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My son has recently moved house and his bathroom needs to be completely refurbished;...I have a question regarding the existing Vent-Axia extractor fan. The fan is sited immediately above the toilet (about 30cm below ceiling height: see photo in the link) and vents through an external wall...

Many thanks for your excellent and detailed reply Bonni,...very much appreciated my friend.(y) I spoke to Soak.com on Friday and the guy confirmed they’d recently changed the spec,...the bath/screen/front-panel package in question does indeed now come with a 6mm hinged screen & towel rail i.e...

I need to have an existing L-shaped shower bath + screen + side panel replaced. I have 2 likely contenders, both similarly priced. https://www.victorianplumbing.co.uk/l-shaped-shower-bath-1700mm-inc-hinged-screen-with-rail-acrylic-panel...

Many thanks for your reply, picasso.

I have a question about the ventilation required in a kitchen which is fitted with a gas cooker. The kitchen has a 3-speed extraction hood/fan fitted directly above the gas hob that vents directly through an external wall to the outside atmosphere. The fan will shift approx 130 litres per...

You could connect 2 feed hoses together using a 3/4” connector;… https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01N9HUJMQ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1 It’s not an ideal solution and a bit cumbersome/bulky but it is quick, fairly easy and doesn’t need much expertise. Alternatively...

Hi, thanks for that;…when you say change the TRVs, do you mean he should have TRVs fitted to all the rads? At the moment there are no TRVs on any radiator. If TRVs are fitted to all rads what happens to the room-stat?

My son has recently moved house;…it’s a 3 bed detached house built in 2001. It has an ‘Ideal’ ‘combi’ gas boiler that was fitted less than 2 years ago. Just got a few questions for you guys regarding the use of a ‘room stat’ to control the temperature of the entire house. The room-stat is...

Thanks for the info guys ;…I’ll try the coin/pliers option but I suspect brute force and ignorance is what’ll be required. Another question for you experts:- …if the slotted-head screw/bolt in the new assembly has a ‘Hex-head’ I should be able to tighten it with one of my box-spanners...

Hi, thanks for that;…it’s all metal apart from the base section which is plastic. I might get my hack-saw out and slice the whole thing off from underneath,…what do you reckon?

Thanks for that;...however it's not a hex head, it's round and quite badly corroded. I've tried my mole-grips but it's not easy.

My son has moved house recently and his stainless-steel kitchen sink leaks through the seals on the plug and water drips into the cupboard space below. The whole plug/waste assembly obviously needs replacing. Probably with this...

Fair comment :mrgreen:;…you’re quite right, as a DIY’er I do have the luxury of a certain leeway with time/effort etc. However, as with my own profession, I absolutely hate re-visiting a project and ‘duplicating’ effort to get things working properly. I work on the premise of ‘PPPPPP’;…however...

Many thanks for the reply my friend;…the SSK1 certainly looks promising!(y)

My son has moved house recently and the only place he can fit his dishwasher is a fair distance from the external wall of his kitchen. I’ve fitted any number of washers/dishwashers over the years from scratch, but never one that would be so remote from a convenient waste outlet position and...

Many thanks for the replies;…I’ve got a new battery being delivered today so I’ll fit it and see how it goes from there. I’ll check all the fuses but I’m not holding out much hope for the panel itself tbh. Probably be Wednesday before I can get back to the job;…I’ll update with the results, for...

The alarm panel was working perfectly (apart from the knackered battery of course) until I removed the front cover so a burned resistor seems unlikely,... but I’ll check. The charging circuitry seems fine ,…it delivers 13.8v but I didn’t meter any current flow tbh. Once reassembled and the...

Update from OP; I’ve removed the front panel and ascertained that the 12v 2.3Ahr battery was last changed in Aug. 2013. The charging circuitry is fine,….measured charging voltage of 13.8v when the battery is still connected. Removing the battery conx. the battery voltage immediately drops to...

OP here,…many thanks for the helpful replies guys,…all advice taken onboard. I’ll check out the charging circuitry/battery and see how it goes. Hopefully it’s just the battery! (y) I’ll update with the outcome.

Sorry my reply took a while;..I had to get my son to email me a pic of the alarm panel,…he doesn’t live close to me. https://s26.postimg.org/duam592i1/SL_Compact.jpg