Search results

Hello My filling loop started leaking from a bent connector (not the filling loop itself). It looks a bit like a 15mm tap connector but the end is flat like a flange, I've not been able to find one in B&Q, please can someone help me to ID it so I can order a replacement? I have attached an...

Hello: My daughter has a bay window, in which she wants a window seat with two cupboard doors on the front. My current idea is use a sheet material and cut the holes for the cupboard doors, when I've hung the doors I plan to use mouldings around the edges to make them look more like doors...

Hello: I have an attic space constructed from rafters, as opposed to pre-built frames (roofing trusses). It is a pitched hipped roof on a semi. There is a big beam (12") forming the peak, and big beams also about 1/3rd then again about 2/3rds down the roof, these have rafters on them going...

Hello: The expansion vessel on my central heating is faulty - the water pressure is all over the place when heating and it keeps opening the pressure release valve. I went to re-charge the expansion vessel but water came out of the air valve, indicating the bladder has failed. The boiler is in...

Hello: I have just fitted a thermostatic mixing valve to the water system on my yacht, this is the first time I have used one. It is not working however, when you open the hot water tap warm water comes out for around a second, then it goes cold and stays cold. Closing the tap and waiting a...

Hello, please can someone help. I have a small (1KW) immersion heater on a boat in a small heating tank (20litres). None of the immersion system is earthed because eathing the electrics on board messes up the electroysis with the metal that sits in the water (prop shaft, eathing shoe etc)...

Hello: I have a 6" / 150mm extractor hood to fit into a single floor extension, I want to go through the roof but am having problems finding a relevant cowl for the roof for the 150mm duct. (Most of them are steel, which are expensive and not very nice to look at - they look like a chippy...

Hello: I am going to be fitting worktop level 20A DP switched feeding a radial to an appliance with a plugtop fitted. All info I have seen recommends an unswitched socket - apart from the obvious 'I can't be switched off accidentally' what are the advantages of an unswitched vs. switched...

Hello: I am going to be fitting a flush grid switch with 4 modules This is the first time I have done this. since in a grid system the switch modules are fixed to the backbox not the front plate - it seems the depth of the backbox in the wall is more critical to ensure a nice finish on the...

Hello: I have the following electrical units to be fitted above the worktop on my kitchen wall Twin socket for general use Switched FCU for the outside PIR light 13A Appliance switch (DP) for outdoor IP66 socket Under the worktop there are going to be 3 x appliances ISE waster disposer...

Hello: I have an IP66 external socket with cover that I am planning on installing. I wish to be able to switch it off from inside the house so no-one can steal my electric in the middle of the night. My consumer unit has an RCD for all the main MCB circuits (a split board with lighting...

Hello: I am going to be fitting my kitchen cabinets, in the design some of the cabinets 'stick out' from the wall into the kitchen floor to form a divider (peninsula unit???) - a bit like an island with one end attched to the wall.. Anyhow, I want the back of the cupboards covering to match...

Hello: A colleague of mine has bought a (limestone) stone fire surround and hearth. The hearth is black granite and fitted OK. The fire surround consists of 4 parts. 2 legs 1 lintel and the mantel. We have figured out how it fits together but need help on how it is actually fitted to the...

Hello: I am planning on fitting a new toilet downstairs. The only route for the soil pipe is under the floor and out through the external wall to the drive, where the current earthenware runs. I then plan to dig down and join the new soil pipe into the earthenware. How do I do this bit...

Help - i have a combi boiler which keeps de-pressurising it needed re filling every 4-5 weeks. I found a small leak on a TRD and replaced the valve. now it needs to be re pressured every couple of hours and there is no apparent leaks. does anyone have any ideas what can be causing this...