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Can a gas hob be connected using a normal bayonet fitting hose to an existing supplied bayonet? The question is really...... does that comply with gas safe regulations? Or.... does it have to be "hard" piped in copper?

Pensioners in Croydon in a 1930-ish house are having a new kitchen installed and the old wire fuse-box replaced with a modern consumer unit.... that's all good :-) To do that the house needs a new earth supplied. EDF are to do it, and requested about £280 as a fee. Discount for pensioners...

I think we're on the verge of being ripped by Ikea's kitchen fitters? 1920's house with old fuse box with wire fuses etc. Gas oven being replaced with electric oven, so it needs a radial main for the cooker and hob. "Install radial main for the cooker hob" is £192, it's 10 feet from the...

My flooring has been delivered, and is lovely indeed, can't wait to get it laid, but....... the lacquer extends right over both the tongue and the grooved edges, down to the base thereby sealing the porosity of the glueing area which is what PVA glues rely upon for bonding! So... what are my...

I have a Vokera compact combi boiler. It has trouble with pressure and venting the water when the temperature is set higher than a certain level, and even if the EV has failed, it's probably on the minimum size limit for the house anyway. Therefore, given that the EV is totally buried in the...

I have a 46m area over 3 rooms and 2 hallways, 3 doors and one wide arch. 4 radiators. The flooring is a mix of longer and shorter pieces. It will be laid over the original pine planks, across the rooms, which is the same way the originals. (House is 1913 Edwardian) The original planks are...

I have a Vokera Compact Se 24, combination boiler of about 5 years old. It has recently started suffering rising pressure in the CH side, I have replaced the safety valve and inlet valve on the filling loop very recently, and left the filling loop unattached this time as the old valve was...