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Hi everyone, when i turn on hot water tap i get hot water once boiler fired up. Only problem is once it reaches temp the pressure seems to drop away? This is no problem in kitchen or for washing hands etc as i can just open tap further to increase flow but when i have a shower it starts off...

Hello all, I am after some help. My Baxi 105e combi boiler has recently started needing to have hot water taps or shower at full flow to get the hot water. Having looked on here already might it be a problem with the diaphram? If so is this costly/possible to fix and would it be in the...

Hello all, just a quick question about my pedestal basin. Should it be fixed to the floor? The basin will be attached to a solid wall with the correct fixings, so does the pedestal need to be secured or is the weight of the basin enough..? Many Thanks

Recently put a new soil stack up and have a 40mm waste from bath and basin going into it, all plastic. With a strap on boss, does that need solvent weld too? Cheers and a merry xmas!

Hello all, My new toilet has a cistern that bolts onto the pan. It has nothing to fix it against the wall, how should I fix it? Plenty of mastic? Worried that if it is just bolted to pan it will eventually fatigue the bolts through movement... kids etc! Advice welcome!! Ps hope this...

Hello all, Have a new small window (450mm x 1000) I have installed cavity closers sides and sill with the lintel closing the cavity at the top. What is the best way to fix the PB into the reveal, dry lining or just screw into the blockwork and use packing to make level?? I am having...

Hello all, having new bathroom and was originally going to tile floor to ceiling but due to a re think am now having it skimmed and just tiling splashbacks. My question is, where I have recessed into the wall for some pipework, shower and rad, can I fill over the top ready for skim and if so...

Hi, putting a new stack on gable end of my house, 1970's semi. Can't decide on which colour to use, black, grey or white. The rest of the plastic, windows guttering etc is white and wondered if white stack would look the bes, most houses near me that have done the same are grey, but this looks...

Hi, how thick is the average bathroon wall tile + grout? Got my plumber coming to put some pipework in for me tomorrow and need average thickness to put into pipework equation! Many thanks

Good afternoon, putting a new bathroom in and just wondered if someone on here who knows a bit can help me out: I'm installing a new toilet and wondered if waste pipe from toilet should be exactly horizontal or should it have a slight fall on it towards the stack? Normal wall its going...

Hi, already have 2 downlight in my bathroom, can I add this into wiring: see pic below! If so is it possible to have a switch to isolate fan when lights are on (when in bathroom but no need for fan on)? Many thanks [/img]

Sorry to post yet another tanking query but here goes! I'm putting a 'P' shaped showerbath into a new bathroom which I plan to tile floor to ceiling. Head of bath is against a solid wall (to which shower will be attached) side of bath runs along plasterboard. Is tanking a bit excessive...

I am putting a window in a new opening on fisrt floor of my house. Window will be approx 450mm wide 1m deep. The house is a 1970s brick and block construction with 50mm cavity (unfilled). Which type of lintel would be easiest to fit? Bearing in mind it will be a new opening. I have...

Hi, I'm putting a bathroom in a upstairs room and am going to install a small window, 450mm wide by approx 1m drop. I'm a confident Diyer but have never done this before. My local building control have said I will need a lintel, even though the window is only two bricks wide!! So, with a...