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Hi my mother and father's toilet flush is playing up and they are both in their 80's and hate the lever especially now when they are having to keep pressing it loads of times to flush. They seem to get on well with buttons we think so I looked at the Fluidmaster Push Button Cable Dual-Flush...

But isn't there something wrong with the fact you could have one hand in a bowl of water and one on the switch, I know it would be a stupid thing to do but you can imagine someone in mid conversation not concentrating on what they are doing and doing just that. Does just come down to bad...

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Hi my wife is renting an office with a friend and there is a tiny kitchen area which has one of those hot water tanks over the sink fed from an adjacent spur. There is also a socket to the side near the floor and a light switch on the wall to the right, basically a few electrical items close to...

My bedroom ceiling is plasterboard with what looks like multifinish on it and I have just done some work which has ended up with me cutting in a new piece of plasterboard about 500mm x 1000mm, how do i join the plaster? Can I feather in some multifinish and if so do I need to prepare...

Hi I am going to render a piece of brick wall in my bedroom where the chimney breast has been removed and i have been told to paint it with an SBR slurry mix first. When i look at the instructions it seem to imply that you paint this on only where you can render within 15 minutes, am I...

Hi if I am making a render mix and have Mastercrete which has plasticiser already in it if I understand correctly, do I still add platiciser or is what it contains already sufficient? I know it seems a silly question but if Mastercrete contains the right amount of plasticiser already I cant...

We have an attic extension and when I remove the ground floor part as I have only removed the 1st floor part it will be all gone up to 1st floor ceiling level. The void between the 1st floor ceiling level and the attic floor is over 12 inches and this is where the last bit goes to the roof and...

Cheers guys, yes I have my instruction book for what it is worth, it is not great, it does mention to put grease on the end of the SDS bit that goes into the drill but it also has this circular bit on top of the drill that looks like it could be something you open with a special tool (bit like...

Hi I had a builder in to advise me as to how to remove my chimney breast and have now done so but he warned me that I would need something to coat any remaining soot areas on the wall as it would come through any plaster etc. Well what I found was that, and I cannot imagine how they achieved it...

Hi I bought one of those fairly cheap drills that seem to be a lot of body for little money and they do drill stop for chiseling too. I realise that if they are cheap they wont perform miracles but it did seem to be a very good drill for the money so far. It is an unknown make, Star Tools...

I dont have figures now but I think it was 125 ohms on multimeter which I calculated at about 460watts assuming exzctly 240volts. Is this correct?

My mothers heated floor has stopped working and I think its the controller because it has been playing up for a while, is it ok to connect the supply direct to the load ie to the floor to prove the floor heats up still without the controller. Its a 500watt floor and the element tests out ok...

Hi, I must be searching with the wrong words as I was convinced this would be a common question but I have tried googling it and not really found the answer so I am on here to ask you guys. We are decorating our bedroom which is about 3.5m by 4m and we are tempted to remove the radiator as...

Hi can anybody tell me what is the difference or where can I look it up what the differences are with all the MK RCBO model numbers? I think as I understand it that the 69** series are the older ones and the 79** series are the newer ones but that they all fit in the same boards but after the...

Hi can anybody help me please, I have one of these valves and I am able to take it out of my cistern and strip it down. I have a concealed cistern with wall hung pan and access the inners through a rectangular hole where the push button goes. I have this valve...