Recent content by hak06

thanks guys for your advice i sealed the piped under the floorboard but i have about 2 and half meter of dead leg. if i want to cut the pipe at the branch or nearest tee it will be under the boiler. boiler is on top of my kitchen sink so to get acess to the tee i have move the whole...

Guys i want to convert my sitting room window facing the garden to a door. also seal off a door in the kitchen which also has a window for light to come in. basically i want to remove the kitchen single glazed door and seal off the wall with brick and moved this door...

i need to seal this electric socket so i can tile over it . i thought i could open the socket cover , cut the wire short, black taped them separately and tiles over it but when i remove the socket i saw there are 6 wires connected to the socket, now if i cut the wire and black taped them...

whats dead leg ?

hi guys can any one advice me how to seal an unuse toilet soil pipe hole (120mm) in the outer wall 10 inch thick. can i used expanding foam to blocked it off ? i bought one from toolstation...

yes it is for capping off. thanks guys for yours input. local screwfix sell yorkshire cap. does it make it big diffrence which to use generic or yorkshire.. big diffrence in price too.

what do i use to permanatly seal a hot & cold water line in my 1st floor bath room which i moved downstair. i am gonna turn the room back to single room. i moved the bathtub, sink downstair.now i need to seal the water line connection. i am thinking to cut the pipe right under the floor...

hi guys need yours opinion . is this a good idea to fit one of this wc pan connector ? i need to take out a waste pipe for bath . this look easy but worried about bad odour creep out of my bath...

where do i fit this valve , just below the hot water tap or other place?

thanks guys :huray: found this , is this th one? http://www.toolstation.com/shop/p54389 at £25 quite expensive. where do you fit this ? under the sink? might try lightning suggestion. Read more: http://www.diynot.com/forums/posting.php#ixzz1HeLfMFoS

hi guys , water pressure in my kitchen tap is very high, HOT Water &cold water , when i open tap, water splashed back on the floor. i can reduce the water pressure by turning the knob slightly but then boiler does not comes on.it seems i need to open the knob more than half way for the...

thickness of the tile will probaly be 1inch at best 1 and half inch with grout. i have not bought the tile yet but i am not going for expensive heavy tiles. so i dont think its gonaa be very thick. even at 1and half inch rasied i dont think it will be enough,. i need atleast 2/3 inch to go...

hi guys i am trying to install a toilet. to install it i need to raise the height of the toilet pan by 4 inch so the pan connecter will go over the central heating pipe and will connect to the soil pipe .i know you can use the flexible pan connectar but i am not happy to use it . i heard there...

it does have isolation valve under the boiler on the flow and return pipes. why do you ask? i was thinking of commpression fitting as soldering on a wet pipe does not bond as told by many post. what do you recommend? i have attahed a photo of the isolation valve i think under the valve...

i can only see 4 wire 2 red twisted together and 2 black. out of 3 holeon the socket , 2 red in 1 and 2 black in other 2 hole.. which is earth and which is live? also its not a table lamp its light socket in my loft fitted on the wood batten thanks