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hi all can anybody reccomment a good manufacturer of sliding gear for pocket doors. I was thinking of installing a set of double pocket doors to split a living/dining area in my existing open plan arrangement. I may also install a sliding partition to the side of my staircase which is also in...

hi all can anybody reccomment a good manufacturer of sliding gear for pocket doors. I was thinking of installing a set of double pocket doors to split a living/dining area in an open plan arrangement. I may also install a sliding partition to the side of my staircase which is also in my open...

hi lads going around to a mates house to have a quick look at his heating tomorrow. 2 rads downstairs not heating up. if the pump has seized due to inactivity for so long(and a few taps of a mallet dont move things), i believe you can try to turn the impellar manully to free it up, and you get...

hi all hope someone has a few words of wisdom for me the plan is to split my open-plan sitting/dining area(L-shaped) into two seperate rooms, divided by a new timber stud partition with half-glazed double doors between. I would also like to lay a new hardwood solid or engineered floor...

hi all hope there is a sparks in the house! my question/problem is this: had an electrician in today to install an updated CU and wire in a new shower at the cu. job done, electrician leaves and i try the shower(to commision it really), and it trips out along with the main RCD ! now he is...

anyone know where i can get large bore flexible ss tap connectors with : male 8-10mm pillar mixer type ends + 1/2" bsp and NOT 15mm compression... ??

has anybody out there used a wire saw to cut a plastic soil waste pipe, er sucessfully? by wire saw i mean the type u can get in camping survivisist type shoppes, u know the type which are a metal wire with a ring on each end , to insert ur own handles like a branch or a reindeer shinbone...

hi all drilling tapholes in an acrylic bath i was thinking of using a diamond - tipped holesaw-the type used for porcelain tiles- for drilling my new acrylic bath (mere with carronite reinforcing). is this ok? i am buying some of these cheap from a chinese site for the porcelin tiles...

hi all couple of newbie questions i hope i can get some help with: hoping to install a mains fed electric shower in my bathroom, first floor, in a normal 3-bed semi type house, :?: 1 if i 't' off the rising mains at attic floor level, before cistern stopcock, and across coupla joists &...

quick question is there a formua to calculate water pressure(at the outlet height), by noting the flow l/min , for given pipe sizes say 15 or 22mm etc..?? rather than buying a possibly inaccurate cheapo gauge, for a one off job any takers :?:

hi all does anybody have any experience with any of the magnetic scale inhibitors on the market? i am going to install aa electric shower and the water is quite hard in my location 200+ppm if that means anything to you who are knowledgable in these areas. i would be going onto a dedicated...

Hi all , tell me if ya think im mad.. going to revovate my bathroom and was planning on using an electric shower meant for mains feed (mira escape,9.0kW, nice chrome job), but as my mains water pressure is not good, was considering giving it a feed from the tank in 22mm pipe via a stuart...