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Haha I wasn't sure anyone would be interested. Use a small amount of baby oil on some kitchen roll to clean kitchen stainless steel. Wipe any excess off with a clean piece of kitchen roll. For the wood effect UPVC windows/soffits use WD-40, they look brand new with one wipe and it repels...

Nice job! I've been looking at doing something similar using the modern posts/spindles myself. I've been looking around the internet for pictures of that style decking with lights on.....looks smart.

I also have a tip for remove fine scratches (and dirt) completely and give a gleaming shine. Use the metal cleaner Brasso on a soft cloth (microfibre are good), then buff it off with another clean soft cloth. It will not get rid of deep scratches but some of the fine ones and it will make...

Cheers for the replies. The burnt out transformer had plenty of space, with no insulation around it, same as the lights. Think I will just get a new transformer then, was just a bit vary after the last burn out. I agree with the high running costs but want to keep the cost low at the moment...

Hi, I have 4 12v downlights in my kitchen but one is not working, on inspection the low voltage transformer in the ceiling has a huge burnt hole in it...obviously the problem!! Can anyone tell me the benefit of running 4 low voltage lights with transformers (that potentially burn out!)...

Cheers for the reply. Will try chopping the top off the bottle trap thread, getting quite handy at hacking into things after mutilating the b&q fitted units to get them in. To be honest the rest of the bathroom bought from bathstore has gone together easy enough, including the bath waste...

Just took the waste off. The plastic thread bottoms out against the chrome bolt the attaches the waste to the sink from underneath. Picture....not sure thiswill work!

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Cheers for the reply. Yeah both traps I bought have a rubber 'o' ring. The sink waste is from bathstore (click clack - maybe crosswater?) & both traps are shallow type, one from Wickes & the other Toolstation. It's like the thread is not long enough on the sink waste, another 1 or 2 full...

Good choice! I'm not a plumber but work in an office and it's damn dull at the best of times. Restoring classic cars would be the one for me :D

Hi, Just a quick easy to answer question. I'm connecting a 32mm basin bottle trap to a sink click clack waste but when I hand tighten it to the max (the max the thread on the waste allows) the bottle trap is still wobbly and not pulled tight against the metal sink waste. Is it suppose to...

Wow exactly what I was after!! couldn't seem to find the right ones amongst all the normal straight & angled valves!! Thanks MJN & Echoes, it will look alot neater with these.

I've cut 45 degree angled around my last bathroom window, but that was for a full depth window ledge. Easy enough to do on a diamond wheel tile cutter, the bed usually tilts up to allow the angle. The edge can be a bit sharp though. How wide is the lip/window ledge? You might be better...

The rad will be wall mounted, I thought the idea of these chrome valves was they fit either flush to the wall or floor so there is no pipework showing. Like a say last resort is pipework from the wall bent at 90 degree angle to a straight valve. I just dont see why the valves in my link are...

I'm in the process of buying a new bathroom and I want a towel radiator to go behind the bathroom door. There's a 10cm space behind the door when open so the rad will fit fine but when I've gone to buy valves they stick out another 5cm+ and will hit the door. Normal and angled valves are...

eh? Is this right? So I pay a higher price just to get the WB badge on the boiler changed to a BG one? I thought they would be british gas engineers and therefore not need to cut any corners!?

Hi, Hope someone can spare a minute and give me an opinion. I'm looking to replace my standard Glowworm CH system with a new 30kw+ Combination boiler & have had 4 quotes so far. They seem to be conflicting and I wanted a second opinion. The new boiler will be installed in the same place...

Cheers, that sounds good to me. I will try and find the spur it is fed from but it leads to my utility room which has 3 switched fuses in different place for the boiler, alarm and light.

Hi, hope some one can help me with this - i thought it was going to be straight forward. I've got an outside PIR security light that I want to replace with a normal door light that can be switched on/off from inside. When I removed the PIR light it has 4 wires, live, neutral, earth (which...