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Hi everyone, Just looking for some guidance on an issue we've got with our new tumble dryer. Since we bought it it has been intermittently tripping our RCD on our CU. We assumed it would be a fault on the dryer itself so had the manufacturer tech service people out. The issue has never happened...

Hi forum, Wondering if anyone can offer some advice. We’ve got a Worcester Bosch Greenstar 37i Combi Boiler. It’s about 10 years old now and we noticed that the hot water temp was nowhere near good enough for showering, running baths etc. Even at a slower rate it isn’t good enough. It’s...

Hello everyone, I'm not sure if this the correct forum or not but since my main concern is gas safety then I've decided to put it here. Here's my situation - getting a new fireplace fitted so decided to have the chimney swept beforehand. At the same time I decided to have another chimney...

Hello everyone, We bought a shower tray and enclosure last year and are finally getting around to installing it. The problem i'm having is that the instructions are next to useless when it comes to installing the tray. The tray itself is acrylic so I want to do my best to ensure it...

Hello, i'm about to embark on a project to tile my bathroom. The missus and I chose large format Travertine tiles for walls and floors (600 x 400 wall and 400 x 400 floor). I just wanted to run the specs of the product by you experts as a sanity check... here goes... Walls: Substrates -...

Hi, We are looking to tile our bathroom - it's a room of approx 2.9m x 2.9m so I've calculated 31m2 for the walls and 7m2 for the floors (assuming 15% waste etc) We are going for 600mm x 406mm tiles for the walls in Travertine. Our mind is not made up in regards to the floor tiles - we...

Hi, I was wondering if rendering an ugly brick extension and painting would require planning permission. I assume it would but wasn't sure. Thanks Chris

Hello everyone, I'm about to embark on building some decking in my back garden. It is approximately 5m x 2.5m (plus a small extension of about 1.5m x 1.5m). I would like it to be level with the concrete path I have running around my property which leaves me with about a 12inch drop. I am...

Hi all, I've been laminating my hallway and it's nearly finished except for one of the last long runs of boards. This row has to fit under the doorframe (shown below) but I can't figure out how to do it! :? I'm moving towards the doorway so that causes complications. I have cut the frame...

Hello, I use the inbuilt clock - a mechanical type rather than electronic - on my Alpha 240E to run the times when the heating is on/off. However, I've found i recent (cold) weeks that the clock just stops and so stays on constantly (until i notice) or off completely. Could you tell me if...

Hello all, I've got the problem that when I run the hot water tap my Alpha 240E fires up as expected and then starts to deliver hot water normally. Just as you start to get the hot water coming through the boiler shuts off the burners meaning the hot water stops. Then 10 seconds or so later...

Hi... it would be most convienient for me to take a spur from the MCB terminals of my ring circuit as it is closer than other sockets on the circuit (the wall backs onto that housing the CU. Just wondered if this is allowed under the current regs (i read a thread from 2004 that said it was...

I intend to put my fridge-freezer in an alcove in the kitchen. However, the floor runs from side to side and as a result the fridge rocks when you open the door etc. This means that i need to level the floor before tiling... the height difference is about 10mm over 1m so using more tile adhesive...

Has anyone come across a Cooker connection plate that will accept 3x10mm cables into the terminal? If so, would it be from a local wholesaler or can it be bought online somewhere? Thanks in advance. Chris

Hello all, I've recently had my kitchen fitted and the following problem/query came out when the fitter was discussing the electrics for the single oven and ceramic hob. During my rewire I had fitted a dedicated circuit into the CU for the "cooker" on a 40A MCB, RCD protected (due to 13...

Need to replace a few as I've smashed them or just lost/thrown them away. (I just mean the round plastic things that go on top of the actual valves). Looked in a shed or too but nothing... to plumbers merchants stock these kind of things or do any of you pros happen to have 5 of them in the...

Hello all, I've been doing up a flat with an Alpha 240E boiler fitted. Worked OK before I got the Gas Meter changed 2 months ago. At that time though I had all the radiators off and no taps to use the hot water so the boiler has never been used since. I tried today to get it working...

Hello, Just wondered what size tile spaces you would recommend for wall tiles that have dimensions 33cm x 60cm? I was thinking 3mm or would you go bigger? Thanks in advance DAVAS

Hello all, I need a bit of advice on how I should do the bonding required in my newly fitted bathroom. Below is a picture that will hopefully help explain all the info better than me describing it with words... A further note is that I intend to box-in all pipework other than those...

I'm fitting a new kitchen and was wondering how much you think it would cost to get a 90 degree joint fitted professionally using jig and router etc? It may be worth my while paying for a pro to do rather than buying worktops twice after attempting it myself! Thanks in advance Chris