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As part of a whole house replumb, I am getting the copper microbore ripped out, and was considering replacing with point-to-point plastic - i.e. a F+R from a central location out to each room, rather than a traditional series circuit. I believe the plastic materials cost would be cheaper than...

I look after the lighting in a church, which is basically a set of around 20 500w halogen lamps in fairly old open reflectors. The lamp life of these seems rather short, I'm changing them after what can't be more than a couple of hundred hours use. Now I am 99% sure this is just luck, but I...

I'm getting my slate roof tiles relaid (for exterior insulation) and at the same time having solar PV fitted. Given all the slates are being removed, the option of inline panels is a far more similar cost to traditional clamp and rail mounted. The installer is being very helpful - but has...

I've noticed some low flow rate errors on my boiler which normally means I need to give the system a clean/flush/redose. Having just bought a Sentinel Eliminator (magnetic+nonmagnetic), I was wondering whether to fit it now before I clean the system... or if I should wait until after the...

Having already bought two controllers which don't really do the job, I thought I'd better ask around! Our house which has a normal (not combi) boiler wired up as fully pumped S-plan (one heating zone, vented HW). The property is empty for periods of time, and also used by friends (who may...

Hi, I've moved into a house which has a Siegenia PSK tilt & slide door - must be around 10-15 years old, which didn't close properly. With some exploded diagrams, I found one of the lower bogeys had come unscrewed and the top gliders needed replacing. All fixed! However, I still find the...

Morning, This is more a thermal / heat loss question than wiring+plumbing (I can do the latter!) I have a 3 story Victorian terrace house that will be left unoccupied over winter, but I will be leaving the boiler powered, and do not want to fully drain the CW system. The plumbing...

I've got a leak in a sill in a wooden sash window - that seems to keep coming back. I actually replaced the timber a year ago because it had begun to rot. The issue seems to be the interface between the wooden sill/jamb and the stone sill (which sits proud of the wood) Due to positioning it...

I've been looking around for suppliers who can supply cheap industrial looking glass clamps for a toughened (tempered) glass fence. The web is full of very smart stylish providers who will help design an urban industrial garden, but I'm not sure where to buy the parts. At the other end of...

Morning! I'm off to parents house to clean their 8mm microbore CH system - it hasn't been flushed in at least 10 years, and we have some serious sludge (cold spots) in a couple of the rads. Now given we're doing it on my parents budget, they've bought one litre of Sentinel x400 only...

Hopefully this doesn't sound like a parts enquiry (but I guess it is) I've been scouring the internet for replacement carbon brushes for a certain model/motor - it appears some shops sell a generic 'zanussi/sole' replacement brush set, yet others have at least two different parts for sole...

I've routed a small (22mm) PVC drain pipe under a newly laid concrete floor. Although I thoroughly wet-tested the pipe before the concrete was laid, it looks like one of the 90deg joints must have been disturbed with the screeding - it hasn't sealed properly as there is a small damp patch...

I've just had some vinyl fitted to a kitchen/dining room - but it required a join due to roll size. I'd always assumed there was a way of joining two vinyl layers on domestic vinyl, in a similar way to the heat-bonded professional stuff (which I guess is solid rather than a printed layer and...

I've been looking around the forum and found many people with a similar situation - room in house is part wooden floorboards (loose not T&G) and part screeded concrete. I'm looking to lay vinyl across the whole floor. Advice seems to be ply on the floorboards, and raising level using...

I have an unven concrete solid floor that used to have quarry tiles on it. Other parts of the floor are level with the quarry tile, so I am thinking of removing the tiles, then screeding back to the same level. There's also some small areas where I have buried pipe that need filling too...

I've just taken delivery of a nice large shed, and have partitioned off a space for storing items like electrical equipment. Looking to insulate the partitioned space (and already have rockwool slabs) but not sure whether to finish off with plasterboard, plywood, or even hardboard. I'd...