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Okay - latest problem. I've a new cistern that sits up against a floor standing housing containg the cistern. WC pan is central to the housing. New cistern is mounted internally centrally in the housingl ...resulting in the flush button, mounted on the front of the housing, interferring...

Hello- Now I realise that this question will probably result in me getting a lot of well deserved abuse - as I think i've been a bit of a numpty - but i'll ask anyway. I'm replacing the WC and have moved things around a bit. So when it came to re-connecting I ended up using an assortment...

I bought the rad 18months ago from screwfix and have just got around to fitting it. What I've found is that one of the end caps supplied with the rad won't screw into the rad as the thread in the rad is prr. So what I need is an appropriate cutting tap/chaser to clean out & re-make the...

I'm fitting a 800mm square shower tray. There are brick walls on two sides & a stud wall on the other, the left. The shower head is mounted on the right hand wall. The studd wall is lined with marine ply. If i move the tray snug up against one wall, then I have a gap of approx 25mm between...

I want to build a ledge in a shower cube i'm making. The tray is 800mmx800mm. However, to give a bit more room in the shower, i've made the shower recess 800mm x 1000mm approx. The plan is then to tile the extra 800x200mm as a ledge at about 300mm off the shower tray level. This ledge can be...

Does anyone know of an application x-reference for car spares? I remember years ago looking at a book that listed all such information - useful if you want to buy a part for your 'expensive model' car by insteady buying the equal part of a cheaper car. Steve

hi - the electric shower has a plastic pipe for conection. A 15mm ferral slips over it fine. My question is whether it's okay to use a brass 90' piece and connect to the copper pip with a standard nut & ferral and connect to the plastic pipe of the shower unit with a metal nut & ferral onto that...

The wall has been partially replastered to get it flat and repair some damage. Can I just tile straight onto it ..? Or shoudl I PVA or paint it will a 50:50 mix of emulsion? Steve

I've had intermittant problems with my phone now for 6 months and am getting fed up with Toucan and BT for not being able to fix it. They are unable to react quick enough when I have a problem - 3-4 days later the problem will have gone away again. The line is fine for 99% of the time...

I've a stone resin shower tray that'll be mounted on a few 2x2's . the instructions refere to using a 3/4' board - would a piece of chipboard be okay or is plywood the way to go? It seems the only ply I can get is 7' by 4'! I only need 800mm square. Steve

What would be the cause/source of a sticky residue in a junction box & socket - it has a green colour when wiped & is very very sticky - looks like it's leeching out of the end of the wires! Steve

In my fusebox I have two 30A fuses- unmarked but I assume ring main circuits. The house is a 1970 3 bedroom ground & top floor. I assume that the power sockets in the house are split 1st floor & ground floor or left of house & right of house - you get the picture ...either way there are two...

Can anyone tell me whether the pattern glass of a double glazed door unit should face outddors or face indoors. I've a new frame with glazed units and the flat glass is facing in - i'd of thought it should face out and the pattern pane face in. Steve

I need to replace an old radiator ~1968, due to excessive rust on the outside. The rad is 18 1/2 " wide (47cm) - The narrowest that I see advertised are 50 cm wide - 50CM is about the distance I have between the conenctions on the two valves that I'll need to mate up the new radiator too...

I need a chain saw - what are pros' & cons of electric vs petrol - I see cons as a cable vs smelly petrol. Is an electric one going to be man enough to cut thru a 12-18" trunk? Steve _________________ Moderator split from hi-jacked post

I'm about to build a sot of lean-to / roof affair down the side of the house bridging a 3' pathway between the house and the fench. It will be aboput 15' long. What I'd like to do is use perspex corregated roofing material mounted on a frame. The house would form one 'wall' & the fench the...

When ever I put the phone down, I get one ring back again. Its the same whether it's the hand phone or the modem. What would cause this? I'm using a couple of oneTel plug in boxes too. Steve

I've very squeaky floorboads beneath the carpet in a 1960's house. From peeping at other the boards in the cupboards I think that they are original, poor quality, that have been hacked around over the years and need attantion. So what are my options and what do people recommend? I'm thinking...

I've a radiato in a small outbuilding. The radiator has quite a bit of rust olong the left hand lower 2". It has been touched up once by previous owner. Is this a sign that radiator is shot i.e rusting from inside - am I wasting my time trying to clean it all up & repainting? Steve

I regularly get what sounds like a 'running/falling water' sound out of the pipes around the boiler - to me it sounds like big air bubbles are escaping upwards - a strange bubbly sound! Anyway, one particular radiator has twice now in the last 6 months accumulated about 6" of air which require...