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Hello, I was wondering if a ripple in a bent pipe as per the photo below (cheap bender and thin pipe I guess) is likely to cause a problem long-term? Other than not looking very good, is it going to be weakened to the point it will spring a leak in the future? Thanks!

Hello, I have had a problem occur in the bathroom whereby I was getting a strange tingle on broken skin while washing my hands in the bathroom. It felt faintly electrical so I switched the electricity of at the breaker and lo and behold it went away. The only place where electricity could have...

Hello, As I understand it, when running cables in walls, the regulations stipulate that only cables buried at a depth of less than 50mm require protection? Although it would of course be sensible to protect cables buried greated than 50mm too as screws are getting longer these days! :) If a...

Hello, I'm in the middle of renovating my bathroom and after stripping it back to the brick I have built stud frames over the walls which will be covered in cement board prior to tiling. Two walls are external (2 courses of brick and render on the outside), one is a party wall and the other a...

Hello, Just about to install a new concealed shower valve in my bathroom and was pondering the best way of plumbing into it. The valve has 3/4" connections for the hot and cold inlet and 1/2" connections for the outlets. I thought I could use these end feed tap connectors with a suitable...

Hello, In the process of installing a dual fuel kit to a towel radiator and can't for the life of me get the t-piece to line up in a sensible direction and be anywhere near tight enough to be water tight. The supplier of the kit claim that this is the first time they've heard of this problem...

Hello, I've started to gut my bathroom (single storey addition to a victorian terrace) and now all the plasterboard is off I can see where the chimney stack has been removed in the past and it doesn't look too good to me. My main concern is that the lintel over the window is sitting on a...

Hello, I have a Victorian terrace that has had the rear chimney breast removed at some point in the past. The stack has also been removed so no issues with support etc. I'm in the process of re-doing the kitchen (ground floor) and have discovered the void where the old breast was had been...