Recent content by mderoy

my fitting for a shower hose outlet has a 1/2” threaded rod that needs ptfe tape on it. How many turns of ptfe should I put?

being a bit nosy spotted a neighbour had work done and their boiler changed from coming straight out like the one on the left of the pic to elbowing and going rather high up then bending again. I’m no expert but that kind of doesn’t look right. A gust of wind could snap that as it’s not even got...

No there is no gas heater in there. It’s just purely electric heating. How do i know what kind of moisture it is? I mean weather has been cold lately but the moisture issue seems to still be same regardless of outside temperature. Maybe it’s construction moisture? It can’t be habitation moisture...

I went to help a friend of mine wire up some network Ethernet ports to an outbuilding office he recently had built. It was built with a really good foundation from what I could see. Dug deep and insulation added and concrete poured in. The walls are those grey aerated blocks but sandwiched...

That explains why there’s no smell in the loft. However, ever since the house was built. I’ve always had issues when there’s very heavy rain. During heavy rainfall to the point where the roads are flooded and the drains can’t cope, I get gurgling noises from the bath drain, and the toilet water...

So I finally managed to get into that crawl space on the corner of the loft and took a closeup photo of what I have. I’ve attached the photo. The roof vent bit is 100% open with nothing connecting to it. And the end of the vertical soil pipe has some sort of cap on it but doesn’t look like an...

I had to recently shut off the main stopcock under my kitchen sink to do a few bits of work. When I turned the stopcock off it was wasn’t fully open I don’t think. So when I’ve reopened it after doing my work, how much should I open it to? I’ve done a few turns and pressure in taps seem good...

In the attached photo you see the nut that I’ve circled which connects the radiator end to the actual adjustable valve. What is the thread size usually for the male end for that nut to go and tighten to? I believe it has a rubber washer on it too. Reason I ask is I want to get a matching size...

Update: Sorry just realised this is in the wrong section. Can someone kindly delete or move it to plumbing? Thanks I’m going to be doing a little bit of plumbing to move taps and mixers around and I’ve read a lot of places that the preferred method is to ideally bend pipes and not use solder...

Looking to get the following 1/2” bsp female fitting and ideally want to solder a 15mm copper straight to the fitting. Can anyone confirm that this fitting is actually for soldering a 15mm pipe? Here is the link...

Ok that makes sense so the bigger the tiles the bigger the trowel notch size? So for 120x60 you think 10mm notches maybe?

I’ve always just used whatever notched trowel I had in the past but I want to do things right and I am going to be installing 120cm x 60cm porcelain tiles on walls and floors. It’s approximately 9/10mm thick. I currently have a 6mm notched trowel but is this too small? For bigger tiles should...

Yes it was super tight I had to spray silicone spray on it then it slid in with a bit of encouragement. Without the spray it felt too stiff and felt like it may damage the rubber

Was thinking this but since I have a lot of the connectors as socket connectors already and want to use them that’s why I’d prefer to stick with the solvent. The end bit where the pan will connect and reduce from 90 to 110 will all be push fit. The issue I was having with that black reducer is...

So it wont be a smaller diameter and end up being loose when I try and put it onto a solvent coupler or connector?