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No offence intended, but yes there are some cowboy, plumbers, electricians, and many other trades out there. Have you never seen Rogue Traders? I could give you two of my own recent examples, but the details are irrelevant. Forums like this are useful for the layman to pick up some background...

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Planning to have my CH boiler serviced before winter but am confused as some companies refer to a annual service whilst others refer to an annual safety check. Is there a difference, or do I need both of these items? Just checking as I dont want to get ripped off!

These days to compete with the big boys I would say you need to invest in CCTV equipment.

Heatline sounds like it. Thanks

Been thinking of replacing my bolier with a condensing one. In B&Q today I saw 80,000 btu condensing boilers for £399 which I thought was quite cheap. However I didn't recognise the name of the manufacturer so i thought I'd post on here to see if any one had any experience with these boilers...

Water will take the easiest path which suggest that going up into your sink is easier than going down the drain. This in turn suggest a blockage or partial blockage in your drain. As it always been like this or has it started recently and got worse? There are DIY products available which...

I installed an impey Aquadec / Tilesafe system a couple of months ago. Its fairly easy if you are a competent diy'er but a couple of points :- 1. Once you take up the floorboards, the joists on which the Aquadec rests must be absolutely secure - best to insert lots of noggins to ensure...

Your RCD will trip to an earth leakage which may be a very small current. The MCD's will only trip when the current exceeds the rating of the mcd. I'm thinking low temperature (3am to 6am probably coldest part of day!) may be affecting something. Edit : Sorry only read page 1 of this...

CCTV camera went up the drain from the manhole to the toilet and there are in fact two leaking joints between sections of pipe. On one of them the flange (if that the right word) has broken off. Now its a man and shovel job to dig out and replace the faulty sections. Just for good measure...

Are there any drains nearby? A damaged drain pipe could be leaking water into the ground and if this is below your damp course the water will eventually begin to soak up into the brickwork. Fortunatley this will stop at the damp course, but if left unattended could damage your foundations...

This is an extract from the local authority web site. 3. It is recommended that the panels are sprayed with water before dismantling, to minimise fibre release, for example, use garden a hose. Alternatively dismantle just after or during rain. 4. Disposable overalls, a disposable face...

Took a closer look at the asbestos sheets at weekend. Looks like the are not nailed or screwed. They appear to be slid over the top row of bricks and then into a groove in the facia board. I think it may be possible to just lift them out without any damage and then replace with plywood. The...

Had the drain jetted today which cleared a whole pile of s..... (well you know what i mean!). However the chap who did it also thought that there was some pipework damage due to the fact that water was going 'somewhere' but not into the manhole. So it looks like an excavation job. Called...

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Not sure if this is the right forum, but cant see anything specific to drains and sewers. Problem with the toilet being slow to flush this week. Did a bit of my own investigating today by lifting the manhole which is about one metre from where the toilet soil pipe leaves the bathroom...

Don't want to alarm you, but how old is your textured ceiling? When I bought my house last year the surveyor pointed out that textured ceilings could contain asbestos and should be treated with care i.e no cutting, sanding drilling etc.

Not sure if this should be in plumbing or building, but here goes ... I'm renovating my bathroom and want to fit an over shower extractor fan. The ones I have been looking at show the extractor pipe exiting the roofspace via the soffit board. Heres where my problem lies. My soffits are made...

Joints in cables must be accessible, so you cant bury a connection box in the wall.

You need to be sure that the cable from the socket to the consumer unit is the correct rating. The house I moved into had electric oven and gas hob. The circuit had 6mm cable which is ok for the oven, but when I replace with a combined electric oven and hob, it will need 10mm cable.