Recent content by mug51

Thank you, yeah they're going into upvc with gaskets.

Hi, I'm replacing my misted up double glazed windows with new units tomorrow, but I'm unsure as to whether the black tape on the edges of my new units will need to be removed or not. I've looked on Youtube and they all seem to leave them on, but won't this potentially lead to water getting...

I used 'just' in response to the post above about whether enlarging the opening was necessary. The response would be read as, no it does not need widened 'just' downwards. In no way does that belittle the job required as you suggest. No petrol required 'just' my electricity for his grinder...

Thanks for the reply. I've opted to buy the materials myself. Existing window opening just needs to be taken down to floor level to accommodate new door.

Hi, It's just been bugging me since my builder said it would be roughly £120 for materials/fixings to fit a uPVC door. I'm having a window 1050mm wide replaced with a door of the same width and I have been quoted £300 for the job plus materials that he has estimated at £120. However, to me...

Hi, I have a dormer bungalow and after sleeping at freezer temperatures last Winter, it is a good time to insulate. The stud walls to the voids are constructed from lath and plaster and I would prefer not to take them down (too messy I'd imagine). The question is if I create an access to the...

Hi, I'm currently doing up my kitchen but as i'm putting the cabinets in place, same as they were previously, I have noticed the sockets are close to where the hob will be. What is the distance I should have between the edge of the hob and the socket? Pics added to show the 600mm oven...

great thanks again

oh i got one more question, since i drained my central heating system, i imagine i need some sort of water treatment put in. do i put in inhibitor, central heating protector or both? thanks

you are a genius, it worked :P thank you ever so much

thanks for the reply glasgowgas, havent vented the pump, but just looked up venting pump in the faq bit and it says to loosen auto air vent. i done that earlier, would that mean i havent the pump? at the moment im draining the ch system, as in faq. what would be the best way to fill the...

hey, i have recently replaced a blocked pipe in my system (out pipe from towel radiator). i have since filled up the system to 1 bar and i am getting no heating or hot water. what happens is when i turn on the hot water tap with ch on, the pressure goes up, and ignition light cuts off then...

bottle trap it won't be then....is it me or does it look like b&q and wickes don't stock it? can only find it from plumbworld, but will need to order that online :(

excellent stuff, i think the HepVO trap will work nicely. what happens if i say i drop something small down the plug hole, would that trap hold it for me? sorry not quite clued up on these didn't realise bottle traps weren't advised for kitchen sinks, just as my other sink had one i thought...

Hi, Help, I have just been sorting out the kitchen, got the cabinet built with cut outs for pipe and screwed it into the wall, put on the worktop with holes cut out. After messing about with the piping for the taps, I put in the sink and have found that the base of the sink it very close to...