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In a property where the incoming water mains is supplied via a PVC pipe, and is not bonded to earth but in sections after the stop cock, some of the plumbing has been carried out in copper 15mm pipes, using plastic to metal adaptors, so the question is since water itself is not a very good...

In 1992 my builder made me an extension, with a flat roof, he engaged a roofer who came down with a what looked like a black trailer behind a van with a huge gas fire burner heating a huge pot of bitumen, or tar like substance with smoke spewing out like a steam engine! This trailer was...

Earlier last month (April) my heating was still on ( i run it on low flow temp of between 35° - 40 C continuously) we still had a fair amount of chill during April. So one April day it went off, causing me to get a gas safe mate to look at the boiler just in case. He could find nothing obvious...

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As per title, I took a small sample and heated it under flames on cooker, it glowed red hot but still it held together solid, good fire resistance material from the canopy over a shed. I need to replace the timber supports as it is rotten bad and eaten away by wood lice, and wet rot, any time...

I have a problem of water leak when it rains, and I got up on the roof to see what was going on, and I can see where the problem is, and logically a valley cannot be formed at this joint because of the nature of the "plane" of two roofs meeting, even though it has a shallow valley made of lead...

I need to hang a Fire Door and it needs to comply with latest Fire regulations. I am stuck with where to route for 10mm wide Intumescent Strip, if I route in the middle of the door, 3 Fire Door hinges will pass over the strip, which could cause smoke to pass through. If I just miss the hinge...

Anyone can suggest a good reliable accurate calculator for rebuilding cost for anywhere in UK. mucho thanks.

we all need to get from A - B, all of us have the need to get somewhere, not just busses and taxis and individuals too, some of them could be Doctors and Nurses trying to get to their jobs, I have often found that you cannot enter a yellow box junction as your exit is not clear, some councils...

I bought some tiles from a reputable tile supplier who has over 300 branches all over UK, at the time I bought these tiles my plan was to tile my bathroom up to about door height, but since I have changed my mind and want to now tile fully up to ceiling coving, problem is these are no longer...

No, No, its not gas explosion i am looking at, something struck me and reminds me of Donald Trump. I see him in there in his suit and big cigar he has got!

Whenever someone opens another tap in the house, this kitchen tap starts to vibrate quite loud, time to replace its inner 1/4turn valve? Not sure how to go about it without buggering it up. Vibration is strange, often it sets on when you open another tap, other times when you open another tap...

A friend is having a loft conversion, he was given a quote which included all works, planning, Architectural plans and structural details and calculations, as a complete package for around £35K. Work commenced 2 weeks ago, and all is coming along well, now the electricians employed by the C L...

and someone I know wants me to fix this, and I am no plumber!

Following on from my previous thread, that has been zapped by Moderators, who only see me of using inappropriate language, I do not wind up people on here first, nor start offending anyone first, but if someone starts at me, and Moderators do nothing, I don't stand back and swallow insults. But...

I had been using a Hi-Grade laptop which ran on Windows ME, it had been working perfectly all these years until last week it decided to pack up, I have many important accounts files on this HD and these files are not exportable to Microsoft office or similar, they were created using a...

I would like to use loft space for storage, and want to utilise as much space as I can without compromising insulation and the strength of the joists, the span of joist is 24' with a mid support provided by an internal load bearing wall, so joist span is just 12' either side of this central...

For nearly 2 months I have been bombarded with a pop down screen offering Free Windows 10 upgrade from Win 7 that I was well happy with and knew where everything was. I kept putting it off, there was no choice to cancel except to postpone it, and it did bloody started to download automatically...

In this 21st Century, I am still using a Windows 3.11 with 6.2 MSDOS, because have I got any choice, no, I run an engraving machine that works on a DOS based software, and found that modern computers cannot run it even if set for backward compatibility mode,so i am stuck with this solid engraver...

I am a bit confused, whether to use a heat detector as recommended for protecting against kitchen fires, which basically means that fire has to occur and start burning the place down before the heat reaches the detector head, these heat detectors work on rate of rise of heat or ambient...