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A few months back we had a leak in a heating pipe so we called a plumber who had to take a chunk of plasterboard off the wall just behind the lock shield valve. Turns out the push fit connector hadn't been pushed in properly. Anyway, he fixed that but when he left, the plumber asked us if we...

We live in a 3 year old house and our gas meter box is an outside wall. It's inside a typical white box. We're planning an extension that would mean if we didn't move our external gas meter box, it would be inside our new utility room. What I wanted to know is whether or not the gas...

We're looking to get a 5m x 3m single storey sunroom to our house. Sloped roof, vaulted ceiling, 2 roof windows, 1 set of french doors, 1 other window and a concrete floor. Does anyone know an approx figure as to how much an architect would charge for doing the drawings. I've been told...

Oldun, The extension is actually a shared project involving me and my neighbour as we live in a semi detached house and we both figure it would be easier to build at the same time. Might be easier and save some costs that way. See image below. The red lines are the outline of the planned...

See images below. This is a rough sketch of some of the options. Option 1 is preferred but dont think we can get matching roof tiles for the low angle. Option 2 involves going as far back as possible as the roof and then a steeper angle back down towards the wall. Is this combination of...

Had to google it, but now that I've seen it, a hip ended roof sounds like a possibility. What I didn't mention in the original post was that the plan is to have the ceiling right up to the height of the roof with a velux roof light. The aim here is to create a really bright open airy space...

We're planning an extension to our home that will be approx 4m deep. We'd like a sloped roof but we don't think we'd have enough of an angle on the roof to meet any rainwater requirements. This is because the vertical height difference between the low and high point of roof is approx 1.1m giving...

Is there anyone who can help me with this please ? Thanks.

My brand new house was built 18 months ago with an Ideal Icos boiler. I think its a sealed system as there is no open water tank in the loft. Theres a hot water tank upstairs which has a pressure guage above it. Does that make sense ? Anyway, last week the boiler and pipes and radiators...

When I unscrewed the fitting, I don't recall seeing any washer. And I don't recall the trap slotting into the waste fitting. I think it was flush with it, and then the screw from the trap screwed onto the waste pipe.

Hi.........A new bath has just been installed. All the connectors and pipes were brand new with the exception of the waste trap which I just took off the old bath as it seemed absolutely fine. However this appears to be where the leak is coming from (connection between top of the trap and...

I'm not a plumber, but I have spent the last 4 days watching a mate of a mate (who is a plumber), fit my new bathroom suite..........so bear with me please. There is a short length of pipe that connects my cold water bath tap (gravity fed system, not mains) to a stopcock isolation valve. This...