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I want to replumb a house i'm moving in to, it has a black plastic water main, circa 1965 and a new combi boiler installed. My query is: Is there any advantage in having a plastic - 22mm stop tap and having a 22mm main with 15 mm branches to outlets rather than having all the cold water...

Hi, could somebody please help me, I'm trying to find the correct distance, from the wall to the centre of the soil pipe in the floor behind a tolilet to allow a problem for toliet istallation, the pipe isn't in position yet and i'd like to get it right first time! Thanks, Dirk

Hi, I've just moved into my new house and have noticed that when the boiler is set to be heating up the water in the cylinder, my towel radiator in the bathroom gets hot at the same time and the hot water coming out of the tap isn't as hot as I think it should be?? It only seems to be the...

I want to get a tool to sharpen my chisel and plane blades. What gives the best edge? one of these? http://www.powertooldirect.co.uk/scheppach_tiger2000_supergrind_sharpene-p-78556.html?ad=scheppach-tiger2000 or one of these...

How am I suppose to wire the live on my shiny new ceramic hob?? By the way I can't get a qualified elecrician to do it as they reackon it's not worth them coming out! Cheers for any help.

Can somebody tell me what the dimensions are for a standard sheet of plasterboard. Is it 1200mm x 2400mm or 1220mm x 2440mm ?

Can somebody tell me how I'm supposed to fix a stainless steel undermount sink to a granite work surface as I haven't a clue myself. Cheers.

Any body ever had any bad experiances with these? I fitted 5 of these in a friends B and B at his request last week, all the valves were set up correctly with the final water level well below the overflow yet he has called me back twice as the water level on 2 of the valves keeps mysteriously...

I want to put some wires in place so that in the future I can wire up an alarm system. Can somebody tell me what the best position is for PIR's and the places to avoid putting them so as not to get a false alarm. Cheers.

i'm changing my back room into a kitchen soon and I'm not too sure what to do about the floor. At the moment its T and G boards on suspended joists. I'm going to rip them all up to lay pipes, cables and insulation between the joists. My question is: do I lay 1 layer of 18mm ply or a couple of...