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• Noisy Pipes
  Box the pipes in. This provides a physical barrier to sound transmission, and creates a v ...nto the ceiling either side of the pipe. Not recommended for incoming cold pipes due to possible condensation.
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• First fix & second fix
  ...nd ceilings, and inserting [[cables]] for electrical supply and [[plumbing|pipes]] for [[water]] supply. ...fixtures are connected to the [[cables]], sinks and baths connected to the pipes, and [[Hanging a door|doors]] fitted into doorframes. Second fix work requi
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• Decorating Links
  ...roup/uk.d-i-y/browse_frm/thread/af950a45f562b0b3?hl=en# Decorating exposed pipes]
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• 3-dimensional pipe bending
  ...ontal distance from the axis of pipe '''B''' to pipe '''A''' (i.e. if both pipes were longer, how far would they be apart horizontally?). ...es are in line with edges of the box, and the coupling section between the pipes joins opposite corners of the box:
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• Noisy Pipes
  Box the pipes in. This provides a physical barrier to sound transmission, and creates a v ...nto the ceiling either side of the pipe. Not recommended for incoming cold pipes due to possible condensation.
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• Gas leak
  ...ng Stairs|staircase]]. There is a gas meter and a maze of rusty [[Plumbing|pipes]] that run in all directions. There is a [[:Category:Pests|dead mouse]]. Th > exa pipes
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• Lead pipe
  ...nd flashing work. Historically it was also commonly used for water and gas pipes. Although much of this has been replaced with more modern materials, there ...pipe diameter in inches. The weight is specified pounds / yard. So heavier pipes of a given internal diameter achieve the same flow rates as lighter ones, b
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• Bad Ideas - Floors
  ===Not checking where [[Cables|wires]] & [[Plumbing|pipes]] are before [[Nails|nailing]] flooring down===
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• Installing multipoint air conditioning (2)
  ...I had to run pipe around a window unfortunately. Doesn't look so neat. The pipes down from the ceilings I put on the left side of the units and covered in P ...ft the rest to the F-gas fitters. Took 2 man-days for him to braise up the pipes, flush with nitrogen, fill with refrigerant, pressure test and connect the
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• Air Conditioning in Bedrooms
  ...ou need 400mm of vertical pipework on the left side. This is two insulated pipes, usually in black foam wrap and about 26-28mm diameter. Exposed it looks ho ...drilled the left two at an angle sideways to reduce the bend on the copper pipes behind the unit, the 3rd on the right square to the wall and angled slightl
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• Installing multipoint air conditioning
  [[File:Dsci0392.jpg|thumb|metal studs with pipes through them|link=http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:Dsci0392.jpg]]Th ...ght in coils. My small system needed 1/4 and 3/8 inch piping (metric water pipes can't be used) and joins cannot be made with solder, they must be braised.
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• Underfloor Heating
  ...range of products which includes multi-layer AluPEX pipes and 5-layer PEX pipes. Their founder (Chris Ingram) is Chairman of the Technical Committee of the
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• Safety
  * running electricity cables or electrical fittings near gas pipes * removing walls supporting gas pipes, meters or appliances
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• Plumbing Links
  ...aaogOmU&list=UUhwPs1xVLtSl6FCMU4i3I_Q&index=4&feature=plcp Clean paint off pipes]
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• Replacing a gas combination boiler with a heat pump
  ...e house. The usual prescription is to use the refigerant cycle because the pipes are smaller. Heat is released into a heat store of water inside the house t ...il the new system is in place so the work can be done at a leisurely pace. Pipes, cables, drill a few holes, get a greenhouse or conservatory if you feel li
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• Earthing & equipotential bonding
  ...There may, however be earth bonding wires connected onto the water and gas pipes for 'equi-potential bonding' (see below). If there is no electricity compan * Water Pipes
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• Plumbing
  The art or science of conveying stuff around using pipes (also known as tubing) and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitting fittings]. * Copper pipes are joined by soldering, using a compression fitting, or pushfit connectors
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• Lighting
  ===Light Pipes=== Light pipes are mirrored tubes that carry skylight from above the [[roof]] down to an i
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• Earthing and Bonding
  ...interconnection of incoming (metallic) services (e.g. water, gas, and oil pipes) plus any extraneous conductive parts of a building (like the metal framewo ...What it does is electrically tie together all accessible conductive parts (pipes, taps, electrical appliances etc) that could under fault conditions introdu
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• Waste pipe
  * Solvent weld pipes are slightly larger in diameter than the nominal size (so 40mm pipe actuall * Solvent weld pipes are generally all the same real size regardless of manufacturer.
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• Central Heating Repair
  ...t, but not necessarily that it has succeeded in doing so.<br><br>Check the pipes connected to the boiler: at least one should be getting hot (too hot to hol * rushing noises from pipes and radiators - air in system?
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• Pipe repair
  ...to be used dry. Choice is yours, fwiw I find they're more reliable on old pipes with putty. There are plumbing specific sealants, and any sealant used on p For copper pipes you can't move at all you'll need either a flexible connector as shown, or
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• The Dream class of monobloc heat pumps
  The domestic ASHP has inch male BSP threads for water in-out pipes. It needs a dedicated 240 volt supply from a circuit-breaker in your electr
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• Andy Hall of Fame
  ...ry thick Armourflex insulation (IIRC I used the 22mm thick stuff). The pipes were then threaded through 150mm soil pipe from end to end with the pipe bu
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• Pumps
  * Pipes have resistance to water flow
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• Intumescent Materials
  Non setting intumescent [[Putty & Mastic|putty]] fills gaps where [[Plumbing|pipes]] pass through walls. It allows pipe movement, and can be removed and reuse
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• Water softeners
  ...ich merely attempt to prevent these chemicals depositing themselves inside pipes, tanks and shower heads. Nor should it be confused with a water FILTER, whi * No scaling of pipes, kettles, tanks, baths, showers etc.
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• Drain Heat Exchanger
  ...body of water that stores recovered heat so that simultaneous flow in both pipes is not needed to recover and use the heat. [http://www.eere.energy.gov/cons * 4 parallel microbore pipes are wound round the drain pipe in parallel,
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• Wiring regs history
  ...plastic supply pipes, or metal services connected to plastic installation pipes are excluded from the requirement to be bonded.
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• Earth Cooling Tubes
  ..., smooth-walled, rigid or semi-rigid plastic or metal [[:Category:Plumbing|pipes]], buried 6 to 10 feet (1.5 to 3m) underground where the temperature is typ
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• Rainwater Harvesting & Use
  ...rs, was reported to lose over 300 billion litres per annum through leaking pipes. That's almost a billion litres a day, and from just one company. [http://w # [[Plumbing|Pipes]] have resistance to water flow
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• The Self-Uninstalling Gas Water Heater
  ...letely separated. This was followed by cold water coming back into the hot pipes, which reset all the solder joints (not how they were before). It then pick
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• Appliance parts
  ...be had cheaper or more conveniently from suppliers to other industries, eg pipes & pipe clips from car accessory shops, aquarium supply shops or industrial
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• The tale of the rubbing pipe
  ...s article, perhaps "tale of woe" or "what happens when you rub a couple of pipes together" might cover it.... ...laster ceiling. No holes visible in the roof, so attention switches to the pipes. Above it is the rather innocent looking:
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• Duct Tape
  * Temporary patching of leaking [[Plumbing|pipes]] at low pressure (ie not [[water]] at mains pressure)
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• Patching plasterboard
  ...al#Plasterboard|plasterboard]] for any reason (to gain access to wires and pipes etc), one handy tip is to keep the bit of board you cut out - since it can
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• Electrical Testing
  ...ou boxed in any such strips so they can't be seen? If you covered the ugly pipes then you need to unscrew enough for a visual inspection. Or maybe find a pr
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• Wall chaser
  Quickly cuts chases (i.e. slots) in solid walls, so that cables and pipes may be buried and hidden from view. This is a job that was traditionally do ...get much warning when you chop through a live wire or your central heating pipes!
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• Compression fitting
  * Can be used on wet and dripping pipes The pipe needs to be cut square and cleanly, with any burrs removed. Pipes cut with a pipe cutter are much easier to use than those cut with a saw. Th
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• Flooding
  Lagging pipes exposed to freezing conditions can reduce the chance of a freeze burst.
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• Central Heating maintenance without draining down
  ...sure in the system - static pressure from the total "head" of water in the pipes, and elastic pressure provided by the expansion vessel. ...t of conical rubber bungs from a plumbers merchant designed to block these pipes. One you stuff up the vent pipe, the other to reach into the tank of water
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• Central heating design
  *Small-bore pipes must usually be run in notches in the top of joists: susceptible to damage *Micro-bore pipes may be threaded through holes in joists out of reach of nailing
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• Central Heating Operation
  ...hing the system fully off instead can sometimes result in water or heating pipes freezing and bursting, potentially causing thousands of pounds of damage.
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• Plasterboarding
  ==Cables & pipes== Steel plates are cheaply available to protect pipes & wires where they pass through uprights. It takes little effort to fit the
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• Solar Thermal
  * [[#Pool Heating|Pool heating]] pipes buried in path or drive Water ruptures metal pipes when it freezes, and solar hot water systems must avoid this.
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• Monobloc Air to Water small
  ...left when the bath was replaced by the shower cubicle. My old circulating pipes run floor to ceiling, an overhead pair to lounge and kitchen, underfloor to ...ths of galvanised 150mm cable tray screwed to the wall above and below the pipes and box them in with 60mm Kingspan Styrozone XPS, which is tough. insulatin
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• Split-type Room Air Conditioner
  ...utdoor unit, connected together by a refrigerant flowing through a pair of pipes. The design puts the bulk of the equipment out of doors, leaving a reasonab ...his implies, the indoor unit must go on an outside wall. When you bend the pipes, the smallest radius you can hope to achieve is about 100 mm, with 120 mm o
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• Gas pipe sizing
  ...roportional to its length and the rate of gas flow through it. i.e. longer pipes and/or higher rates of gas flow will result in more pressure drop. ...being split with a tee just after the meter. That then allows us to revert pipes A, and C to 22mm, since they now only need to carry 2.1 m³/h of gas. If we
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• Library chair
  ...those library style chairs that can turn into a set of steps". Then a mate pipes up with a comment to the effect that he has also always wanted one of those
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• Acid
  * Destroys [[cement]] joints in ceramic pipes * Destroys [[cement]] joints in ceramic pipes
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• Oscillating tools
  ...at cuts can be plunged into a board directly above a joist with no risk to pipes or cables under the floor. ...that enables them to cut flush with a surface. This is ideal for cropping pipes against a wall, or undercutting a door frame to allow a wood floor to slide
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• Installing a concealed shower mixer valve (retrofit)
  ...alve tails were somewhat wider than the actual faceplate - especially when pipes were connected. This meant it would not be possible to simply cut the requi
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• Fillers
  Often used to fill large holes, eg around [[Plumbing|pipes]], the foam accomodates small amounts of movement.
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• Insulation
  *Prevents freezing of [[Plumbing|pipes]] *Corners in pipes are dealt with by cutting the 2 lengths of neoprene at 45 degrees
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• Hard Wood floor - retrofit
  ...sy enough to "join up" other gaps in the cut such as those behind radiator pipes:
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• Dishwasher repair
  ...14.JPG|caption|frame|left|Un-tuck it and pull upwards to disengage the two pipes on the right from their O-rings.]] ...tongue and sliding the retainer out backwards taking the pipe with it. The pipes just pull off the clear anti-syphon thing.]]
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• Expanding foam
  * Fills holes where [[Plumbing|pipes]] go through walls
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• Vaillant Ecotec plus 624 repair
  ...ff, and the gas shut off. The valves on the bottom of the boiler where the pipes enter will allow all services to be turned off, and also there is a drain p ...freed. First remove the metal retaining clips on the base of the HX. These pipes will usually have a little wiggle room, and you can pull them free slightly
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• Gas fitting FAQ
  ===What size pipes should be used for gas?=== ...s assumed that the reader is already proficient at installing copper water pipes, and that the gas pipework is not currently connected to the gas supply. Re
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• Thermostat
  Electric heating tape wraps around pipes to prevent frost damage. They now tend to use a resistive compound that is Frost protection is a 5 degree C setting designed to avoid [[pipes]] freezing. Many bimetal stats can be turned down to 5C rather than switchi
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• Balancing central heating radiators
  ...cutting out. This could mean the pump is not powerful enough (assuming the pipes are not clogged up) so check if it has an adjustable speed and try a faster
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• Tapes
  * Temporary [[repair]]s to pipes & hoses * Used over underground services such as [[Cable|electrical]] wires & [[gas]] pipes.
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• Unblock a Drain
  Sink waste pipes can usually be rodded with a handheld wire unblocker, 2mm iron wire or fish
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• Thermal Stores and Heat Banks
  ...ch a heat main may also supply radiators, UFH etc so that only one pair of pipes is required to cover the whole area of the installation for both heating an
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• Central heating radiators
  ...pework. Conventional wisdom has it that the speed of water flow in heating pipes
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• Nails
  * Tacks can pierce [[Cable|wires]] or [[Plumbing|pipes]]
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• Old electrical installations
  ...CDs. They were also commonly wired to inadequate main earth terminals (gas pipes etc), risking loss of adequate earthing.
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• Pressure washer FAQ
  ...lar accessory and very useful for occasional cleaning of domestic drains & pipes. They work surprisingly well, but bear in mind that a domestic HPC is aroun
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• The secret diary of a bathroom refurbishment
  There were some existing problems with water hammer causing some pipes to clank when the water was shut off abruptly elsewhere in the house. Plus ...d go and buy a couple of lengths of 15mm speedfit barrier pipe so that the pipes can be "threaded past" the RSJ, get those round a corner and attached to so
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• Digger
  ...eds, gravel paths, stacking logs, running electric cable conduit and water pipes. Recommended for really serious gardeners.
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• House Wiring for Beginners
  ...ault Finding|fault]] conditions. The wire is connected to [[Plumbing|metal pipes]] using [[Earthing_and_Bonding#Earth_Clamps|BS 951 earth clamps]]. The wire
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• Die grinder
  # They can be used for cutting [[Plumbing|pipes]] in awkward places.
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• TT Earthing
  You should choose a section of ground that is away from other service pipes and drains, and preferably is comprised of ordinary soil rather than builde
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• Limescale
  ...ciency of heat exchanges (e.g. in [[Combination Boilers]]) and block water pipes. Thin films of limescale can form on the smooth surfaces of baths, basins,
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• Stone Wall Double Internal Insulation
  ...n the usual C-stud, Doesn't corrode, has service slots punched htrough for pipes and cables, and I could bed it into the floor screed yet still slide the st
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• Carpet laying
  # [[Hammer]] tacks in along the edges. Avoid [[Plumbing|pipes]] & [[Cable|wires]]!
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• Hand tool
  * freezes pipes to enable plumbing. If quick. * Unfreezes pipes to enable flooding - if not quick.
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• Home security
  ...a flat roof and windows adjacent to the soil pipe leading from a WC. Soil pipes provide a fairly safe climbing route and are usually near a window.
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• Unvented DHW
  ...pipe complying with Water Regulations Section 8 Schedule 2 G19 ''Discharge pipes from safety devices''; G19.1; G19.3; & G19.4. They are usually combined and
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• Washing machine repairs - theory
  ...hich can be located at the bottom of the tub on the back, or on one of the pipes leading to the pump. It forces air up a pipe as the water level is increase
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• Security FAQ
  ...lat [[roof]] and windows adjacent to the soil pipe leading from a WC. Soil pipes provide a fairly safe climbing route and are usually near a window.
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• Electrical Installation
  There is a whole subset of these, for getting a pull cord through ducts and pipes. Most involve either a vacuum cleaner to suck something through the ducts, ...ance is needed when getting wires and cables through tight spaces and into pipes, ducts, conduits etc. There are specialist cable pulling lubricants availab
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• Sealed system FAQ
  ...e would be an astonishing 50 bar (750 psi), this would be bad news for the pipes.
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• Terminating SWA
  *Using BS 951 type earthing clamps (as used for bonding to water & gas pipes) to connect to the armour is not acceptable
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• DIY Web Sites
  *[http://www.cda.org.uk/ Copper Development Association] Cu pipes, sheet etc FAQs
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• Built in office furniture
  ...wly edged them into the gap with it on top - well clear of the rad and its pipes. Before finally pushing it against the wall, pulling the trestles out, and
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• Threaded fasteners FAQ
  ...step. Spanners and socket drivers can be extended by the use of tubes and pipes. A ring spanner or socket extension can be pressed in to service to extend
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• How boilers work
  ...alls too much when the boiler is running, due to inadequately sized supply pipes or a partial blockage, the pilot flame may stop being good enough and the b
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• Electric heating
  ...much less [[energy]] to use a [[heating]] tape applied to frost-vulerable pipes rather than heat the whole room. Nevertheless space heating is sometimes us
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• Stud wall
  ...ffers means that metal stud goes up easier than wood if you have a lot of pipes and cables running along the wall.
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• Glossary
  : A channel cut usually in masonry for cables or pipes. Also used as a verb, meaning to cut a chase. : Pipe joint that grips pipes by compression. Has a nut at each end of the joint.
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• Electrical Glossary
  : Metal alloy used to join [[Plumbing|pipes]] and sometimes [[:Category:Electrical|wiring]]. Lead & tin solder has long
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• Electronics repair
  ...tronics soldering are pretty straight forward. As with all soldering be it pipes or components, the parts to join need to be immaculately clean and shiny, Y
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• Cement
  ...:Allpages|DIY]] use is that pozzolan cements can corrode [[Plumbing|copper pipes]]. They are also slower curing.
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• Drilling FAQ
  ...r, electricity, phone lines, etc). While you have to assume that wires and pipes may be buried anywhere in a wall (very true in older houses), you should pa
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• Drill bit
  ...] quickly enough, but have little drilling performance on buried [[water]] pipes.
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• DIY Loft conversion
  ...f bits of old ceiling joist under the floors, it is less easy to run drain pipes in the floor void. So I decided to build a small plinth for the shower tray ...ly is this handy in its own right, but it also makes for simpler access to pipes and wiring in the future if required.
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• Taking electricity outside
  ...raneous metal parts in contact with earth and no other services like water pipes entering the building will offer a good isolation from earth, whereas a gre
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• Boiler choice FAQ
  ...-away outside filled with limestone gravel. It should not go through metal pipes. It is a debatable grey area whether or not it can go into a metal drain af
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