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thanks for the advice. Now i just have to source the flexible hoses, i think they are 21mm, thanks again scott

Softus, thanks for the advice. My problem is that the nearest soil pipe is next door in my bathroom. My bathroom is a metre higher than the kitchen. As you can imagine, a standpipe would be lower than the soil pipe so i have no option here. However if i could purchase one of those double traps...

My dishwasher and washing machine are far away from my kitchen sink(about 4 metres). Is it ok to extend the hoses? Are there ptraps for kitchen sinks which allow 2 hose connections just above the water seal? another possibility i have is to cut into my 40mm waste pipe with 2 drain out kits...

1)I want to put a drain valve immediately above my stoptap. The pipe is 22mm copper but screwfix don't sell 22mm drainvalves only 15mm. Why is that? 2)Why do baths use 22mm pipes when if you tracee the pipes back they are reduced to 15mm? I have a combination boiler. 3) How serious is...

thanks softus for your advice. Much appreciated scott

I am getting my bathroom made bigger. My bathroom has a suspended floor which is approx 1 metre above ground level. The builder is installing a 110mm upvc pipe with a gradient of 1:80 horizontally below the floor. I have to connect my Wc suite into this horizontal soil stack. The 110mm pipe has...

I have decided to rip up my old floorboards and put on new ones. My plan is 1) buy 28mm by 137mm white ine flooring tongue and groove. 2) leave the flooring in room in which it is to be laid for a week to reduce shrinkage. 3) hire a floorboard clamp to fit the floorboards closer together...

I would like to know what peoples thoughts are on floor insulation. I am thinking of ripping up my fllorboards on the ground floor and laying a mesh between the joists before filling in with mineral wool. I've heard people using 'netlon' what is netlon? Are there any diwnsides to this...

A couple of easy topics you might be able to help me with. 1) is it true when running pipework to your kitchen sink (rising mains), that you should use only compressed fittings and not yorkies? Someone told me that yorkies contain lead and that as the kitchen sink cold water tap is used as...