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Once a 5” twin wall flue passes through the roof and into the outside, on the grounds of cost saving, is it possible to go back to a single walled flue pipe rather than continuing with twin wall all the way to the rain cap? Do current regulations allow this? Thanks

Hope someone can give me some advice please. I'm installing aluminium french doors into a new opening and would like to know, should the frame and sill of the doors be resting on the concrete floor level of the room or does it need to be rebated into it to reduce the frame height and stepover...

Hi I’m in the throws of fitting roof flashing for a woodburner (see photo). Whilst I’m overlapping the slates up to the silicon boot, I have concerns that water hitting the upper part of the rubber could potentially track sideways between the slate underside and the aluminium flashing and find a...

Can anyone offer me a solution to my problem? I am trying to connect a 3/8" (european) threaded toilet fill valve to a 15mm copper feed pipe. It is side fill and currently I am trying to use a 3/8" x 1/2" bush which threads onto the thread of the fill valve which in turn threads onto an elbow...

I've tiled a shower enclosure but due to the tiles being handmade and having an uneven surface combined with the wall itself being out, has meant that the to be fitted shower enclosure frame has a gap midway of 6-7mm on the one side. I intend to pack out. as not to distort the frame and fill...

Hi I have recently purchased a softwood, pressure treated driveway gate and was wondering if there is a recommended treatment I could apply to further enhance its life. I was thinking of something like Sikkens but as its been pressure treated I'm not sure. Hope someone can advise.

We have a pressurised, unvented oil fired heating system which has recently been drained down for some pipe works. I now need to replace the inhibitor but unsure if we have a direct or indirect system. Thinking about Sentinel x100 or Fernox F1. Would either be okay for my type of system? and...

I wondered if someone can offer some advice. I need to move a radiator further along the wall which will entail moving/extending the existing pipework to. Do I have to drain the whole system or is there another solution? Thanks in advance.

Thanks for the comments. I have plumbed in bathroom basins before in previous houses and fitted isolation valves behind the taps for maintenance etc, but in this particular installation the taps are coming out of the wall over a wall hung basin all fitted flush to the wall. The wall has been...

I am plumbing in a basin for an en-suite and will be fitting a 15mm single check valve on the hot inlet pipe prior to securing to the hot tap. I was told a check valve does the same job as a non-return valve? I thought I could test the check valve is working before installation by simply blowing...

I hope someone can give me some advise. I am building a small ensuite bathroom in an annexe which will be used occasionally. The plumber who did the central heating was made aware of my plans to put in an ensuite so left a hot and a cold tail on 15mm pipes which each pipe came off a 22mm pipe...

Hi I'm looking to buy an inexpensive staircase and was looking for recommendations. I'd be nervous to measure up myself incase I got it wrong so the do it yourself online companies are probably a no no. I'm located in Shropshire.

Can anyone recommend a good UPVC flush casement window to replace a heritage wooden flush casement window. Looking for the best brand in terms of quality and authenticity.

Hoping someone can give me some advice please. Ive had some french doors made to fit an old non standard door frame in a period house. I have discovered that whilst the width of the combined doors correspond with the width of the top of the door frame, if I measure further down the door frame...

We have extended our kitchen into an outhouse which in parts has soil up against the outside wall. This is an old stone property. To tank the internal wall, prior to a concrete floor being laid, it has been suggested we use a heavy duty pond liner as a DPM on the internal wall. Would this...