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"If you are competent enough, DIY Gas Work is LEGAL. You DO NOT have to be CORGI registered" Could you (or anyone) kindly explain further ? I have long held the view that the really competent DIYer is inhibited too much by some regulations. After all (and there are typical postings on...

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Could anyone advise please ? I want to change the colour, ie, white to mahogany. of the inside frame of a UPVC conservatory roof vent. This frame will not, of course, be subject to any abrasion and would not be handled very frequently. Are there special paints made for UPVC or, could I get...

Presumably, if it is a UPVC door, the lock is the type which screws to the door edge and locks with four latches and the main bolt. Someone has mentioned the posidrive screwdriver and, yes it is easy to remove the complete assembly. One of my doors developed a faulty lock, quite soon after...

With some older vehicles there can sometimes be problems with vegetable based oils adversly affecting the fuel feed lines and the pump seals, especially if the oil used is the waste cooking oil collected from the local chippy. Also, these oils do give the authorities an opportunity to identify...

If you are able really clean the iron pipe, and "tin" it with a thin coating of solder, I think that you will find that the olive will crush and bite the pipe quite well.

I am a DIY'er and, others (the professionals) might be able to offer better advice. However, in my experience, this phenomenon is because the radiators are not "balanced " correctly. Also, there could be some sort of blockage but, this is unlikely. Balancing radiators means that the outlet...

I am not an expert but I think that even though your windows appear to hinge from the top, they are, in fact, side mounted hinges with a friction "slider" running in a stainless steel channel. which holds the window open. I have found these very easy to remove and replace and it might be that...

Many thanks for the very swift and helpful comments. Re the number of bricks and elements etc, no, I have not investigated this but, the web link, giving information that the capacity is 1700 watts gives me the guide which I need for assessing the wiring and load requirements. Thanks for your help

If anyone could advise on the following, it would be much appreciated. I am installing a small Dimplex storage heater, Model XT12 to provide some background heat in a small conservatory. The heater is secondhand and I am unable to find it's correct current load capacity. Can anyone say if...

I am fitting a conservatory roof suport UPVC beam to the back wall of the house and, when I bolted it up I sealed the back of the beam and the wall, with a suitable mastic. I will also need to fit some form of flashing when the roof panels are in place. Are there any other, more modern types...

A basic question from an amateur. I am about to use a hired cement mixer, ie, for fairly small quantities for some brickwork and path concrete. Some people say that the water should go into the drum first, then the sand, and then the cement. When I mix by hand, I usually add the cement to...

Has anyone tried, successfully, to join UPVC window sections? The corners of UPVC windows are, I think, cut on a mitre jig and thermo welded. Is there a suitable glue available, to re-join two mitred sections? I have a number of conservatory windows & sections which are too large for a...

Yes, a good scoring with a Stanley type knife should be the way to seperate the ceramic tiles from the wooden frame. Hopefully, there will be a bead of tile grout between the tiles and the frame, and this should be fairly easy to get out. A piece of broken hacksaw blade will help to "pull"...

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I wonder if anyone could comment/advise please ? I am re-installing a s/h conservatory and the roof is made up of triple wall polycarbonate sheets. Have I seen a comment somewhere that the open ends of the roofing sheets need to be closed with a special tape which, I think, might be required...

Yes, the rubber buffers will help but, to avoid drilling/fixing to the doors, have you considered a catch fitted to the wall, and hooking onto the base, or top, of the door when it is open and against the brick wall ? I visualize a simple L shaped catch, fairly flexible with, say, a rubber...

I don't know what style/size you might be looking for but, have you tried Ebay? In the home & garden section, item No 6063337086 shows a two panel folding door but, I think there are others.

As an amateur, and with many years behind me carrying out that chore of painting, I would highly recommend these new type of flexible finishes. Paint does not last very long before it needs re-doing and the old type of varnish would start to split and peel the moment the sun got onto it...

If you live in an older type house, and the water main is lead, as advised, do hold the body of the stopcock, very firmly before trying to move the spindle. If the feed continues, from the stopcock, into say, 15mm copper, when you do manage to get the stopcock to turn off, it's worthwhile to...