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Morning all, Sorry if this is a stupid question, can't seem to get an answer through googling. I have a bottle trap drainage gully in the garden and one of our little furry friends has chewed the insert. Can I buy one as a replacement? Thanks Glen

Hi all, I am planning to cut a hole in an internal load bearing wall to pass a new 8 inch (external) twin wall chimney flue through. I am passing this through on a 45 degree angle (both vertical and horizontal) and this is below a joist that has a small masonry wall above. I am thinking I...

Hi all, I am trying to plan the route for a twin wall flue (for a woodburner) through my house. I have taken measurements, inspected under floorboards and have planned my desired route. The problem is I need to pass between 2 joists that are only 260mm apart. This doesn't give me enough...

We recently bought a Fagor IFF-4R hob and are experiencing a weird situation. When running the front and back zones together (left or right), they seem to cycle in turn eg front pan has heat for about 1 second then stops then back pan on 1 second then front etc. This means you cant maintain a...

Hi all, I am fitting a new kitchen and I'm having a new 10mm circuit to the new cooker/hob. This is going to replace the 6mm that is currently there and the MCB changed to a 40A one. My electrician checked for earth bonding and although the water is bonded the gas is not. Can someone please...

Hi all, I'm doing the kitchen and changing the oven from an all in one elec oven/gas hob to a built-under elec oven and separate 4 ring induction hob. Oven is rated at Nominal power: 3kW 13A and hob is 5.9kW 32A Oven http://www.smeguk.com/Catalogue/Product/SC485N-8.aspx Hob...

Hi all, We have been having problems with our water going hot then cold then hot in cycles of about 2 minutes which makes a fun shower experience. I have called in a plumber and when checking he found that the diverter valve piston was only fully engaging for the tap that is situated right next...

Hi all, I hope I'm not going to get laughed at for this but I'm thinking of using 6x2 PT timber to use as the steps (treads) & deckboards in my back garden. Reason being is it's cheaper than buying deckboards, finding 'smooth on one side boards' is getting harder to find and the 6x2 I've...

Hi all, I have a couple of questions I'd really appreciate some answers to. Here's what I'm doing. I currently have a patio eyesore that I want to completely deck over. It's 8.5m x 3.8m and I have 135mm of height below the doors that open onto it. I've added some pics to set the scene...

I need to fix a mirror to the center of a wall. I am then going to tile around that mirror with some large porcelain tiles. I want the finished result to be tiles and mirror flush with each other. I have bought some Elch-pro mirror adhesive and this recommends pressing the glass no closer...

Hi all, Does this sound okay? I have refitted the bathroom and removed the electric shower. I removed the wiring that was going to the shower back to the loft and want to terminate it to use it for 2 mirror demisters and the extractor fan. This new circuit will be all switched on/off by...

Hi all, I am refitting my bathroom from scratch and will be putting a 1m square mirror on the wall over the bath central to a tiled wall. This will be attached to 6mm WBP using mirror adhesive then onto the wall. I have seen these self-adhesive demisting pads and want to fit one to enable...

I have just replaced the sink in our en-suite and have replaced the brass bottle trap for a chrome one. The previous brass waste pipe goes into the wall and to make it easier I want to join the chrome 32mm pipe to that (behind the concealer and recessed into the wall a bit). I thought I could...

Hi all, 1st question on here so please be gentle! (For a wee while anyway) I am gutting and refitting the en-suite and bathroom and want to install 2 concealed body jets and a fixed shower head over the bath in each. I want to run these using triple thermostatic mixers (Hudson Reed) with...

I am a bit worried about my house electrics. When my plumber friend fitted a new central heating/hot water on demand arrangement a while back he had to cut the main water pipe. Once cut he noticed a spark across the joint and received a shock from it. Putting a meter across the gap it showed...