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hi Im attempting to replace a mixer tap in a sink in the bathroom (got to try these things) If you can help ive got a bit stuck 1. the flexible pipe is a 15mm push fit thing which goes between the copper pipes coming up through the floor and the copper pipes atached the the mixer tap...

hi i have 2 lights in my lounge with two switches in one wall unit, i think this is called 2 gang 1 way? ie a light switch with two switches (dimmers)on it. Currently its a dimmer, im replacing it with two normal switch plate. but the new switch markings are L, L1 L2 (two of these as...

hi in the summer (after conservatory built im going to slab most of the garden, with some raised brick planters around. Whats the best way allow for rain water drainage... runoff. I know about sloping the paving, but if i slope it, surely all the water will runn off the nextdoors garden?

hi i needed a manual for a Candy Alise 1000 washer dryer, but the www.candy-domestic.co.uk site doesnt seem to work anymore. Anyone got any news on this, or even better got the manual :-) Thanks We just moved house and this washer was left here for us simon

hi i need a base for my shed 12ft x 8 ft, ive read lots on the web about hard core, then either concret slab or paving slabs etc, read about 100mm hardcore is best for soft clay etc. Questions are, 1. its really really wet out there at the mo, should i wait for it to dry out abit (its clay...

hi just part boarded my loft, with 2.4x0.6m chip board flooring 18mm thick, got BnQ to cut em in half as they were a bit big, screwed down My roof trusses are only 80mm ones and @ 600mm centres. how much weight can i store up there, truss rafters seem teeny when compaired to the floor...

hi had a new boiler fitted. The bit that vents 'stuff' through the wall (sorry im no boiler expert lol) is it steam or fumes and its about 3 days old now, there seems to be quite alot of steam stuff coming out . more than the old smaller boiler, does this reduce and what is it exactly...

hi basically , got a swing out shower door, and ofcourse the water drips off it when youve had a shower and open the door (great design lol) well i trying to find something like a tiny ting plastic strip (like a teeny weeny gutter)that i can seal to the bottom inside of the door (at about 5...

hi just boarding my loft, ive read some other posts on this but it doesnt answer my question. my Loft: 600mm center rafters, (80mmx33mm in size) i bought loft board packs from BnQ and started , then only to realise that the board sizes are 1220mm long!!?? To me thats 20mm too long and i...

hi weve moved into a house 11 years old, and i need to fit a shelf racking system to the wall. im trying to work out if the rawlplugs for plaster board walls should go all the way through the plaster board. I think (ive drilled) there are two layers of board each side of the wall, with a gap...

were moving into a house, and i see the bm2 has a small leak at the base, pretty worrying. is my house going to get flooded the central heating i know has been off for 5 months, its on now. the house was empty i know nothing about central heating, and the boiler is probably 11 years old, when...

hi Im about to put a door in from the garage to the dining room. Ive read in DIYNOT that glazed fire doors need to use wired glass, but here...