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Pipe has now unfrozen and all is good! I was surprised by how cold it got - the expansion tank had about 1/2" of ice! Guess I'll be spending the rest of the day researching the best way to insult everything!!

The header tank is about half full, it had a thin film of ice on it. The ballcock lever was slightly stiff to move but now moves freely. There was some icing around the outlet of the valve. I've been directing heat towards this pipe for a little while - I didn't want to rush it though and...

Hi, Woke up this morning to find no hot water coming from the taps in my kitchen and bathroom. Cold taps work fine - plenty of pressure etc. Central heating working fine. Investigating I found that the hot water tank is warm as are some pipes going in/out of it. A google search led me to...

Thanks for all the advice... Like I said before, I plan to do a whole kitchen and utility refit in the future, so I'm really just wanting to be sure it's not going to be unsafe as it is now. When I do the whole refit in a year or two I'll be starting from scratch so I can do everything in a...

I can see them :?

OK, So I have finished adding the waste stack pipe and fitted a tap to the cold water supply line. I put it into the under sink unit to keep it away from the dishwasher unit. This is a better view of the switch. It's just a normal on/off plug socket. There's nothing above the unit...

Hi, I've got a spare under worktop unit in my kitchen into which I'd like to install a slimline dishwasher. It's in a unit next to the sink, so handy for waste drainage, and it already has a power socket. I'm just curious about the power socket and the routing of water/waste pipes. I...

Thanks for the reply... I lifted the manhole cover the other day to take a look - all that's in there is the water drainage which runs around the back of the property to next door. Whilst I may need access in the future it wont be on a regular basis. Because of this I was thinking of maybe...

Hi, The previous owners of my house installed a patio which sat too high against the DPC. It was blocking the airbrick at the rear of the house, and looking generally uneven and tatty so I decided to rip it up and do something about it... I was expecting to have a bit of a challenge...

the cable wont be visible as there is a unit that the extractor will fit under (it's not a chimney hood type but one of those under unit types). there is already about 2.5' of cable running out of the extractor so I'll just feed this up the hole I cut in the bottom of the unit to feed the...

Hi, I recently moved into my first house and as I can't afford a new kitchen I just refurb'd what was there for now. One thing the kitchen didn't have was an extractor fan. So I bought a cheap one that'll do for now and I'll look at a better (ie more attractive one) in the future when I...

Hi, I'm a first time buyer and don't have any experience of central heating so please excuse my simple question! My central heating consists of; water tank in the loft, hot water tank first floor(no electrical heater by the looks of it), a boiler downstairs in the utility room. The...

Hi, I'd like to fit some small downlights under my kitchen wall units (only 3 or 4) to better light the worktop. I've seen some that I like in b-and-q, basically a transformer with a 'breakout box' type thing that has connections for about 4 lights. It's possible to buy a domestic 3...

Hi, I moved into my new house (1930 red brick semi) a month and a bit ago. I had a survey done and asked the surveyer to look at a few cracks in the house. Got the all clear from the surveyor... The house had obviously moved at one point but it was fine now. Anyway.... The living room had...