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I'm planning to use these hinges with a large 1.4m heavy wooden gate. My worry though is that I'm going into brick, newly built brick pillars with steels. With the holes being so close to each other, will the brick blow? I was thinking of using some 120mm masonry screws to get into to the back...

Seems mad - ! Hoping some experience can help. Got a wooden pedestrian gate about 115cm wide and 180 high. I can pick it up by myself. I'm replacing the 100mm x 100mm wooden post it was hung on with a 2-brick pier. Actually it will be solid, with 8 bricks per course. I've read in a few...

I'm replacing some rotten trim at the bottom of a large wooden window. It's taken off some of the butyl tape. Do I need to replace this or can I remove all the butyl tape lever gap and fill with low modular silicon?

Hi. I'm having to replace an 80cm piece of stripwood in part of a window. The wood is 15mm square but has a 5mm corner taken out. I've a router and square base bits but how can I route this please? Any ideas?

Hi I've noticed that my lockshield valve va has been leaking. The construction doesn't seem to have a bonnet that I could tighten up and the only replacement I can find are half inch by 15 mm. Presumably I can replace the 1/2 inch on the pipe with 15 mil but then I'll be putting an olive in the...

Hi. Quick question on changing an expansion tank. First one I've done but 17 rads on an 18 litre. Pretty sure the bags failed. Going to put a 25 litre on but can I close off with the valve underneath the tank connection? Or easier done with a quick drain and under vacuum please.

Hi. I've a ground floor toilet suddenly backing up badly. There's another toilet plus shower and sink on the floor above. It does drain eventually but the ground floor bath that connected onto it gurgles like crazy. Odd thing, on the stack there's a stadium aav. Nicely built into the wooden...

Hi. I've searched the forum for an idea but can't figure this. I'm tiling over a cavity to a new window that's about to be put in down to floor level from an existing lintel. This is at the dpc on both sides of the cavity To be level with the floor I have about 1cm thickness for something to...

Can anyone help identify this radiator lockshield/valve please? It's the one on the right. It's larger than the one on the left. The nut on the left is about 20mm across flats. The one on the right is about 25mm. Both going on to 15mm pipework, but the right one seems much larger thread...

Hi - is this a mad idea or might it just work? I've a valve on one side of my towel rail that turns 1/2 a turn instead of 3 full turns. So with help on the forum I'm guessing it's snapped. So I'm planning to -take the pressure the system by draining anywhere. -close the valve on the other side...

Hi - any ideas what could be going on? I've a towel rail that always worked fine. It was removed for decorating and put back on. Now the valve on one side only turns 1/2 turn and I get very little water through it. The valve on the other side opens 3 turns. I've tried forcing it a little at the...

Hi. Great forum, hope someone can advise-:) I have 2 external expansion vessels - one for heating one for hot water system. I'm trying to figure out if they need replacing or not - if the membrane has gone. But how can I figure that out?:?: If a membrane has gone wouldn't the 4bar air just sit...

Hi. Thinking hats at the ready.. The chipboard flooring in an upstairs room is squeaking badly. I've managed to drill some small holes at get a USB snake camera in and it looks like there are no noggins - they are truly flying. Need ideas if you have any... The only options I can think of are...

Hi, I'm buying a dual fuel towel rail. The 600w element is the same price as the 1000w element. Both will fit inside the height of the towel rail. Both are thermostatic too. The old element is a 600w but can you oversize? I'm tempted to buy the 1000w.

Hi, Please can you help me know if I can convert a Mira shower outlet to another make? I have a Mira shower with a mixer panel and a separate water outlet from the wall. I've taken the outlet apart and it's basically a bit of copper pipe sticking out of the grout. The MIRA system pushes onto it...

Hi experts - really need some advice on my issue. Wife heard a hissing noise and the carpet all wet. Had no water for last 48hrs and after ripping a hole in the wall I've found a soldered elbow leaking on the underside, it goes about 10cm off the floor beneath the bath and up to shower. :(...

Hi. I'm installing some metal light switches. One box is plastic and doesn't have it's earth connected so I double checked that it's other end was connected . It wasn't so I've connected it into my lighting circuit in the roof. Sounds fine eh. But.. if I use an multitester to check the...

Hi. I just started to change over a light switch and found that the earth is not connected up and is live. The new switches have metal surrounds so I really need to get that earth sorted. The switch on the ground floor outside of the downstairs toilet. So somehow I need to trace this live earth...

Hi. We've moved into a house last year and found that the previous occupants had kindly covered up a serious dry rot problem in one room. Got it sorted but the problem was the fireplace hearth wicking up water to the old untreated, gone through rot joists. I dug out the hearth and made good by...

Hi. Hope a few of you might be able to help me. I've had to remove three quarters of a floor built with 4x2 joists, including the joists. There are several dwarf wall across the span and I've removed the floor and joists up to one wall. I intend to joist up some 4x2 joists to match but joists...