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    Column rad feet on non-column rad

    One pic shows the experiments I'm doing with supporting a type 11 radiator (160cm wide, 50cm high, total weight around 35kg) using universal column radiator feet. The other pic shows the detail of the contact surface between the rad and the feet. Aesthetic considerations apart, is there...
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    Inaccessible pipe: clipping vs support

    Hi, I managed to push two 15mm pex pipes through the underfloor space of a second floor. They go (on a straight run between two parallel joists) from a hole in the floorboard (18mm thick) under an existing radiator to another hole in the contiguous room's floorboard, ready to attach a new...
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    Running pipe INSIDE floorboard?

    I need to run central heating pipe horizontally under the floorboards of an upper floor. I need to go through only one 75mm wide beam, but I'm wary of boring or notching it, also because that would be quite close to the wall bearing the beam. So I thought of running an 8mm or 10mm pipe...
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    Brake disk scoring

    Hi all, VW have recommended a replacement of my rear off-site brake disk due to scoring (See image.) There are no apparent problems with the car when driving it. The car has only done 16,000 miles. The vehicle is on PCP, I will be changing the vehicle in another 2 years. Am I ok to leave this...
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