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I did think that , then i wondered if the door frame was actually resting on it . Would the expanding foam withstand that ? Thanks

Hi No water the doesn't puddle there , that area stays dry even in the worse of the rain .

Afternoon everyone Can anyone offer any advice on the best way to tackle this , im going to be attempting to tile the external porch area of my front door ( which is another story haha , ive new i needed to seal the bottom of the door but on closer inspection ive noticed the door seems to be...

I was also contemplating removing the timer altogether and just setting the temps on the boiler and get me mam to just turn on the boiler when she needs it .

Hi yes basically me and the owld fella installed the boiler around 15 years ago or so , maybe more., along with all the pipework etc , all the rads have thermostatic valves fitted , i also wired the wireless stat into position , and if I remember correctly im sure i had to remove or add a...

Hi Can anybody can advise , my mam has a green star bosch boiler that has been playing up and im convinced its the wirelss mechanical thermostat , ive been pricing them up and they seem very expensive , im contemplating just replacing the old stat and receiver left pic with mechanical timer...

I wonder if anyone can help , the internal wall of my sisters bay window is starting to get damp approximately were the mortar is missing from a couple of the external bricks at low level . As can be seen on the pics I’ve noticed there appears to be 2 distinct damp patches on the path which...

Yes the fitting unscrews from the tap body . I yhought about turning it around but the end that screws into the tap is slightly thinner and has a o ring fitted , god only knows why the tap doesnt have a normal fitting on it .

Thanks Will the brass fitting shown in my first pic seal onto the male thread of that fitting ?

I thought you were talking about the flexi stainless braided hoses .

Thanks Yeah i did think about using them , i was just abit concerned about long term durability of them , i do realise a rubber ring on the brass connector will also have a life span . Them hoses are only 2 quid odd from screwfix which doesnt give em much confidence on quality .any...

Can anybody help. We had abit of a leak from a plastic to copper fitting on one of our bath taps , I decided to remove and fit a brass compression style 3/4” connector , when fitting whilst it was in situ I couldn't get the connector to fit onto the tap thread , I decided to remove the tap...

Thanks Johnny . I think that’s the best course of action .

Hi I am after abit of advice if anybody can help. We have had the old doors in our house replaced which involved removing all the surrounds from the existing doors . This has made visible the dodgy brickwork on the house . It looks like the porch has just been buil against the house and the...

Hi Could anybody offer abit of advice . I’m planning on replacing a few de faced bricks from the bottom corner of my house , I have replaced defaced bricks before without any issues but because it’s the corner its concerning me I think in total there is around 6 bricks , would I need to...

Yeah I think that’s the way Razor , I just seen Worcester did an angled bracket but there just not deep enough . A batten it is . Cheers

Totally agree , and can tell you now I will be doing the work I reckon a Shoe lace would be better than that ,so I’m sure I can’t go wrong haha , believe it or not that was fitted by a Gas safe registered engineer who passed it off and even registered the boiler for us haha O and apparently he...

Hi everyone . I think it’s about time I updated the universal support that supports the combi boiler flue into position lol. . Could anybody recommend a type that would fit in this scenario . I’ve looked at the type that screw to the roof but the garage only has a floor board style roof so...

Cheers Regarding the posts cracking and Spalding is there a particular make you recommend ? I’ve noticed a big difference in price between the likes of jt atkinsons and some online retailers , I did wonder if the quality would be greatly reduced . Has anyone tried post hole diggers ? I would...

Evening Thanks to all the heavy winds and the previous owner fence erecting skills I’m gona have a go and install a new fence using concrete slotted posts (which I have never done before) ,I have a couple of novice questions if anyone could advise me . For a 6 ft fence with either a 150 mm...