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Hi I am planning to replace a concrete path alongside one wall of the house. The existing path concrete is very thin ( 25mm ) and seems to be only laid on sand. I will remove all this and dig deeper to give a good sub base . As you can see in the photo, the path is alongside a small patio area...

Thanks Mogget. Now I know. I'll a spare on hand when I do the job Just in case. That ones been there 25 years

I'm going to be changing the noisy Ball cock V/V in my CWST for a more silent flowmaster type fill V/V. I had my head up in the tight loft space just to give the job a coat of looking at before I give it a go. I know this sounds a bit obvious, but the picture shows a fitting on the mains supply...

Hi, I've got a rangemaster 90cm cooker hood which I'm pretty sure that the Motor is on its way out. Its always been really noisy anyway, but seems to be getting worse. Even when it was new, on high speed we have to turn the TV up quite a bit in the kitchen diner to hear it. The cooker is on an...

Hi I have win 10 ( the Free one ) installed. I will not do a system restore. At one point it would do a restore in safe mode, but now wont even do that. I Get " Unspecified error 0x80070003 .Things that I have done so far that I can glean from the web. Disabled anti virus and Malware protection...

Hi again FT & TP. Thanks for your input. FT, you are quite right. there is a hatch cut into the floor above the end of system drain cock. Didn't know it was there cos of the under floor insulation ( Glass wool )and couldn't see it from underneath. I've got the system cleaner in now and will use...

Ok then, drain cocks on both. Is there a make or type of drain cock out there that wont leak at the screw ??? Like I mentioned before, Every one I touch seems to leak

Thks, so better on flow or return ?, and would a gate / lever valve be ok instead of the Drain

Just to add that first floor of house is approx. 2ft above the level of the garage floor

Hi, The radiator drain cocks are an option. All downstairs radiators are actually above the level of the return / flow pipes at the boiler. If I drain at the radiators, would I still have pipework below that is still full of water. Its the pipework I want to make modifications to

I am about to do some modifications on my central heating system. This will entail me draining down the system after adding some cleaner/ descale for whatever period specified. The boiler ( firebird popular 90 ) is in the garage. Its a 2 story house with open vented system. There's 2 options...

Hello My garage is a build on to the end of the house. No through access. It is 32/1000 steel sheets on metal pulins.It slopes away from gable end of the house into the Guttering. Slope angle is approx 10 Degrees The length of the sheets are approx. 5.2m. Underneath the Purlins is OSB nailed to...

Thanks for the reply's I guess there's no bonding required then. The house is fitted with 2 old Wylex CU's retro fitted with MCB's and there is no RCD protection This is something I hope to address when finances allow Thks Mark

Hi I've just done a complete refurb on my bathroom. Before I started the pipes to the Bath and Basin units were all copper and there was earth bonding wires between the hot & cold pipes on bath and likewise the sink. I have moved the bath and sink to different positions and used Plastic pipe...

I'm just finishing my bathroom tiling project, and proceeding with the grout. The grout is Ultra Colour plus Manhattan grey. I am following the instructions to the letter with this stuff, and measuring batches as carefully as I can ( 200ml water to 1KG grout every time ) . Mixing with SDS drill...

Thanks Foxhole. I've never used the Hardiebacker before. Will screws for the clips get a grip into this Ok? Actually underside of bath bit I should have put "Inspection". Years ago in our last house, the Bathroom was on Ground floor ( Suspended Timber Floor, same as what I have now). There was a...

I am in the process of tiling my bathroom and wish to finish of by fitting a tiled bath panel around a small (1400 x 700mm ) bath. I've been trawling all the websites to se what substrate would be suitable for this, But there seems to be some mixed opinions on some materials. I know that Aqua...

Thanks to All that have helped me here. JohnD Re the Ball V/V's, my plan is to fit 22mm pipe work & Ball V/Vs to and from the Pump ( although it has 15mm connectors ) and reduce again to 15mm just before the shower connections. This would also include the Bypass pipes I intend to fit. I'll try...

Many Thanks for the reply's. The shower that is being replaced downstairs was an old Mira Gravity fed mixer shower ( fitted in 1992). The flow through a single head was OK'ish but not invigorating. Our heating is normally with the Oil boiler ( No mains gas up here in Orkney islands ) Up to now...

Hi, Just a few queries I wonder If I can get some advice with please I'm shortly going to be fitting a new bathroom. Part of this will be fitting a Mira Atom shower with 2 shower heads and am planning to fit a Salamander 1.5 bar CT50 xtra Pump in the airing cupboard to feed shower only. I will...