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Hi plumbers. Looking for advice on a thermostatic mixer shower problem. It’s a gravity system running off a salamander pump and it runs too hot. When on full cold it will run cold but the slightest increase in hot, it becomes too hot. I’ve changed the cartridge but that didn’t fix the issue...

Hi. My 15year old Worcester Bosch 24 suddenly started rising in pressure when the heating was on and blew the prv. I put a new prv in and checked for pressure at the expansion vessel schrader valve. Nothing came out- no air or water. Re pressurised vessel to .7 bar and everything is running...

Hi all. Looking for some advice here. As in the title, I've just had some upvc exterior cladding fitted on the side of my house. The wall was battened and then cladding attached to the battens. The wall had two power lines running along it which have now been hidden under the cladding. I didn't...

Hi there. Thinking about doing my own block paving drive and I know I need to provide drainage for rain water. The driveway slopes from the road to the garage so ideally, a drainage channel along the garage threshold connected to a soakaway would be perfect but my problem is, one side of the...

Hi. I'm about to install some upvc weatherboard on the gable end of my house but a problem I have is, there is a very big overhead cable attached to the gable end. Does this mean the weatherboard cannot be safely installed or is it possible to get the electricity company to isolate it while the...

Hi. I'm looking to re-point a side wall on my house and have a question. If I were to rake out a large area, would it need pointing straight away or is it ok left for some time before pointing. I think it would be one month max .any info appreciated.

Hi. Looking for a bit of advice. I've just bought an acrylic Carron bath and will be fitting it soon. I've fitted a few baths over the years and have always screwed a batten along two walls and sat the bath on them and then just lower the feet and secure. This bath doesn't have any timber under...

Hi. Looking for a bit of advice on my bathroom window. It's a standard upvc double glazed window and from the look of most of the windows in my house, they we're put in by cowboys. I'm currently re-doing my bathroom and after taking the tiles off the window reveal, I noticed everytime it rains...

Hi. Looking for some advice on fixing my new bath to the wall. I've fitted a few baths over the years and have always gone for the battens along two walls and some brackets screwed into the wall method. Well I've just looked at the fitting kit for my new 5mm carron bath and you get four plastic...

Hi there. Looking for a bit of advice from you pro plumbers. I'm currently installing a concealed shower valve & shower arm/ head. I've just bought the brass fitting which the chrome shower arm screws into but when I tighten it up, the shower arm outlet is approx 90 degrees off from where I want...

Hi there, looking for some advice/opinions from you pro tilers. I'm about to tile my bathroom, all walls floor to ceiling and have been spending some time thinking about the set out. My window reveal is on the opposite wall to my bath and ideally I would like a whole tile at the bottom of the...