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I guess I can cut the pipe shorter and use one of these But does anyone do a compression 32mm to a blank 32mm pipe coupling ? So compression on one side and pipe looking on the other. Something like the Floplast but no bent , straight instead.

I seem to have cut the 32mm basin waste pipe too short. Is there anything I can do to extend it by 22mm? I tried two different traps and they do not fit now I used a p-trap with an extension but the extension now is too long. The bottle trap was ok before I cut the pipe by a bit but now the...

The floors, we generally remove the floorboards and ply with an 18mm ply first. The bath is screwed down well, there is always a week area a bit behind the drain hole which is usually where you are standing to have a shower, plus I'm not impressed with overall rigidity despite all the prep. My...

I am looking for the most steady bath for up to max £400. I do not want a steel bath as it is for a rental but looking for something steady. Tried various make before like Ideal Standard, Carron and when you walk in the bath you can feel the floor moving slightly despite all the brackets and...

What size is the hole for the bathroom pillars. I’ve got the feeling my plumber is been drilling these too big. The hole is just shy of the size of the pillar!

I just inspected one of the rentals and the bath screen only after 2 years has gone very stiff. Also the frame looks so flimsy I think my plumber used the cheapest B&Q one! I have already purchased a Mira one but I did lubricate the existing one with white lithium grease and it started moving...

Wow! thanks so much. The doors in our factory weight possibly more than 50kg made of acoya wood and have no architraves. They have just been fitted with a square frame. They have 4 hinges. Yes the fire officer who inspected the place noticed the expandable foam and said exactly the same thing...

Ok thanks for your responses. I will route the doors then. Can I just check I want to install smoke and fire seals so is the aim for the hair of the smoke seal to just touch the frame of the door. I’m asking this so I calculate the depth of the routing after measuring the gap between the...

I have 5 doors to do this week fitting 15mm intumescent strips. I’ve been using a router for door hinges for years but never done an intumescent strip. My question is if I want to grove the frame rather than the door how do you finish the end of the grove where the router body stops from going...

I’m having the garage wired by my electrician. But he wants me to dig the trench. At the end of the trench there is concrete, how deep do I need to go into concrete as it is such a pain trying open a grove for the Trunking. It is a 4m armoured cable he uses. He told me it doesn’t matter how...

I’ve got a 60s garage with asbestos roof. Can you paint the external walls? They look like broken brick and stones surface. Do you need to prime them with anything first to seal them ?

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I would PVA the lot and you can also use some wide skrim tape and plaster with bonding first then multi finish. Use the remaining of the edge as a guide with a long straight edge to create neat corners. The remaining of the corner does not seem to have a bead so you basically restore it back to...

I want to get a plasterer to plaster the kitchen. One of the walls has multiple hairlike cracks in plaster but it is fairly solid. If we just skim over I bet the cracks will come back. What shall I do. Remove all the plaster down to the brick and leave the corners or is there a way perhaps...

I found this Dimplex Kansas electric fire that fits nicely. You can use just the fire effect without the heating. Stripping it all down is ideal but that means I will have to put new wallpapers up and also patch plastering...dont have the time right now. I created this in photoshop, I think I...

Already done that underneath the floorboards by my gas engineer.

Just bought a bungalow and removed the 70s gas fire. Now the fire place has a hole that is higher than the average electric fire I find on a reasonable price. What would you do, would you put a back panel and cover the whole thing and then put the fire on the outside as in rest of photos from...

Just bought a buy to let bungalow that has smooth internal hollow doors. I usually install hollow grained doors in our properties and paint them brilliant white The existing doors are working ok with no warp etc and closing perfect, they are just a bit yellow because of age. They must be...

We have removed some of the fluorescent tubes in the factory but I do not want to remove the fittings. Are there any caps I can use to block the exposed sockets either side?

I think that explains it all for me... Sure it all depends where about in the country you live, London is certainly much more expensive than here up north. The £200 per day is not unreasonable for a self employed electrician. I had further chats with other companies here up North they confirm...