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Thanks both. How hard to replace? Power down boiler, shut off cold water supply, drain, replace and recharge? Anything else?

I’ve got a small leak from my boiler - dripping off the bottom of this valve - which is on the central heating flow pipe. Anyone know what kind of valve this is and what fixing it might involve? Thanks Keith

Ok thanks. I’d bought a 57mm cutter expecting to fit a mcalpine fitting - so that might work. Time to browse the Screwfix catalogue I think.

Progress of a sort. I’ve cleared the mortar - expecting to break through into a clear pipe. But there’s some kind of blanking plate in there. Is that to be expected - and any suggestions how to deal with it. It feels pretty thin…

Thanks for this. I’m making some progress with drilling out so I’ll keep trying that. There is a drain just below the stack that might give me access should any lumps fall in. Taking it slow… If it all goes wrong I can’t say I wasn’t warned. K

Ok thanks for this. I’ll have a go with a drill, start of small and see what the material is like. K

Morning everyone I need to connect a new 40mm sink waste into this soil stack - due to the fall I need I need to do this in amongst the existing connections. I’d originally thought I could use a strap boss just above the existing joints - at about the 23” mark on the level. But because of the...

Smashing - thanks for the advice. K

Hi. I’ll be fitting an ikea kitchen in our new extension shortly. Wall construction is timber frame w plasterboard - I’ve got the location of the studs marked already. Studs are at 600mm. Ikea uses a hanging rail for wall cabinets. Is six screws into timber sufficient for the weight of a run...

Thanks for the replies. Slab removal is not optional - we're taking away a crap old sunroom with a concrete slab and then excavating to allow us to build a new insulated floor slab for a proper extension. I've sent samples for testing - hopefully back Monday. I know the tiles are easy to pop...

Hi everyone, I've crossed paths with 60s asbestos containing floor tiles in a previous house. Now - in our new house - we've knocked down an old wooden sun room and unfortunately encountered dreaded 9 inch square tiles on bitumen. I've sent samples of tile and bitumen off to be tested. But I...

Can't turn it over easily - has grooves on the bottom. But thicknesser is a good idea. I've never used one - but assume they produce chips rather than dust. I'll have a look at hire options. Presumably the thicknesser does the first pass - and then some sanding required afterwards for the right...

Hi, I've been donated some solid wood T&G flooring. Trying to work out how usable it is. It is covered in a very glossy finish - polyurethane finish probably? But it also has quite a lot of dinks, scratches etc. The shine is also a bit much. Is it feasible to strip the surface treatment off? A...

We moved into our house last year. We've noticed some issues with the double glazed UPVC windows at the front of the house. - firstly - crazy whistling noises when it's windy. It's so loud we've had several night with little sleep. - then - general condition of the plastic sills and trip...

Thanks for replies - I'm talking about the foreground material - agree, it's probably just some kind of concrete. It did occur to me that maybe - at some point - this was the original upper surface, and then somebody then overlaid it with more concrete. I suppose my question was - would...