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I am having a new roof fitted with man-made slates ,and would like advice on suitable insulation. The board needs to fir between the plasterboard ceiling and the slates, the rafters being 75 or 100mm depth. Would something like Kingspan or Celotex be suitable? Secondly ,when were roof vents...

What if the service valve fails? We were taught that valves need to be backed up using screw cap or with stop end and tail.

A tradesman has capped a cold feed by attaching a service/isolation valve in line They have turned the slot to horizontal but have not used a 15mm tail with a stop end as a safety feature .Is this good practice.?

Thanks for your rely and advice.

A relative, with dementia has misplaced the portable wireless room stat.The receiver remains wired into the boiler controls .Is it possible to purchase a replacement, that will be compatible with existing receiver?

Thanks for your reply .The hopper receives rainwater from both roofs, but nothing from my property from bathrooms etc. The gully can accept run-off from the roof but cannot cope with the release of bath-water ,and overflows accordingly.

I own a property which is a terraced house with a shared passage. The neighbouring property has a soil pipe running through the passage at about 2.7 metres .Their bathroom is at the front of the property but the drains lie at the rear. It has very little fall. In addition the waste water from...

I have an existing bedroom with no sockets and a light switch.I want to make it into a bathroom.I can dispense with the switch by using a pull-switch.There are motorised valves in the aitring cupboard,and a pump for the CH,plus the hot water tank. Can Inuse this room as a bathroom?

Thanks to both of you for good advice.By mechanical,you mean a frame fixing device Search (toolstation.com)

I have some rubble basement walls.They are party walls with no earth behind.The paint finish is flaking in some areas,and glossy in others.I plan to use pb adhesive to bond pboard to the walls.I propose to use wire brush on flaking sections and then pva all over. However |I have used Febond...

I will take pot-luck and buy a mixed pack from Toolstation for under £3

I have found an identical set of tails and measure the o-rings as 8mm.

I recently repaired some tap tails which leaked. The original o rings had failed,and I removed the rings from some new tails I purchased.I now need to replace the o rings.I went to James Hargreaves who were unable to help.I have two questions 1.Can I use PTFE tape instead of an O ring? 2.What...

I have a ground floor WC where the waste flows out vertically via a solid concrete floor.The e3xisting vertical connector was secured by a collar of sand and cement.The connector goes directly into the void. Can I use a new connect similar to the existing one or is it better to fit an adaptor...

In a rented house I wanted to remove toilet to lay new floor. The cistern was held in place with silicone and I have cur behind this. It seems that there are no drilled/cast holes through which to send screws to secure to wall. The make of WC is unknown though suspect it is cheap product from a...