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old toilet worked fine and i've send down loads of water through the soil pipe, opened manhole and water flows freely can you get a toilet with a downward exit instead of a horizontal exit

would a 90° swan neck connector work

my new house has a soil pipe comes up through the floor, not through to wall like the normal, down stairs bathroom, tried to use a 90 degree pan connecter but when i flush the toilet it just fills up to the to of pan and takes a long time to empty, wont flush anything away, soil pipe is not...

cable is trough hollow wall, through loft, then down through small crawl space and into consumer unit, is on former cooker fuse crossed out and shower sticker put on, no cooker switch in house, 40 amp.

I have took out an old shower, want to replace it, cable is 10mm, fuse is 45amp and the pull cord switch is 45, new shower less than 10 kw, under new regs can install the new one myself, I have done several before many years ago though,retired builder of 40 years but dont want to fall foul of...

there is a draining valve just above the main stopcock, for draining the system, would this drain the hotwater tank, and the rads, I have a Baxi back boiler would this drain using this valve

is the city & Guilds course PAT 2377 the new basic entry course, I have never heard of it before, and is it for the complete dummy.

I wish to link up two computers in the same room, for data transfer, this is a one off, i don't need it long term, could i simply plug a cat5 cable in to each computers ethernet port, would this work or is there a diffrent way, ie easier.

thanks every one, great help, gives me something to think about, according to Yale their new wireless alarm with a 433Mhz Radio signal will not be susceptible to interference from oter alarms CBs or Taxis etc do you think this is true.

could somebody help me, i wish to install a wireless alarm, because i have just plastered my walls and i don't want to have conduit everywhere and i don't want to start chasing out my newly plastered walls, but somebody told me that they had a wireless alarm and they had nothing but bother, car...

borrowed a draper puller for vauxhall/opal. come straight off, cool piece of kit, but i snapped the end off one of the arms though, so i'm going to have to buy a new one, internet state about £15 £20, still cheaper than going to the Reg Vardy (vauxhall dealer) for a new steering wheel. thanks...

cheers, but whats the best way to take a hammer to it.

my other post made me think of this. In my reckless youth, where i would do any job as quick as i could I embarked on a demolition of my old shed, Which was made of Asbestos/cement sheets, you know the kind. So i hired i midi skip, hitched my T shirt over my mouth and smashed up my shed into...

I was going to replace my guttering, soffits and Fascia, but i have found out the the soffit boards are made from Asbestos which has been painted over. They are in good condition so I'm i right in thinking it would be safer to leave them up there and at a later date just clad over them.

some scumbag broke in to my car and snapped the steering wheel off when trying to brake the steering lock, went to scrap yard, but when i took the steering wheel nut off the one behind the horn holding the wheel to the column, i couldn't get the wheel off. The scrap yard owner told me to rive it...

I'm just about to finish my conservatory roof, could anyone tell my which should i use Lead or flash band. all the conservatories i have seen have been sealed with skicky flash of which i have used on many occasions for other quick fix projects some 6 or 7 years ago and it still water tight, but...

i have had my windows for 6/7 years, and one of the units has just cracked on the inside, no one has hit it, was a All I heard was a loud crack. Can anyone tell me how or why this could have happened after such a long time , and before I replace it how do I get the glass off the security tape...

I have had my old car Registered as SORN for two years, but I would like to know how would get it to a MOT centre when it is not taxed, would I need it towed by a recovery vehicle or would I be allowed to drive it there on the condition that I was only driving it to the garage and home again...

Just checked it and your spot on thanks, I have'nt come of the wall square, I've got to start again and pull down my wall, I'm glad i did'nt try and fit the conservatory. cheers.

I have bought a conservatory which requires a dwarf wall. I just can’t get it square, I have built it up to 4 course high but it is running in about 3 inches. should be 3901x 3085. From corner to corner, to corner to corner crossing the middle it is spot on, yet the opposite wall to the house...