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Thanks. Is an IC an inspection chamber?

Hi checked related messages but can't seem to find an answer. I am having a small extension on the side of the house and incorporating a toilet. The main sewer pipe runs along the rear elevation of the house to a manhole (two covers ) halfway across before continuing the run to adjacent houses...

Thanks for the replies .Sorted now , turns out our home insurance has callout cover and it covers electrics. Came very quickly. Within an hour. For those interested . He reset RCD switch on consumer unit, plugged kettle in waited for a pop sound somewhere - when the circuit tripped there was a...

Hi Socket circuit is tripping the switch at the consumer unit. Unplugged everything but it still trips after a few minutes when something is plugged into it. . Read up on this forum and advice indicates to first check the Combi boiler. But it still trips with this switched off. So am I...

It won't be used much - it is to plug power into my caravan when I am working on it

Hi I want an exterior waterproof electric socket on my house wall. I can feed power to it through and existing hole in the wall (left by a redundant Skydish cable). I would put 3 PIN PLUG ON wire and plug this into the socket in my room when I want to use it. All the sockets in this room are...

Hi Looking to install a downstairs toilet. The sewer (not public it joins that at the bottom of the road) is about metre and a half down. I am wondering if I could connect the toilet outlet to the sewer using a drain ( that currently takes water run off from the guttering to the sewer manhole )...

Thanks very clear and I have learnt a lot. The stock certainly isn't stickered I think Might give it a swerve there is too much margin for something to go wrong in future..

Thanks for that very clear and helpful explanation! One thing what do you mean by stickering- is it referring to still in the retail packaging? Thanks

Hi Going to buy Oak wooden flooring planks.( similar to laminated flooring planks but all oak) They are at a reclamation seller and have been stored in an outdoor shed with no doors. He says he has been supplied with them for a few years. As it is fairly exposed and uncontrolled temperature...

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Hi My daughter is having a kitchen fitted by Magnet. She has paid for installation. Day before they have told her that old kitchen has to be removed- first mention of this to her. So demolition OK But the sink has to come out It is copper supply pipe to a flexi pipes which connects to the taps...

Hi I need to calculate the percentage of my roof that is flat roof for a mortgage application - it has to be no more than 25%. It is a dormer roof projecting out of the tiled roof. So I figured an easy way would be to measure the total roof area and then subtract the dormer roof area. So...

Hi I want to attach a dual spigot adaptor to accommodate two appliances I have a fitting but the white plastic compression nut on the fitting is too small to screw on to the trap assembly -the trap assembly nut size appears to be 55mm diameter and so is too big. Is their a particular make that...

Hi Np error codes but when machine reaches end of cycle it jumps back to earlier in the cycle such filling with water or rinsing so can't get washing out. Does this on all programs Any ideas how to remedy this Thanks

I didn't see the report but it was positive for asbestos it was a water supply pipe. I heard back today that the floor layer spoke with the specialist company who say high salt levels can give false readings so they used several devices to take account and the result of this is that it is dry. ...

No screed over the concrete the leak from the dodgy connect was 'fixed' by the decorator who found it 7 weeks ago

Some info here http://www.cila.co.uk/files/Asbestos%20Article%20for%20CILA%201008.pdf I questioned wether they had replaced the DCM and they said there was none there when they excavated. So they didn't put one in This a house built in the early 1970's as iy is covered up I can't prove...

Hi Very long story short, plumbers appointed by insurance company to repair water leak under floor of lounge left a trail of disaster. They filled the trench they had dug the length of the lounge with quick set concrete. Few weeks after decorator noticed there was a leak because they hadn't...