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by flipper
Fri Jun 04, 2010 12:31 am
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Pipe insulation - the best material?
Replies: 1
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Pipe insulation - the best material?

Have just bought a bungalow with long pipe runs between boiler and HW cylinder / rads and need to close off every available opportunity for heat loss to avoid astronomical heating bills. As the lagging is pretty poor in places and I can't afford to re-plumb, what are the best options (material, thic...
by flipper
Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:29 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: New spur from existing socket - horizontal cabling?
Replies: 12
Views: 23860

Thanks Sparx and Blakey, I guess what you are saying is that whilst, to a bystander, it is not obvious there is an adjoining cable running horizonatally (as the sockets are at the same level in technically two different rooms), there is no real reason (Part P inc.) why we can't run an spur this way....
by flipper
Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:53 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: New spur from existing socket - horizontal cabling?
Replies: 12
Views: 23860

New spur from existing socket - horizontal cabling?

Hi, I want to add a spur to a downstairs ring in order to add an extra socket around the corner and on the other side of a wall to an existing socket (less than 1m distance). The project section of this website states; "If you bury cables in the wall they must only run vertically, not horizonta...
by flipper
Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:53 pm
Forum: Gas and Gas Fitting Forum
Topic: Gas meters - can they be internal?
Replies: 1
Views: 3502

Gas meters - can they be internal?

Hi all,

I know some properties have gas meters internally due to when they were built. But if a external gas meter is currently in place and an extension built around this meter would it have to be moved outside?

Grateful of any advice. Thx!
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