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This looks like a fairly simple job, as it's not gas-side, I think I'm OK to do this, but wondered if there were any gotchas/warnings. Thanks in advance, John

Is there a reason why TRVs all seem to come with radiator tails? It seems it would be much quicker to replace an existing valve using the existing tail. Same goes for the olive and nut on the pipework, although I can see how a pre-used olive might cause problems. Is it because the flange type...

Boiler packed up last Monday, had the Baxi engineer out last Wednesday, a seal had apparently gone, causing some damage. Now they tell me that they won't have one of the parts in stock until the 16th January. Meantime we are shivering, with no heating or hot water. They say they'll happily come...

Am I right in thinking that replacing the ignition electrodes is something I shouldn't do, as a competent person, but lacking gas safe qualifications?

Not really sure if this is the right forum - maybe should be in plumbing? Anyway, at our tennis club there is a pressed steel inspection cover over the water meter. It straddles the boundary, as far as I can tell, the gate from the pavement to our property sits approximately half way across it...

I have a small, intermittent leak from the actuator pin of the 3 way diverter valve on a Potterton Gold combi 28HE. Everything works perfectly, but the leak is sufficient to require re-pressurizing about once a week. Does anyone know if there is a replaceable O-ring or similar, or do I have to...

My combi boiler started losing pressure rather too frequently, and I suspected the expansion vessel. When I depressed the valve pin, no water came out, but there was that distinctive smell of radiator water/Fernox(I know not which, but the same smell I get when flushing the mag filter). I...

My Potterton Gold Combi HE28 is misbehaving. I have it set to hot water only, but when I turn on a tap it makes a banging noise and the radiators start to get hot. I do get some hot water from the taps, but it's not right. Could it be a faulty diverter valve? Or could it be that the plate HE is...

I would like to fit TRVs at home. I am usually the only person at home during the day, and I work in a small upstairs room that also houses the combi-boiler, but sometimes my wife works from home, or one or more of the children are at home. At the moment, I tend to take the wireless...

Does anybody have any idea who might have made this kitchen sink tap? The rubber seals on the swivelling spigot are gone. The original seals were a sort of squared U-section, with an OD of about 41mm, and an ID of around 38mm. I've tried O-rings, but the nearest size I can find get stiffer day...

Anyone know where I can get Blum(or other make) bi-fold kitchen cabinet hinges in the UK? Rockler have them in the USA: here.http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=279 But I can't find them over here.

I just fitted a couple of security bolts in my patio doors, and I wasn't very happy with the results, since I didn't manage to get the holes (the ones drilled into the edge of the door)entirely true(using 16mm flat wood bit). Are there any jigs or guides one can buy/make to make this easier or...

What's the best way to fix to MDF(hinges drawer slides etc.)? Are there special screws or will ordnary wood screws hold?

I'm planning (after I've laid the new wood floor) on building cupboards and shelves into the alcoves on either side of my chimney breast, I want the cupboards to project slightly, and the TV will sit on the cupboard top, under the first bookshelf. The bookshelves will be the same depth as the...

I just had a eureka moment! I've been using a combination stile and rail cutter( the type where you cut the rail ends, then change the cutter height to cut the stick) from Trend to make up some small panel doors, and I was wondering why my joints weren't turing out perfect. It's just dawned on...

Is it worth having 250mm TCT circular saw blades resharpened, or is it cheaper to just replace them? The blades in question are Freud, and cost around £35 each.

Hi, I'm trying to find some plastic clips to fit a plinth on a bathroom cupboard. Not the ones that clip onto adjustable legs, there is a plastic pin, almost like the pin for a casement window stay, but plastic and not tapered, which screws to the carcase, and a plastic U shaped clip which is...

I am tiling a small bathroom floor (when I get round to it!). I'm screwing down 12mm WBP on top of the existing floor boards, but I keep finding contradictory info about priming the WBP, some things I have read indicate that the underside and edges should be primed (with what?) and some sources...

I'm shortly going to be tiling the floor of a small upstairs bathroom. I will be screwing 12mm WBP ply to the flloorboards and then the 13" square glazed porcelain tiles. Should I tile round the WC pedestal, or should I remove it, tile underneath and then re-fit it? Thanks in advance for any...

At my tennis club there is a circuit breaker which has a reset button, whech, apparently, needs to be "pumped" in order to reset it. I've never heard of this before, and I wondered if anybody could shed some light on the subject. FYI, it is connected to about 6 socket outlets in the kitchen...