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Hi Guys, I've lining papered my walls recently and went over the gaps with a fine filler and sanded back. I think I sanded a bit too much so now that I've started painting the walls there is a 'shiny/smooth' seam visible at every gap. What are my best options? Keep painting until finally it...

Hello, I've just removed an old 'vent axia' powered extractor fan leaving a 185mm hole in the double glazing. I'd like to replace it with an unpowered fan/vent as I've now got a wall mounted cooker hood instead of this old fan. What are my options for ventilation via this old hole in the...

fair enough, thanks very much

Hi guys, So I'm putting a fused spur off the main ring which is going to be powering an extractor fan. Currently the extractor has a 3 pin plug but I want to hardwire it to a fused switch. My question is this. Which type of cable do I need to connect the fused switch to the extractor...

Hi Guys, I have a question about a cooker connection point. I've attached a photo. So the kitchen cabinets are batoned 70mm off the wall to allow for the waste pipe run. It leaves me with this cooker connection unit sitting just behind the cabinet. Which makes access just about do-able but...

good answer

Hi Guys, Quick question, connecting up new tap to an isolation valve. The end on the taps flexi tail is male. Isolation valve is also male. What's the best way to connect the two? I was thinking a very short length of copper tube between the two held in place by each of the compression...

Brilliant. I'll have another look

Hello, I'm fitting a new kitchen with a sink on far left. It has a waste pipe running off to the right (about 3m long) and out of the building. My problem is the washing machine is going to be on the far right of the kitchen, so I can't connect the drain hose to a spigot on the sink trap...

thanks very much, should I PVA the old surface first? Cheers

Or should I screw the new plasterboard into the old stuff?

Hello, I was attempting to repair my old torn plasterboard walls ready for re tiling but it's too much work so I want to dot and dab over the old plasterboard with new board. Do I need to seal it with anything before? It's pretty torn up. I cant remove the old stuff as it's been dot and...

Hi guys, I've just removed the tiles off the wall in my kitchen. Once the new kitchen's in I'm going to replace them with tiles half way up the wall and painted above. I was thinking of boarding up the whole wall with WBP ply, tiling, and then painting the bare ply area. I don't really want...

thanks adam. Ill have a look at the marmox stuff

Hi guys, I'm going to be retiling my bathroom and could do with a bit of advice. Currently got 200 x 200 possibly ceramic tiles. Want to replace them with 600 x 400, 12mm travertine ones. I thinking I can't just tile over the top of the current tiles due to the extra weight. So if i remove...

hello, I've just had central heating installed in my flat. Everything works fine except now the toilet constantly drains even when no flushed. Do I need to replace something in the cistern to stop its constant draining/filling? Cheers

Hello, My question is this. Currently our washing machine drain hose is connected to a spigot on the kitchen sinks drain trap, however we're having a new kitchen fitted which means the sink will now be on the far left of the kitchen and the washing machine on the far right. The drain pipe...

Glowworm flexicom 24cx, pretty much all that I can fit because of the rear flue. And the flats too tiny to need a powerful floor standing model

Thanks very much for such a quick reply. So say 5m distance should be alright? Unfortunately the windows in my flat don't have enough clearance to put a flue, if the boiler is wall mounted so I will have deal with difficult servicing! not ideal!

Hello, I'm about to get central heating fitted and also a new kitchen. The boiler will be fitted under a normal sized kitchen unit (860mm high) and hence needs a condensate pump to pump the waste into the waste pipe/trap as the boiler will be below the height of the waste pipe so gravity...