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We have water tank in the loft. Pressure has been fine before and after change. Wondering if it's normal/recommended practice to use a ball valve as the main stopcock. Thanks.

Moved into a new home recently and asked a plumber to replace the main stopcock (traditional brass tap style) because it hadn't been used in years & was stuck/stiff. Made more sense to replace rather than try to service it. However without asking the plumber has replaced it with a 15mm 1/4 turn...

Hello, I've three isolation valves in the airing cupboard. The two that are on piping attached to the hot water cylinder (flow and return to the boiler) seem to start leaking after a few years causing damage to floor/ceiling etc. They are full bore 22mm valves that look like...

Thanks for the replies. I'm using a 4.5" grinder (I was going to flip the blocks over and cut from both sides). The blade is a budget brand am-tech, similar to the one on the far left: From your comments I'm guessing it's the quality of blade that's the problem. The current blade...

Hi, I have some red paving blocks that I need to trim down. So I bought a cheapish angle grinder which came with diamond blades and stone grinding discs. However the diamond blade is not really cutting into the block at all. It just makes a mark a few mm deep and gets hot. Are these...

Hi, I bought some blue circle mastercrete cement with the intention of doing some DIY jobs around the garden which include re-pointing/repairing some plant containers, paving joints and repairing cracks in a concrete patio/slab. I've read Mastercrete already has some additives (e.g...

Hello What is the very best way to prepare bare plaster (not new, previously painted or wallpapered but now stripped) and bare plasterboard (the white stuff sandwiched between grey/brown paper) for painting ? Do the terms sealer, bonding primer, primer, stabiliser...etc have different...

Hello, I’m just repainting some of my artex ceilings with a fresh coat of Dulux White Vinyl Matt emulsion (the trade stuff). I’ve done the dining and living room ceilings without any problems. I then painted the hallway, came back after a while and saw cracks in the paint in a few places...

Thanks for the reply. Yes there would be a piece of wood/stud in the way of one lung... hence I was thinking of cutting the lung off and then screwing that end to the wood/stud. Looking at the dry lining box, I'm now also wondering if it would raise my shaver socket (I have one of those...

Hello, My shaver socket currently has an earthed metal back box with two sides screwed to a horizontal and vertical wall stud in a partition wall. The other two side of the box are unsupported hence the socket (bottom left) moves a little every time you plug and unplug something. I want...