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I an a non-pro DIYer. I am tyring to replace the old hot water cylinder. I used the old connectors from the old cylinder and a new copper blue cylinder. However, after I cleaned old connectors and used the tapes, glues etc. to stop the water leak, the water is still slowly leaking. I wonder...

I am so sorry. I am not sure. The other doors look dark and oily, may be they are the stain/varnish. Those doors are very old. I was told by a carpenter I should use some sort of paint repeatedly to achieve that colour.

I have just changed an internal door frame. It is bare wood. I have to match it with other internal doors which is dark oak oily colour. What should I do? By 2 step, dye+finishing oil(colourless) or 1 step, non-drop gloss/wood primer/satin? I am new to do this. Any advice is highly appreciated.

Thank you for your offer. I will use my insurance policy to do this.

Thank you very much. I have cut the unusable rusted part and connected the usable steel pipe with copper pipe. The usable steel pipe has rusty sign. I am going to paint it or wrap it in order to make the lifetime longer.

Thank you. I quoted the cost of replace with mdpe, it is above £1000 by using the moling technique. I will do it in the future. At this moment, I have to keep the steel pipe for a while. Anti-rust paint or tape to wrap it? Or something else?

I had a burst pipe between the external stopcock and internal stopcock. It was about 0.5m underground. The pipe was steel and rusted heavily. So I have to dig it out in order to replace it. I found the other part of the steel pipe is rusted too, but usable. I have to keep this usable part...

Thank you for your comment. If I understand you correctly, some "plumber"s with trade licence are not qualified to do the main water connection. Does that mean the plumber service sector is in a mess. Any one who does not qualified can be a so-called plumber? For Level 2 certificate and...

I have a burst pipe (steel) which is between the copper pipe and lead pipe. These pipes are located between the external stopcock and internal stopcock. Now, the plumber has to cut the steel pipe and connect the copper pipe and lead pipe. My insurance sent a plumber contractor, who seems not...

I do not think it is racist. The reason I think it is not from local people because local British can get generous benefit and unlikely to be bothered for a few pounds by paying big effort to steal the lead. It is hard job for those thieves. They have to drive around, use hand saw to cut...

Thank you very much. It is too expensive for me.

It is wooden floor. I will see if it is possible to move the soil pipe. I never thought about this idea!! Thank you very much. I thought about the studwork or plasterboard behind the cistern. This will be the last way to sort things out. It will make the small space even smaller...

The swan neck one is too high. The outlet center to the floor is usually 18-20cm. The swan neck is 35 cm high. I do not know if there are short version of the swan neck. Thank you!

Thank you. I searched the web and found only at plumbDepot. The toilets are on delivery only. It does not give the distance between the outlet and the wall. I will call them and see if they have the measurement on record. It is quite expensive. £200+delivery charge!!!

I have a problem. Please forgive me if I can not describe it in a pro- way. My old house has a toilet with separated cistern and toilet pan. A tube connected the cistern and the toilet pan for flashing. The drain hole is on the floor. A 90 degree bend drain connector was used...

Chingford. When the police was informed, they said there were crimes reported in this area that thieves take lead away from houses. There is no safe area in London now. A friend of mine, living in Woodford, happiely stayed there for the last 20 years, had her window broken by thieves in...

!!!!!Where have you been for the las few years? !!!!! I wish I had some thieves friends who may give me some information about what is hot in their world. Lead? never thought about it.

I guess it was from non-local thieves. British get generous benefit. They do not bothered with a few pounds by paying big labour effort of cutting lead tubes, taking heavy sheet lead. Lead is sold at about 1USD/per pound. I never thought people can make big profit from that.

My house was visited by thieves who took the sheet lead, lead pipe etc. away. Police said there are thieves around in this area to steal lead. I wonder if there are any alternative ways to replace sheet lead so the thieves may stop visiting my house. Any idea? All comments welcomed

If in the idea world, I believe the plastic will be working well, may be better than copper in a lab. However, all sort of accidents may happen, for example, the mice eat plastic, children may throw things on plastic etc. etc.. Engineer cannot calculate all this possible incidents by a...