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Can someone point in the direction of somewhere to buy connectors for air tools please? I have a retractable hose which has a male 3/8" NPT connector and I need to connect it to a female 1/2" BSP port on a Sealey Regulator. The only places I have found are in America. Also the manual says...

As neo says start with a service and an "italian tune up". Can you post the acutal emissions results as often the problem can be suggested from the these.

I had this error code on my old car. It is a bugger to track down. It basically means that the ECU thinks the cat is not performing as well as it should be. This can either be because the O2 sensors are faulty, the cat is knacked or usually just that the cat is on the way out. I spent ages...

Thanks chaps. I only need about 5 sheets so the price difference is only about £50 in total. I will go with ply - nice to cut up than MDF too!

I am going to build some cabinets for the garage based on this plan: http://plansnow.com/dn3091.html I will build the cabinets myself but I am unsure what is best to use for material, plywood or MDF. They need to take a fair amount of weight and abuse so which is stronger? Finish isn't...

Wrong forum but never mind. No that is wrong, there is little heat loss between part walls becase effectively both sides of the wall are heated to the same - heat loss only occurs when there is a difference in temperature - such as between an outside wall and internally. You do get some...

As it should be obvious I'm not a plumber but as I understand it the hammer was caused by the thermostatic valve in the shower open and closing quiuckly whilst it find the correct temperature when it turns on. At the end of the day whether it was the right thing or not it cost me about £20 in...

I have a a Megaflow cylinder fed by a Valiant Eco Max boiler. I want to replace the rad in the bathroom for a towel warmer and I need to replace couple of TRVs as they are broken. Two radiators down stairs have drain taps on so I guess that's how I drain the system. The fill loop is next to...

It's fixed! :D I had to cut a massive hole through the plaster board on the stairs. I added some noggins and cliped the pipes to them and then fitted a Sioux Cheif mini-rester. No more hammer! I tried fitting a flow reducer which Anglian water sent me (7.6 l/min) but it made the shower...

My house is very draughty for a fairly new house - 1997. I have found a few sources which seem to be draughts coming under the skirting boards and a big extract fan had no cowl on the outside. I have resolved those as well as caulking round the UPVC windows as there seemed to be draughts there...

The instructions said it is suitable for high and low pressure systems and for unvented hot water systems, combis, and ordinary cylinders. It mentioned fitting a flow reducer for Type 2 (?) instalations but it didn't say they had to be fitted for high pressure systems. These were little...

The hot water system is a unvented megaflow cylinder, the mains pressure is very high and hot water is at the same pressure.

Thanks for the replies. The connection that burst is the compression fitting on the shower mixer. There are no compression fittings that have been tiled over, but the pipes have so I can't easily access them to fit a shock arrestor. The pipes were clipped but I suspect not enough. I will...

I built a new en-suite recently. The old shower wasn't thermostatic and was very old - never had any problems with water hammer. The new shower is thermostatic and I had been suffering with water hammer both when turning on and off. I tried to negate it by turning the shower on and off...

Can I suggest you check your virus software is upto date and you run a full scan. This is excedingly dodgy what has been suggested to you.

I recently did a shower. I used Aquapanel cement board and used the Schulter Kerdi waterproofing membrane. It only cost about £60 for a small cubicle and a bit more for the extra adhesive but it gives me piece of mind that it will never leak or cause issues.

Thanks chaps. Good point about ventilation. It doesn't have a rain cap currently but I was going to get it sweept shortly so might get someone to pop one on.

I have an open fireplace in my living room. We use it occasionally during winter, not really for heat mostly for the effect. The majority of the time it lets in a massive draught. We have a resorted to stuffing an old pillow up it but it is messy when we want to use it and looks stupid...

Let me know the year of manufacter and the engine code which is a three letter code found on the white sticker in the spare wheel well and I will get the part number out of the parts catalogue.

+1 Plus Gas is briliant