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thanks very mych for your help people. I may in fact go for the bomber hinges. It is quite a difficult situation I have to engineer around and these may just help. thanks very much indeed

the frame thickness is 80mm. The door thickness is 40mm. I need a hinge that allows a gap of 20mm from the edge of the frame to the door, then the door of 40mm then a gap of 20mm from the edge of the door to the back of the frame

People, I need to fit a wooden internal door in the centre of the frame. Can anyone please advise on some sort of hinge that allows mounting of the door in the middle of the frame. Cheers Paul

Gents, Thanks for all of your advice. Yesterday I whipped down to Wickes and bought some new fittings which were Wickes branded solder ring fittings. This time I applied more heat to the fitting and less to the pipe. I also still used the Laco flux but no additional solder at all. This...

OK guys, I have made a decision to reinstall all of my pipework. I would like to purchase new copper yorkshire elbows today. I would appreciate thoughts on whether there seems to be a differing in quality between screwfix, wickes and B&Q????

I'm at a loss here gents!!! Maybe I should just go and buy a new batch of yorkshire solder rings from wickes and start again. Maybe adding additional solder is causing the problem. Maybe I should not apply any additional solder

thanks for your help gents

Cheers Dan, Most of the pipework was fabricated dry so I would doubt there was any water causing any problems

Dear All, I have been trying to pipe in 22mm copper to a new downstairs shower valve. I have been using 22mm pre-soldered Yorkshire ring fittings which I purchased from a local supplier, Wickes or Screwfix. I am not sure which. Now and again to reduce leak possibilities I have been...

Dear All, I would be appreciative if anyone could advise on a supplier who may be able to supply a 'clip over' flat fascia that matches the profile of the photos in the attached link please. http://www.diynot.com/network/Paul205/albums/23581 I wish to fit a 'clip over' fascia to the...

cheers guys appreciated

I need to extend the pipe but access is extremely tight so am considering the options of what to do when the cap is removed. There is no mangling though

Dear All, Under my upstairs bath is a compression fitting which forms a 'capped off end'. It is fitted to a 22mm copper pipe. I believe the 'cap' is definately female so it is not one of these:- http://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Compression-Stop-End-22mm-Pack-2/p/420243 I would...