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thanks for everyones help. However when doing a compression joint, is it standard practice to use jointing compound? since alot of people seem againt PTFE. If PTFE isnt really for use on compression joints, joining pipes, what does it get used for? iv seen it on Radiator valves where they joint...

hi, sounds like a silly question i know. Anyway when you buy a compression fitting do you get ollives with it? or buy them seperate? thankyou.

Can anyone tell me the average lifetime of a Galvanized steel domestic cold water tank, in a soft water area? Thankyou.

Are Pre soldered joints also known as "yorkshire fittings"? and are they both the same thing? thankyou.

thanyou for your help. any help still welcome. anyway, might cut vertical like jm2000 says. but otherwise i think it shoud be ok. even it its only a small door, its saves opeining gate then walking round to main Up and over door. dont know about the door yet, might get satandard door and cut...

thanks for reply. mine do have a T&G style to them to interlock into others but also 3 bolts per side, 6 in total. i was going to use them to bolt new frame in. also id have 3 people to help me, so moving isnt a problem, and removing them i was going to remove bolts, useing 9" grinder and...

hi, We currently have a old (1970s i think) concrete panel garage (pebledash covered). We only have 1 panel sized window about half height of panel and full width. Is it ok to remove a full panel and insert a door? The frame would be made by hand by a mate (joiner) and the door of a standard...

Thanks for your reply, we only have 1 TRV in out house, in the bathroom which is a new rad fitted about 1-2 months ago. Boiler was squeeking befour new rad was fitted.

hi, we have a Baxi Bermuda 551 back boiler (installed about 1970s) anyway its always been reliable and only thing to break was the gas valve which was replaced about 5 years ago. Over the last few months after the heating has been on for a while it makes a high pitched squeek once sometimes...

hi, thankyou for everyone who replied. The http://www.flinn-garlick-saws.co.uk/ is a good site with some good saws. and i agree with jason, i might go to some boot sales see whats there. i dont mind having to clean or shapen a saw as long as its a good one. i dont see any point in buying throw...

thanks for reply, the second link only shows a search page, no results. However the first link is sort of what im after, the style of saw and the wood handle. Only thing what im not sure about with that saw, on axminsters site, is the price. Seems sort of cheap for what you get as my mate got a...

hi, has anyone noticed how tool quality has droped? anyway im sick of using hand saws that go blunt, cant be sharpened, dont have different cuts (cross, rip) ...... anyway does anyone know where i can get a hand saw that can be resharpened, has proper alloy steel, and most important, a Wood...

hi, what is this saw? belonged to a friend who died, so now clearing out the garage and came accross it. Any info welcome. Thanks.

hi, thanks for everyones help. out bathroom light broke about 30mins after posting my question, anyway by removing light fuse i found out that the outside light still worked, so looks like its on the 13a socket circuit. Yes i was going to run cable round house, not to long only about 12m Total...

hi, this is another question on same issue that i asked few weeks ago. We have a 500w halogen floodlight on gable end, fed from 1.5mm2 twin and earth from a FCU, dont know where FCU is fed from as I havent traced cable yet, im guessing it may come from mains fuse box, as its is only about 1m...

thanks, prenticeboy. yes the switch is a FCU. When you say take a feed from other light, do you mean, a cable of 1.5mm2 coming out from the terminal block in the box on the back of the original light and going into the terminal block in the box on the back of the new light?