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Hi all I layed a floating laminate floor in my kitchen about 5 years ago. It wasn't true laminate, it had a small layer of real wood on the top - the stuff from Ikea. With general wear and tear and a few puppy accidents the time has come to put something newer down. I've found...

Hi all I layed a floating laminate floor in my kitchen about 5 years ago. It wasn't true laminate, it had a small layer of real wood on the top - the stuff from Ikea. With general wear and tear and a few puppy accidents the time has come to put something newer down. I've found...

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Why only 3 rods? Classic case of someone wanting to get home and down the pub on a sunny friday afteroon I think :). To be honest it does appear to be a blockage in my property so I guess I'm lucky he gave me 3 rods :) But I do have visions of the end of the rod reaching about 2cm from the...

Pretty much nothings coming out at the manhole. The first Thames Water guy put some dye in the toilet and I can see evidence of it in the manhole. But any time anything is flushed or run in the house, the downstairs toilet fills up and nothing comes out at the manhole end. I think it is...

Baffed! Ok, so I called the water authorities out who could only find an inspection chamber in the house 2 doors away. This is downstream and there was no blockage. They insisted there must be an inspection chamber in my garden as there wasn't one in my neighbours garden. So, up came the...

Hi I've had searched the forums with this issue and am pretty sure it's one of two things but I wonder if you experts can shed some light as to which. I've got an 80's new build end terrace house with internal soil vent pipe and an upstairs and downstairs toilet. Yesterday, the upstairs...

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sounds good! Where can I get one?

Gotcha, worked it out. Ok, if I decided to ditch the plug could I use an unswitched FCU?

Hi all I've got no light in the cupboard under the stairs but I do have a mains socket. Currently there's a little lamp in there that's plugged into the mains and I have to switch it on from the base every time I need some light. I'd like to fit one of these to the wall...

The meter was replaced on 23rd June which I think was before the hot weather really started. If the working pressure has increased, is there a way to reduce the temperature of the water? I've found a thermostat on the hot water cylinder but it's already set at the lowest setting (approx 40...

Hi Recently we had our gas meter replaced and ever since our hot water has been significantly hotter. Is this explainable or just a coincidence? Cheers

Nothing's connected at the moment so I guess it can all be push fit?? Both ends are just sawn pipes. Cheers

Hi I've just plumbed in a new sink as part of a new kitchen but have a problem connecting the waste pipe. The waste pipe from the sink is approx 41mm in diameter (standard kitchen waste pipe from wickes) but the drain pipe coming up from under the floor is approx 55mm in diameter...

Hi all I'm tiling a kitchen wall and also a deep window ledge that meets the wall. Similar to this... If I use trim when the edges meet, do I need a special trim for an external corner or can I just use a trim for the top of a section of tiles (like below) and butt up to at 90...

When you say take the weight what do you mean exactly? The machine will sit directly on the floor with an empty carcass around it and a door an plinth on the front. So long as it doesn't jump around too much and knock into the carcass the it should be ok in that department right? I'm...

Hi I'm planning a new kitchen and have recently bought a new freestanding washing machine as the old one failed. I had hoped to enclose this behind a door in an empty carcass in the new kitchen. Is this recommended? I am buying the kitchen from IKEA and they wouldn't recommend this (I can...

A few weeks ago I helped my bro do his...... just one frame but so much quicker the second time around. Now to quit the desk job! :lol:

I find it really frustrating when people ask a lot of questions regarding a project and then never follow it up with the results. So, here's the decking I was asking about. Finished a month or so ago - took 2 days (working slowly :wink:) but took a while to get time to upload pics. Used 6x2...