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I need to cut some 2-3 mm thick plastic piping, would either a metal or stone angle grinder disc do the business - and which would work best ? Or is there another one you'd recommend ? It's the smallish 115x22 disc size I need - the thinner the better. Cheers John

[/url] Thanks - yep it is good and I realised I could do it as depicted as i have done that with other appliances - but using a terminal block instead of tape :-) I had (perhaps naiaevly) assumed you wouldn't have to do that and the fan would be supplied wired to just work - I...

Bought a Pampero ceiling fan + light from B&Q this aft. Just looking at the wiring instructions ahead of fitting tomorrow. It's to replace a standard looped in ceiling rose. I note that the fan has a simple wiring block with just 3 terminals, L,N & E . Instructions say to connect all...

Thanks - what "exactly" are the parts and how are they fitted ? cheers John

My downstairs toilet has recently developed classical water hammer symptoms. As the cistern reaches full and the valve switches off, the pipes rattle and bang for about 5 seconds. No other toilet or tap in the house does this. The float valve is about 3 years old and is the plastic type with...

My shower door fits to the cubicle via a strip of magnetic rubber material - present on both surfaces. It is about 8mm wide and appears to be self-adhesive. I have made a few repairs over the years with araldite but now it really needs replacing. I have googled about but cant seem to find...

Hope this is the correct forum for this Q. I am decorating an old wooden window frame and it is sealed to the wall with what looks like red mortar/cement. Well half of it has dropped out and I will need to redo it. But what do I look for in B&Q or Wickes ? Neighboiur says it is red mastic...

My concrete gate posts are peeling badly and need stripping and repainting. I spent an hour this evening with a blow torch and scraper and managed about 10% of one post ! Is there a better/quicker way of getting the paint off ? Would paint stripper work ? What about a power washer ? Anything...

I have had new black plastic guttering fitted recently and where it joins onto the neighbour's system there is a leak at the join. I want to remake the join - which I am assuming contains no sealant ! I have searched the forum and there are quite a few recommendations (Cerefit, plumbers mate...

Thanks for that. A mate has suggested swapping to a "Fluidmaster" valve (see link) as they work better than Torbeck's in systems with a higher pressure. This may be the easiest solution! John http://tinyurl.com/7jehvx

Cheers for that. I have the plumbing cover via BG contract - they outsource the work to Dynorod plumbers. Cheers

I guess I wasn't too clear - onto the 3d glass of wine is my excuse. I have no intention of going anywhere near the heating system. I meant to say that i will turn off the H20 and open all the cold taps in the house till it drains the cold water pipes and then turn the water back on - slowly...

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Thanks Jon and others. Firstly I have a combi boiler so there are no hot or cold water tanks. Both toilets had their ball valves replaced a year or so ago with the plastic/silent types that have the trailing bits of plastic tubing. To be truthful they have always shut off with a "clank" - the...

Apologies as this is a re-post from last year, but I haven't sorted the problem yet ! Every time we flush the upstairs or downstairs toilets there are 2-3 seconds of gdunking and thunking at the end of the cycle. This started after I had turned the water off at the internal stop to fix a...

Both of my toilet cisterns make an annoying loud "gdunk, gdunk, gdunking" noise when the valve closes. Is this air in the system or a problem with these new "quiet fill" water input valves ? Anyway to stop it ? Thanks for any tips John

Yep I think i'll do that - this is an awesome website by the way ! Thanks John

I have had to replace the ceramic tap glands in my 5y old Bristan kitchen tap. Unfortunately the tap glands stocked in B&Q turned out to have a longer spline than the ones I removed and hence once refitted the tap handle stuck out a cm or so from the tap body. I cut off 5mm and refitted but it...

I have a 20y old Garador up and over canopy garage door where the spring in the spring pack unit (PN57/1) has snapped. Is this an easy DIY fix or does it require specialised knowledge or kit (e.g. spring compressors?). Would it be a case of replacing just the spring or would you replace the...

Thanks guys - but there are no isolation valves on any of the pipes at the boiler :-(. Not taken the boiler cover off to look inside though. No draincock anywhere to be seen either. So I think I will go for the approach of isolating the system uostairs Thanks again, John