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If I want to drain the water out of an expansion tank do I hold down the valve on top to let air in? I've got a preassure guage so can recharge the tank I guess? Thanks!

Has anyone got any experience of this paint on lime render? Thanks!

Bit of a strange one in that it doesn't leak all the time, and won't leak when you try and make it leak! Got hold if some little triangular bits to take the bottom off, but I'm none the wiser... Filled up and left sitting - no leak visible... Anyone come across this one before? Thanks!

We're changing from a vented cylinder and ch to mains preassure. Currently the mains feed into house is 20mm, albiet at very high preassure. The mains feed will go through a prv before going into cylinder. However, the services out of cylinder will be 22mm, with potentially secondary return...

I went and bought a pallet of tiles on ebay before figuring out how I was going to collect them.... I thought it would be simple to arrange a collection and delivery.... But... It seems the pallet delivery companies expect you to have your own lifting gear at both ends..... Anyone got any...

Hi all. I've got an old vented system. The tank is heated by an oil boiler - or was at least! It started cutting out shortly after firing, then stopped all together. I could hear alot of noise in the pipes so suspected air in the boiler to cylinder loop. Cracked top but to cylinder and...

I'm pulling cable for a future solar installation... I'm imagining we will connect up the immersion on hot water tank somehow..... What size cable would be needed? Thanks!

Anyone know how a ceiling mount fan differs from a wall mount? I've put ducting etc in for ceiling, but then suspect the fan I've got might be wall due to the shutters?

First time fitting mdf skirting. It's pre-primed. Cut it all in, then painted with two coats of paint. Come to fix it on and it all needs a mil or two trimmed off! What's with that? (obv only discovered after adhesive applied)

Anyone know if a cabinet door on Blum hinges is oversized (say 7 mm all around) it will still open and close? I've inset shelves and want to cover the edge where they join plasterboard without using architrave.... Thanks!

So many profiles to choose from! House is old, but all internal walls are new... It's hard to choose a style for stuff, though I think we've settled on 4 panel doors.... Anyone got any insights?

I need to discharge the capacitor on this machine (Nn-ct552w) before I can replace a faulty door switch... There's alot more going on inside this machine than I've seen before - usually the capacitor is obvious! Anyone know where it is?

.... In order to provide hw and ch.... Heat inputs : oil boiler, solar pv and solid fuel rayburn. Available cylinders - one old small cylinder currently vented with oil boiler and solid fuel coils.. One new Joule 300l cylinder with immersion, oil boiler boil and twin solar coils...

God I feel stupid! There is literally a child on YouTube changing these blades! I've loosed the 7 screws holding the blade, and the blade plus the but with screws in will now slide side to side.... But now what?? I can't see how just the blade will come out as new ones only have slots in end...

Having thought I was Dr doing the right thing by fixing 12mm cement board to stud walls where shower / bath is going to be, I'm now not so sure! The more I read about cement board the less I like it.... I assumed it was waterproof.... Turns out I now have to tank it... What with? A...

Can anyone reccomended a standard (1700 x 700) single ended bath? Sooo many ou there! How to choose?

I see there's been a few posts about this in the past... But, WTF! Every time I ask someone, or read something, I get conflicting advice... What are the factors that determine best size of thermal store? The inputs? ... in my case, a vented rayburn, an oil boiler and solar pv when we can...

Can anyone reccomended a door manufacturer they have been happy with? I'm prepared to pay more for decent quality - some of the cheap ones look well dodgy.... Thanks in advance

I need to make a custom sized insulated door to fit at the bottom of some loft stairs. I'm thinking to sandwich 25mm celotex between two skins of sheet material, with frame built of PAR machined down to 25mm... My question... Would I be better using ply, or mdf for the 'skins'? Thanks for...

I've got two inline fans extracting from two bathrooms. They share a roof vent. I've put non returns into the pipe work between each fan and the Tee.... But, what's gonna happen if both fans run simultaneously?? Both fans will be on manual pull switches. Is there a way of wiring these to...