What "man jobs" have you done today?

Major774 said:
Awesome, thank you.

I am not sure how to accurately measure that. It’s a very old Glow Worm boiler with just a numbers dial to set the boiler temperature. I have set it to number 4, max is 5.

Rads are hovering around 60C. I am using a cheap temp gun to get the reading off the rads.
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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.
 
dirtychinchilla said:
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!
 
Blackvault said:
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. :(
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Ah it's easy once the joists are full. You just cross run it the other way :D No excuses, get to it!
 
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.
 
How does this even happen?

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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.

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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!

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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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964rs said:
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 :cry:)
 
LuckyBenski said:
Probably worked out the dimensions required subtracting two thicknesses, but measured the ga after putting sidepieces in. Good spot.
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You give far too much credit..I just mixed up 114 with 104 :cry:

Richie said:
I assume the top lintel isn't straight? The insulation looks like its bowing in the middle.
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It's called character :rolleyes:

(It was actually a bow in the material but I did fix it :D).
 
PermaChanged said:
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.

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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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Don't they put a French drain or gap between the wall and paving anymore?
 
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