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OUr downstairs toilet is wide for wheelchair access. Presently has a bui-fold door (as corridor is quit narrow and sink gets in the way of it opens inwards). But the present door is knackered.... cannot find a reasonably priced one anywhere. Everywhere I ask they say they have 78"x33"...

Was Called Luxury for Less..... When I say disintergrate. My wife went to turn it on and the handle came off in her hand and water started spraying everywhere. I undid the housing to see if there was anything I could do and ti came out into 20 pieces. I then shoved a rag hard into the hole...

I bought a tap from an onliner retailer (yes, I know!!) After a week of the installation the valve basically disintergrated. He now says he won;'t replace it because I did it instead of a 'qualified' plumber. A) Is there any legislation taht requires me to get a qualified plumber to...

Thanks everyone... Running then away from the house makes life easier so will go for that.... I have spent time with the open and paper and just wanted to check my design would cause problems. Cheers everyone...

I am going to build a deck out of the back of my kitchen about 1.5 - 2 foot off the ground and I have the following questsions: 1) Should the deck boards run parrallel to the end of the house or away... if the run away from the house or doesn't it matter. 2) Can I use the posts that raise...

I assuem the same way the one in the other bathroom does, as it is pretty much the same :-( So next idea.... can I run it inside the stud wall, surely to pass it through would mean weakening the structure.... Ben

Well getting there slowly. Pump fitted...Check. Copper Pipe run....Check. Toilet soil pipe ... check. Now the bl**dy sink. Due to my wife it is on the other side of the bathroom to the soil pipe.Cannot run it across the bathroom as the beams the other way. Was just going to run it along...

all my doors downstars need a door width of 838 now (had to be widen due to a trampoline related accident). But I cannot find a bi-fold door to repalce the one we had in the downstairs toilet. Is in a corridor so normal door not really an option. Was hoping it wasn't going to cost the...

OUch.... **** into a hopper... Not quite that bad. No the soil pipe goes straight into the sewer, there is no toilet attached jsut the sink and bath (toilet comes out the other wall which is now inside :-)) All the other gutters drain into the soakway at the back, but there is nio longer a...

Hi, I think I am confusing peopel. Whi1ch ususally means I am doing something I shouldn't. What I am asking is can I run the downpipe from my guttering into the top of the bathroom soil stack and into the sewer. Or will the building inspector come and tell me off. Ben

Oops...sorry. I have a waste pipe from the bathroom that is directly below where the gutter drain pipe needs to go. I used to be on the corner but there is a l;arge extension in the way now. I can, witha few bends work around the bathroom waste, but would mena loads of pipes and it draining...

At one corner of my house I have a waste and a drain pipe (was well as a seperate vertical vent) Can I plumb the drain pipe into the waste (as long as I stop the leave going down it.... Would make my life much eaiser ?

Hi have to plumb a sink waste at one side of the room into the waste pipe as the other. However it is not running parrallel to the joists. I assume I can't run it through them or my ceiling will be comprimised. Also, My bath (free standing ha a similar problem that the pipe will run the top of...

Hi. OK... maybe the valve is faulty.... Has anyone else had a problem with this. It has a spray so said it is OK for presurrised system so would have thought it was fine.... odd... there is 3 little holes with small rubbers around the.... maybe it needs more pressure on it ? It...

My old kitchen tap was connect to the Mains feed and has worked happily since the late 70's, I have replaced the sink and tap with a mixer tap with spray. But I am getting leackage from this.I have tried reseating the valve (blue plastic thing) but it still drips a little.... could the mains...

Can you get them online... what are they called ?

Where can I get kitchen sink fittings from. The ones that came with the sink hang about 2 inches under the worktop and can't get the dishwaher under. They need to hook onto the the small holes around the outside of the sink ? But I can't find them anywhere ? Do they have a special...

Hi, Where can I find chrome waste pipes and 90 degree bend for exposed pipes.... Tried the usual but nothing. Cheers Ben

There is a room above, the toilet is in the middle of the house, if we run it along the beam the wall opens into the garage....the only option is to take up all the floor above and then cut every beam to get the outside wall....

....need to put an extracter fan in my downstairs toilet (apparently), but to install it I will need to run a pipe through every joist (6 of them) to reach the wall. Is it possible to : a) Get a recycling fan like I have in my kitchen. b) run the vent tube along the beam which would mean it...