insulation on the concrete with a thin panel of MDF board followed by re-laying the PV...

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I have a 40 year old house which has a wooden front door frame which includes a front door with 2 side panels, upper and lower. My project is to blank off the lower and install a new double glazed unit with frosted glass in the upper. There is a 5" bar between the two windows which houses the l...

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I have removed all the paper from the ceilings and walls of my recently purchased 40 year old house with the intention of having just painted walls on the original plaster. I have scraped and washed off much of the paper and paste but there are patches where the underlying original paint is uneven a...

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I have taken up old five finger parquet in order to lay wood blocks. Underneath the old parquet is a thin layer of a black substance on the concrete presumably bitumen which was brushed on. Some of the bitumen has come away, and it is a level surface, and a friend has advised that I should put on an...

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Hi SPARX

Many thanks for that and your time.

Job done

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Thanks SPARX The switch is a triple. One switch controls the upstairs light and it is wired red,blue and yellow. The other two switches control the hall and the outside light and one cable wired red, blue and yellow is shared by these. A red is linked between the two switches and the hall switch has...

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I have moved into a property. The previous occupants removed the light fitting in the hall and did not leave any indication as to what two wires should be used. There are 3 twin and earth cables ( in red and black ) and one cable with red,blue and yellow wires plus earth. All wires are wired into 4 ...

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