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Hi, I put photos in a folder, how do I show them?

Hi, I'm installing a quadrent shower cubicle. the tray is an easy plumb tray about 150mm high and the waste pipe comes out the back of the tray just above floor height. I need to go through a stud wall under the bath and connect to the old 40mm waste pipe behind the bath. the old pipe work...

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Many thanks for your reply, I will have a look for some.

Hi, I have taken out an old shower unit from my ensuite shower cubicle. The old shower mixer fitted surface mounted flush on the wall. I thought I was OK to continue finishing the cubicle with putting new tiles up and just leave the two 15mm pipes sticking out the wall ready to fit the new...

Hi, I'm about to change the shower in my ensuite, I have isolated the water to the shower but I can not see how to get the shower rail that conects to the hot and cold off the wall, what kind of connection should I be looking for, compression behind or pushfit onto the 15mm pipework etc? Thanks

Hi, I'm fitting a new kitchen sink and taps. The sink is a ceramic and the taps are monoblock type. My problem is that the flatness of the area around the hole in the sink is not level and when I thighten up the taps it tends to follow the level of the sink and therefor is not level by eye...

Hi, I'm replacing a ceramic hob with a new induction ceramic hob. I'm not sure about the size of the cable capable of taking the power from the new hob. At present I have a 6mm cable coming from the 45amp cooker switch that goes into a junction box (the round junction box is quite large but...

Yes tank in the loft and not a mixer tap. Thanks

Hi, May sound like a silly question but I have just moved into a new house and have noticed that in the upstairs bathroom when I use the cold tap I get warm water coming out of it for about 30 seconds before it goes cold. I never had this at my other house, is this normal, or do I have a...

My sound like a silly queestion, but is there any easy way of adapting high presure taps to low presure? i.e removing a washer or drilling out a valve or something simple like that. Just a long shot

Thank you, I think I have the average 3 bed house so my pressure is probabliy 0.5 bar, I will try to buy the 0.5 bar taps.

Hi, Could anybody give me any idea what sort of water presure I will be getting from the hot tap in the kitchen from a gravity feed system? I ask because I have to fit a new kitchen and have bought taps in the past at a different house and the cold was fine but the hot was very slow. Some...

Thank you Steve, Your advise was right, it was just a lot harder to push up then the other trips. Everything seems to be working fine now (Touch wood) Thank you everyone for replys

The trip arm will not push up, if you say they are very stiff then I will go back and have another final look at it, it does feel like it is in the down possition with some kind of lock on it, is that possible?. I did not think I had to push them very hard but I will try again. Thanks for the...

What is a PIR Test and how much should it cost me? Thanks

I have been back to the property and tried to reset the 63A Hager trip by pushing it down then up, nothing happens , I can not push it down and can not push it up. Any ideas before I call out an electrician? Thanks in advance

Hello, Thanks for your replys. I have a few more details about my lack of power in the sockets in the house that I'm buying but is empty at the moment. Inside the consumer unit on the side there is 2 sockets switches and 1 cooker switch. These switches can be put up in the reset possition but...

No I have not budgeted for a rewire, I did not know of the problem when viewing. I was hoping it is something easily fixable. Thanks

Hello, I'm in the process of buying a repossion house. As normal all the electrics are turned off for health and safety until sale has completed. I was checky and turned the consumer unit back on while on a unsupervised visit just to have a quick check that everything is working. I can not...