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Sorry forgot. The boiler is Worcester 28i junior

Hi, I'm in the middle of fitting a mixer shower driven by my new combi boiler. The hot water pipe goes from boiler as a 22mm pipe up about 6ft vertically, across my attic for about 20ft , and then reduced down to 15mm and down into the ensuite where the shower is located. The problem is that the...

Hi, my plasterer says that it would be useful if i could remove a layer of paint sitting on top of a plaster that he wants to plaster over. The PVA might not stick too well to the paint , so it really ought to come off. My question is , is there a product or technique to get this paint off...

Cheers. never realised you could buy this... Any ideas on burying microbore pipes in in a plaster/brick wall?. i was thinking of sinking some plastic trunking in a chased out channel and plasterboard over(leaving a cavity) , and then skimming over that.?

Hi , i have noticed(at a show house) a neat way in which some microbore rad pipes are hidden behind a radiator. Both pipes leave the ends of the radiator and disappear behind the radiator in to what looks like a junction box sunk into a wall. Is there a box dedicated for this purpose? My...

Hi, I'm about re-insulate my integral garage ceiling ,because the bedroom above is quite cold. I intend to do the following ,and i'd really appreciate anyone's thoughts first take the garage ceiling completely staple the current flimsy old fiberglass insulation to the underside of the...

Hi, does anybody know where i can get my hands on the latest regulation regarding insulating an integrated garage ceiling/bedroom above?

hi, I've got attach thick metal brackets to metal fence posts. The post holes have pilot holes already , but I have to use self tapping screws. Is there is a special type of self tapping screw I should use for metal ?

Its definately not a stud wall, but i guess the 'plumber' could have forced the pipes it into the small space between the plasterboard and the brick. Not ideal.

Hi, i live in a relatively new house. Unfortunately the builders who built it decided to bury the microbore copper pipes (for central heating) in the walls. The result is that the walls have hairline cracks where the pipe are. I don't really want to reroute the the pipework, can the pipes be...

Hi, i'm putting in a metal rail fence , but will have to put one of the metal posts hard up against an existing tree trunk. The trunk itself isn't that big (about 7" dia) , but i'm worried about running into problems with the root and sunterean part of the trunk getting in the way of the post...

Hi, my dishwasher stops after about 2 minutes into any cycle. However it did not bleep continuously, just the usual couple of bleeps you get at the end of a normal cycle. I had to do the 'diagnostics' on it, after that it bleeped continuously, one bleep a second. Any thoughts appreciated?..