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i live in top floor flat of converted house. i currently have either floor boards, or floor boards with green fibre board and cheap laminate. i want to reduce the noise as much as possible for my neighbours below. i know the probable answer is a good underlay and carpet but would really like...

i have an old bosch 18v cordless drill that seems to drain battery in no time and have no grunt, i am doing up my flat and need to screw up plaster board, build partitions and raise floor, i have had builders helping who have lithium drivers and drills that seem to drive screws in with ease time...

sorry dave im no plumber or heating engineer what does that mean?

ive got very old rads (dimple) and will replace but need to get one off first without draining whole system. the valve on one end is fine the other has a grey plastic knob with scanflow full flow written on it. underneath appears to be a brass thread done up with rubber on top. anyone familar...

i thought i would put a small angled batten along each side of angled roof line, put plaster board across, no more than a foot and then replaster over. this will give a flat base for downlights and produce the sealed triangle for top of lights. cheers jon

i live in flat consisting whole roof space old building. my ceiling is therefore the shape of the roof, i want to put a small plasterboard fillet down the middle and put in a row of downlighters, the lights will therefore be let into an enclosed plastered triangle, question is do i need fire...

i am trying to get in touch to find where you got your window for 290 i need 2 134 by 98, 1 114 by 118 top hung with flashings, ive been guoted about 400 for each and about 1000 to fit the three? anyone any better quotes on veluxes cheers jon

philip where did you get your velux from, cheers jon [email protected]

sounds good where from, cheers jon

i am fitting a new bathroom and am having trouble with cistern. i have a brass elbow to connect mains water, it has a compression on one side and a screw end that i am trying to connect to plastic thread from cistern. i cant seem to tighten the fitting enoug to stop it leaking and have it...

thanks all fixed cheers jon

help, i wanted to put off the hot and cold water to fit some valves, i put off the main water and shut off a valve i think was going upto the header tank. the hot and cold stopped i fixed valves and turned on both stop cocks. cold fine the hot runs for a minute then comes to a halt. any ideas...

they appear to be pretty standard concrete tiles. is there anyway i can fit this through roof from inside as roof is 4 storeys and i dont have ladder long enough? cheers jon as matter of interest why not into vent for toilet as air flow will be away from shower?

i am in process of putting in new shower room in cupboard. electrician let me down and 1 made rash promise to be finished for xmas so seeing if i can do my self. i have existing light in room on rose with switch inside, wondered if i could just change switch to pull cord from ceiling and take...

have small bathroom with simple standard light from rose with switch outside. i have built an shower cubical and now want to add fan and additional light in shower cubical. I either wanty to keep existing light and add light (spot?) over shower and fan. or replace existing simple light with...

thanks the reason i didnt want seals is that having made a nice clear clean glass door really didnt want it edged with rubber seal. cheers jon

i want to make and fit a frameless shower door and can get glass and hinges etc. want it to be completely plain no seals. is this sensible can i get it close enough to tiled walls and step to avoid major water coming out. rest of room tiled so some splash ok. cheers jon

i am finishing off a shower instrallation. being no plumber i intend to use pushfits but someone told me that the pressure of a pumped shower was too much for them?

soory total non vertical drop of 32 is 2.1m

i am putting in a new shower room. the plumber half installed but is non contactable so trying to finish myself. i am worried about sink and bath waste. sink is 32 mm standard trap, vertical drop 40cm, 90 degree elbow, 40cm, 90 degree elbow, 50 cm, 90 degree elbow, 1metre, 90 degree elbow, 20...