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That has to be the best tap contraption I have ever seen!! What would be much easier would be to use that pipe to fit a proper outside tap to. Even with little DIY skills it will take you no more than a hour. What you need is something called a wallplate elbow as shown in this link...

No! Upright - was the person who planted them drunk - or have they got one leg shorter than the other? :lol: That depends on what sort of leylandii they are. You can get dwarf versions but I wouldn't know from looking at the picture what they are Again that depends - if they are dwarf...

Hi - I was listening to the radio on the way home and there was an advert for free solar panels on the back of the Government scheme introduced in 2010. I have just logged onto the website and I meet all the criteria for installation (south facing, large roof area, etc) and they say because...

p.s. you might be better posting your question in the plastering and rendering section as that is where the experts will be

This is a tricky one, and down very much to personal preference. I always prefer to see brick walls in gardens, much more pleasing on the eye, and an attractive backdrop to planting. So there are many options open to you: You could repoint the original brick wall where it is still red...

Hi All - Thanks for your replies - Just to update you I passed the info on to my mum and yesterday her plumber delivered her the quote (I suggest you all sit down). He quoted £3435 for a Fortic and £5124 for pressurised. I said 'don't be silly!' that must be the price for a full central...

You also need to establish whose wall it is!! If it is your boundary then yes, as previous post said, you can go to 2m high providing it is not on adjacent to a road (cant remember the exact rules but someone will tell you on here I am sure). However if its not your wall, but is the boundary...

Hi - Have you turned it on its side at all? If you have then it is just some oil that has run into the carb. With a bit of use (half hour or so) it will clear itself and be fine. Cheers Nick

Tony - excellent. Many thanks for your help, it is just the sort of info and ballpark figure I was after. I know its personal opinion but do you think a 'proper' HW system is better in this situation than three individual water heaters as my mum was about to do? Her view is 'its only for...

Thanks but not quite that simple (sorry should have explained more). The house is in the middle of nowhere, no mains gas within 5 miles. When the grant was done night storage heaters were put in throughout (as well as rewire, roof, windows etc). My mum is old school and wont hear of them...

After some expert opinions please - and an approximate price. My mum has just inherited a cottage which she is having renovated to rent out. The cottage was build about 1900 and comprises a kitchen and lounge on the ground floor and a double and 2 single bedrooms upstairs. Until about 10...

A 2" gap should suffice providing you don't block it off at the front and back with something (sleepers etc) as it may end up filling with rainwater. The other thing to think about if you leave a gap (which is a good iideaif you can) is to cover or cap the gap at the top so it is not open to...

I would definately say DPC as a minimum, and something durable at that. My neighbours did it to me in my last house (same thing as you want to do) and used a rubber pond liner as DPC which continued way down below ground level. It was then trapped/sealed front and back by sleepers and I have...

Personally I wouldn't recommend using met posts, or wooden posts to support the sleepers. They will rot out after a few years as a minimum but as the other poster said it also depends on how deep the garden you will be holding back is. Anything more than 18" or so and the weight will just push...

Just to note to say that if you are calculating it then a dumpy bag from a builders merchant is normally only 850kgs and not a ton. I was caught out a couple of times a while ago as I couldn't work out why I didnt have enough - until the merchants pointed it out!!

I cant help you specifically but I do have experience of something very similar in a house I used to own. It was in a different country so planning rules may be different but in my case: Building regs were obligatory, and the building control officer required structural drawings to (from a...

Hi all - Apologies if this is a similar post to others but I have a specific query I need some help with. I have just finished building a decking area to stand our hot tub on. The total area is about 10' x 10' and was needed to cancel out the run off on the patio and give the tub a flat and...

Sorry but that is what I have got according to the plumber we use! A three way valve in the garage where the CH and HW split and a seperate 2 way on the flow to the cylinder in the airing cupboard.

Sorry - but I thought this was a DIY forum where people like me came for advice. Am I mistaken? But as you asked it happens it is a Y plan system with an unvented HW cylinder. No I am not an electrician, and dont profess to be, not am I a gas or plumbing engineer. What I am though is a a...

Many thanks. Will go for the wired version in the hall as I agree with the issue around signal strength. If the sender was in the garage and the receiver in the lounge then the signal would have to pass through 4 walls to get there. Will try not to bother you for wiring advice (note use of...