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flame stays on the ground. Well that's why I'm here asking. But really i was hoping someone would explain it. Sorry if it's too obvious I'm just not seeing it.

Never done any roofing before that will become obvious. New shed, single pitch roof around 4x3m using osb3 sheets. Angle is perhaps 1 in 6ish i think. Thing is I have a cylinder of oxidized bitumen in the garage from an unrelated project years ago, presuming i can avoid hurting myself i was...

I have a tall double glazed window in the bathroom. there is rubbery gloop stuff holding it at the bottom and there are 3 straps either side holding it onto the old sash frame. Unfortunately the wooden sash frame bit has come away from the wall. The plastic frame is inset from the wall, it would...

I can just put a multifit straight onto the lead? should have looked at fittings more carefully! makes my job a lot easier thanks guys.

Any tips on getting this undone? 2" pipe, I'm assuming BSP? I'm using a pipe wrench on the nut and one on the pipe to brace but it won't budge. the part sticking out of the floor is solid but the rest is lead and it seems to move which is making me uneasy. I was going to try some...

great thanks. replaced a bung on a rad with a tail, washing machine valve and pressure gauge. boiler gauge was reading under 1 bar but still in the green. not until i opened the filling loop so i guess that it was down to 0 pressure. job done anyway thanks guys, second gauge was at 1.5...

Hi, So i had a go at replacing a radiator. old one came off fine, checked boiler pressure and the needle hadn't moved, but why would it. inhibitor went in the new empty rad ok, bleed valve open, lockshield? valve open and away we went. had a helper watching the pressure and it didn't move...

Last guy i had in to service the boiler saw how messy my flat is and never came back. I'm not an idiot, I just like making sure i know what i'm doing before i do it.

I live in a flat, i have a huge mains pipe in a cupboard going from people downstairs to upstairs. I only have a 15mm feed from this, my main stop is on the 15mm. Currently i have an electric shower fed via plastic and a bath fed from a tank via a lead pipe. I'm looking to put in a gas shower...

I'm looking for a lock with both a latch and a bolt, where an outside key and inside thumbturn will operate the bolt, but after retracting the bolt, a further turn will retract the latch. this essentially means the lock would not require a handle on either side. Most lock cases i see don't...

I was having a look at different switches, but im not sure that i could get away with mounting something like that somewhere on the lamp without ruining the look. (im sure it can be done, just i'm not the one to do it.) I suppose any double throw switch rated at 6 amps would do? I had...

Ok, thanks anyway. The wireless controll looks interesting, but I'm not sure how i would build the second switch into the lamp (the last thing i need is another remote to loose), and it sems a bit expensive whereas i have a roll of three core and earth left from another project so a couple of...

Good evening, I'm interested in controlling a floor lamp from not only the lamp, but also from the location of the existing wall switch. Is there such a thing as a lampholder with a 2 way switch rather than just 1 way? Thanks in advance.