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Fair enough. You would measure the flow and return pipe work with your temp gun. You want as big a delta T as possible. So if you’ve got 60C flow, something like a 40C return would be awesome.
What "man jobs" have you done today?
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Fair enough. You would measure the flow and return pipe work with your temp gun. You want as big a delta T as possible. So if you’ve got 60C flow, something like a 40C return would be awesome.
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Ah… sweet.
I can put my hands on the central heating return pipe where the MagnaClean is, so I guess I have a big enough delta.
Of course, the flow is untouchable… hot potato!
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I did a little more insulation of our loft of our 1980s converted bungalow. It doesn't have hurt the knees and I'm so itchy!
Makes a massive difference. Are you at 270mm yet?
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Not yet. I'm trying to get all the 170mm in between the joists first. Then worry about rolling out 20meters x 2 meters of the 200m stuff. The joys of a long bungalow.Makes a massive difference. Are you at 270mm yet?
Ah it's easy once the joists are full. You just cross run it the other wayNot yet. I'm trying to get all the 170mm in between the joists first. Then worry about rolling out 20meters x 2 meters of the 200m stuff. The joys of a long bungalow.
No excuses, get to it!
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All the tiles were loose around the downstairs toilet. Could be due to damp from the leak I fixed. Anyway, I pulled them all off, cleaned it all up and re-cemented them all back into place.
I put it down to number dyslexia, happens to me all the timeHow does this even happen?
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My c in maths showing
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How does this even happen?
I assume the top lintel isn't straight? The insulation looks like its bowing in the middle.
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Probably worked out the dimensions required subtracting two thicknesses, but measured the ga after putting sidepieces in. Good spot.
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The landscapers had got to a point where current garden tap location was proving problematic, so with a Plasson Universal coupling, some 25mdpe pipe, fittings and a shovel I got to work yesterday.
Aco drain is next on their list at the end of that run of slabs, where it meets the pool platform, going to a soakaway to be dug in the lawn.
This will be the lawn area, pictured in the summer when much drier!
I still need to trench further toward where the existing water pipe was unearthed, and bury it with the submains electric cable too (seen in pic) - the whole area where the new tap is in need of some loving
Aco drain is next on their list at the end of that run of slabs, where it meets the pool platform, going to a soakaway to be dug in the lawn.
This will be the lawn area, pictured in the summer when much drier!
I still need to trench further toward where the existing water pipe was unearthed, and bury it with the submains electric cable too (seen in pic) - the whole area where the new tap is in need of some loving
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That pipe doesn't look deep enough not to freeze
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It isn't, currently - but we're raising the finished height to be much closer to patio height, so will be when back filled/finished.
MDPE isn't as susceptible to freezing as copper, and we're in the Channel Islands where we very rarely see sub zero temperatures - I'm confident it'll be fine for now (famous last words
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You give far too much credit..I just mixed up 114 with 104
It's called character
(It was actually a bow in the material but I did fix it
).Don't they put a French drain or gap between the wall and paving anymore?