Recent content by munteros

Well, now i have the taps fitted however from both the cold and hot taps there is a very slow leak, few drips a minute. It is definaly coming fromthe place the taps join to the pipes. When i removed the old taps there were no washers, so i figured they were not needed. IS this foolish and...

turned the nut. just needed some lovin

HI I have removed some my old bath taps and the original fittings appear to fit new taps. However, when removing the hot water tap i had to only turn the tap about 1.5 turns to release it from the fitting. The fitting on the pipe is barrel shapped whit a nut shape at top, the tap appears to...

Ive just checked again and they do seem to be 22 and 15, what measurement should i be looking for if imperial ?

turned out spiffing. followed advice and it looks great. Thanks all

where the pipe joins each tap is fairly corroded? im just worried that i wont be able to make a decent seal again.

Hi Ive never really done any kind of plumbing work before and getting a plumber in is unfortunatly financially not possible. I want to fit a new bath/shower mixer tap myself, after removing the old taps (which hopefully shouldnt be too bad, hopefully) i was thinking: cut the pipe back a...

Thanks for the help, the muck went on superbly. I have now sanded in down and it looks great, however i am unsure of one more thing. Do i need to put an undercoat on this stuff, maybe using the same mix as above, or is it fine to put the colour straight on ? As it is a bathroom im justa bit...

thanks for the input breezer what do you mean ? so dont bother with a junction box just crimp together, and the tape should seal it up ? thanks again

Hi I wonder if you can offer some guidance with this issue. I want to knock down a wall in my house that has a double socket on it. The socket has obviously been added fairly recently as the cables are not sunk into the wall. This wall is under the bath i have got the floorboards up and...

muchos gracios for the replys. So, heres my plan: Fill major holes, sand down wash down walls paint on an undercoat of watered down emulsion (cant really afford to layout for more primer as on v tight budget) mix up a load of easy-fill and apply with a nice wide filling knife, i guess a...

Hi After reading various posts on here about getting a smooth surface to paint on, it seems like some gyproc easy-fill is the best solution for smoothing out my walls. I was wondering how, is this stuff applied ? Is it just stuck on with a trowel and smoothed out with a float ? Ive got to...