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Hi all Tried to use a new pressure washer today but had an absolute disaster and soaked the kitchen. Basically I have one of those sink mixer taps. I can unscrew the big outlet and it leaves a female threaded end (maybe around M10?) I tried to use a compression jubilee hose connection today but...

Ok cheers, I'm pretty certain that they completely cut away the supply to the water tank so there certainly shouldn't be any water going to it at least

Hi, have a combi now. Old hot water cylinder removed and water tank isolated. I think there's a fairly decent chance the 3 pipes are related to the old cylinder. I found this old photo on my phone and it shows some pipework going in that vicinity, can't be absolutely certain tho

Hi Andy It's possible, I'll need to get up after work to check. It's an old asbestos tank, I absolutely hate touching it! It's *possible* the pipe work was related to the hot water cylinder that used to be in there (cold water supply, hot water from cylinder and a vent?) My loft gets extremely...

Hi all About a month or so my wife put some canvases in my boiler cupboard for storage. She went to take them out today and noticed a dirty green residue on them Looking at the cupboard there is an old unused (and cut) pipe above where they were kept. Looking at this pipe it looks like...

Thanks, does that also makeeit watertight?

My bath has 2 chips out of the enamel, one of these is quite a large chip (about 6 or 7mm diameter), both caused by my kids throwing things into the bath! I posted an old picture of 1 of them, it's probably slightly worse now. Below the chips is a black substance. I have been told before that...

Hi all Like many I am concerned about loft insulation this time of year (picture below is from a few months ago, its worse now temp has dropped but it happens every year so am used to it by now) I have read JohnD's post and am going to look at pulling back insulation from the eaves. My...

Thanks. I have just changed the rad to the frost setting on the TRV as I've been told separately that this is better than fully off, does that seem right? I assume unless my house is absolutely freezing then the frost setting will essentially be the same as being off? There is definitely a more...

Hi all My wife, in her infinite wisdom, decided to paint radiators today despite is having a cold snap up here. She used hammerrite radiator paint and my understanding is that you shouldn't use the radiator for a minimum of 24 hours after it's been painted. We have a baby in the house so this...

Hi all I am looking to wire a hive receiver for a boiler. The existing thermostat has a 2 wire connection which is basically a switched 230V live connection that comes from the incoming supply to the boiler, through a fused isolator and then to the thermostat switch and then to a run connection...

Hi all The grout on my bathroom floor tiles has multiple chips out of it, I'm going to finally get round to fixing it up this week,nice never tiled before though so have a couple of quick questions. I am looking at buying a tile float, I noticed that Screwfix also sell a grout spreader...

Hi, no there's been no conversion or extensions. House is maybe just over 40 years old roughly

Thanks for the replies. I'll try and provide a bit more info I did a rough sketch of the kitchen, apologies for the quality, my camera is gubbed on my phone. You can see the radiator position is terrible, its tucked under a worktop and hemmed in by tumble dryer. I spoke to a heating engineer...

Hi all Every year over the winter I have a problem where my kitchen is extremely cold. I'd say this isn't normal room cold, its basically always freezing in comparison to anywhere else and seems to be a an actual problem causing it, you can also feel cold air on your feet, seemingly coming from...

I'm going to pick up some m8 X 60mm anchor bolts, hopefully this should be enough. Not sure the drill depth needed for them but hopefully it's just 60mm

Hi, it tilts but doesn't swivel

Yeah exactly, I'm thinking of just going up to Screwfix and buying shorter fixings. Anybody know the name of the fixing type that's best for wall mounts on a brick wall? TV weighs just under 20kg

I have the sanus vlt5 which supplies raw plugs that need 75mm drill depth. My old bracket only needed 60mm. I'm not sure what the standard thickness of party walls is, I have a 1970s terraced house with absolutely terrible sound insulation from next door so I suspect they are thin walls.

Ha, zero chance of my wife letting a cat into the house unfortunately. In fairness, I'm saying its mice but I really don't know how to tell the difference. What are you doing about your rat issue?