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    One for the plumbers please

    I think the units that required the length of pipe for expansion are now outlawed under water regulations from being mains fed and you are required to have a non return valve, expansion tank and relief valve fitted and of course you need an isolation valve for the maintenance engineer to come...
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    Found Tilley Lamp

    Just to make you drool :LOL:
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    Suggest a water can/bottle/container to feed the dog jet wash

    ask on freecycle for an empty detergent/softener container these are 10 lts and used on automatic dosing for commercial washing machines,
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    One for the plumbers please

    don't know which premises are covered by which regs but there were also anti-scalding checks we had to carry out in care homes and nurseries to check the mixing valves were working and the cold water had to be under 20c within 60 sec. We also contracted to Sainsbury and they followed a similar...
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    One for the plumbers please

    there is for commercial premises it's for control of legionnaires infection can't quote you all the regs now as they went in the recycling when I retired
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    One for the plumbers please

    I wouldn't bother with any type of instant hot water hand washer they are made to satisfy hygiene standards which in winter they often fail as to get to required temperature you are turning the flow down to a point that they swith off and as for the spray nozzles in a hard water area they don't...
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    Tired 1930's valor 525r sympathetically restored to working order

    Yes they were a bit of a fire risk and later models had a safety device to cut the flame if they got knocked, but don't remember them being any worse that open fires that spat out glowing embers and from warnings about at the time the chip pan was the biggest fire hazard. As for damp that was...
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    Tired 1930's valor 525r sympathetically restored to working order

    in my childhood we had a similar heater but ours was an Aladdin but in the early 80's most of my heating was paraffin as the paraffin man filled up your cans on his weekly rounds and my favourite heater was the trendy triangular Valor
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    Tired 1930's valor 525r sympathetically restored to working order

    B&Q £10 for 4lt if you need it quickly, you save online in a pack of 4 at £34.50 for std paraffin .https://www.dry-it-out.com/warm/paraffin.html
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    Tired 1930's valor 525r sympathetically restored to working order

    Nice, you just need a nice oil lamp to go with it :D
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    Free saw

    I thought it was a fancy pizza cutter not a toy prefer my free scissors
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    Guess the timber

    I knew it was plum as my kitchen stool has plum legs purchased at a music festival (as was the spearmint sat on it I don't normally travel with plants)
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    B& D Workmate upgrade top

    my workmate plus from the mid 80's has been badly abused and only one rubber foot survives but the ply top has never required replacement. I like the reason why the workmate was built he had used an expensive Swedish chair as a sawhorse and inadvertently cut its leg off
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    Introduction and plead for help. Combination machine woes..

    when working on air conditioning I have found that with single phase motors that are slow to start that it has been the motor capacitor that needs replacing your motors are more powerful than I was working on and looking at the machine specs it uses 2.2kw motors and I don't know how these...
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    Husky total socket

    I do like the look of the Knipex pliers never seen them before and if not retired from commercial building maintenance would despite the High price have purchased some as can see how useful they would have been in the work I did, just like my 4 inch Bahco adjustable was when working on gas...
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    Husky total socket

    Once had a problem removing the dip tube on an VW automatic gearbox nothing I had could grip the nut without causing damage purchased a Stanley self adjusting wrench and that was the tool that got it moving.
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    Cavity wall insulation blower !!

    https://x-floc.co.uk/ https://www.stewartenergy.com/
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    What do you collect

    the Delorean was broadcast 2 weeks ago. Vintage Voltage - Transforming Classics into Electrifying Rides
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    New music

    if by a certain age you mean an old git I can say no I haven't heard of them, but here a couple of young whippersnappers who I have met who are into that newfangled looping and beatboxing stuff. and although when this was recorded it was not for an album its now the 3rd track on the CD that...
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    New music

    how about a bit of Celtic-folk punk and for something completely different
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