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with due respect Andy,you do not know me and know how capable l am... I regard myself to be hands on when doing d.i.y jobs, but because l have not done a certain job before you assume the job might be to big for me... All I'm asking for is advice , I've was always told when l was a apprentice...

I really hope someone can help me out here and give me some knowledgable information on how to change my cast soil stack for a plastic one where l can run my upstairs basin and bath waste into... At the moment the basin and bath waste come separately out the wall into a hopper/pipe and the cast...

Thanks for the replys .. I'm going to stick some sentinel 400 in and leave it a couple of weeks, but instead of draining down would it be better to shut off a radiator one at a time and flush the radiator out before putting back on and going to the next one.. Would l get a better result going...

I think the radiators in my house could do with some radiator cleaner put into the system and then flushed as some of the radiators downstairs are always cold ... These radiators have been in 20 years and never been cleaned and flushed so what would be the best stuff to use and best inhibitor...

Just taken taps off my bath that needed replacing and have new bath taps to put on but the bath holes for the taps are to big . What can l do to these holes to make that taps a nice snug fit to tighten from underneath..

I want to replace my wood frame kitchen window which is 5ft x 3ft single glass for a double glazed unit but do not know the best way to get the glass out without making a right mess with glass all over the place.. How do these window company's get these large windows out .. I have tried...

Also thinking of taking all the boards of the rails , and building from scratch putting rails up onto posts and nail boards back up... What do you think.. Would be a long job but maybe best way, So best way to get existing nails out of the boards going into the rails and which nails to use for...

I wonder if anyone can give me some ideas how l can get some arris rail fences up on my garden which is on a slope.. I bought 6 9ft fences and posts used for these fences off someone who had took them down off his garden which was a level flat garden. However without thinking till I got them...

Thanks for advice... Boards are already nailed to rails when l got them , so l have heavy 9ft panel boards on the rails ... This is why l'm stuck on how to get the brackets onto the posts when l cannot get on that side ... I suppose could take a few boards off each end to secure brackets to...

This is what l'm trying to explain.. I cannot get behind to fix arris brackets to posts and cannot think how to secure the panels to the posts ... Other half insists she want good side showing. Need to come up with a solution to secure Arris fence panels to posts on good side, if the rails...

Just got some Arris fences and posts but could do with some good advice and help here .. The posts have notches in for the rails but garden is on a slope top to bottom so cannot use this option. The other half wants the rails on the other side so l thought about arris brackets but l cannot get...

l have just had a new gas fire fitted, the chimney was swept and smoke test ok.. but after only 2 weeks the fibre boards at the back right at the top where the fumes/heat escape have a black soot like mark on one side that seems to be getting bigger every day we use the fire.. What could cause...

Will a flexi tap 15xx1/2x300 work with a fibre washer put in both ends..

Will this valve fit any cistern...

i need to replace my valve on the toilet and would like some help on what kind of valve l could get which is adjustable on the thread length if there is any.. It is a bottom entry valve l need and as there is no play for the inlet supply pipe if l get a valve with a shorter thread length than...

l have had a gas fitter in as we could smell gas near our fire he has turned it off at the inlet pedestal as he mentioned the seal inside would need replacing before turning it back on and he did'nt have one with him.. l said leave it turned off as we was going to get a new fire anyway and...

l have lost the key for my back door upvc door and it is unlocked so l need to replace the lock... l took the long screw out the side of the door and the cylinder was loose but l cannot get the cylinder out, l know it has to have a key to turn the safety bit in the middle of the barrel to get...

l have quite a few 3ft wooden window frames with windows intact and single window frames for opening.. l would like to build a shed/ out building with these and would like advice on how to do this.. what base would be the best suitable for this, contrete or wood. l was thinking of using...

l'm not upgrading as you say, l need to change my zone valves as both are faulty and with 2 valves being in a heatpack with all the other components at a very good price l thought of getting this..