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I am currently looking at having my house re rendered. A friend who has been rendering with sand and cement for 25 years is doing the job for me and I asked him about doing it in coloured render. He has never used it but said he will give it a go if I find out if there are any differences in...

I have a bosch shv55m03gb integrated dishwasher that I got second hand with a kitchen. I have just put it in but as soon as you shut the door to start the cycle it trips the RCD. I have plugged it into a socket that is not RCD protected, however the dishwasher just makes a humming noise...

Why does the shower wastes with the 50mm water seal exit with a 90 degree bend and can it be removed and replaced with a straight as I am limited on space next to the waste hole?

Has any one had any trouble with the seal on the polyplumb tap connectors leaking? When you buy a ½” straight tap connector it has a taper seal or a flat seal you can use. But the 1\2” elbow and 3\4” tap connectors only have a tapered seal. I have been using a ¾” connector on my bath and...

Just been reading up on waste water pipe regs, as about to install a new bathroom and it got me thinking. At my girlfriends parents house the condensate pipe from their boiler exits the house in 21.5mm pipe and then runs down the side in 32mm black waste pipe into the soil stack. However...

I am looking at buying the following border from Ebay for my bathroom. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TRAVERTINE-MARBLE-MOSAIC-BORDERS-TILES-BEIGE-GREY-/370144129127?pt=UK_Bathroom_Tiles&hash=item562e4f3067 My concern is there is very little or almost no gap between the tiles for the grout. Has...

In my bathroom I am going to extend above my staircase and fit the sink in the new recess. However this means there will be very limited space below the sink so I was wondering if there is any low profile traps available? The pipe run from the sink to the soil stack is just over 2m so I am...

Just purchased my first house and giving it a full rewire (no not qualified but I am competent (some might say otherwiseJ) and I have informed building control so they can inspect and test when the work is complete. (I have a mate that works there) My question is I am wiring the lighting...