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Thanks guys. Yes Scatman thats exactly what happens. Things are a little clearer now. Cheers

It's complicated scatman. The apartment is actually abroad and although I asked our contact in the resort to arrange a visit from a different company she went ahead and used the one with the poor reputation anyway. I am of course going to get another company to take a look before I give...

Hi Guys, Just wanted to ask a question about an electric sealed immersion heater tank we have. We have a 120lt hot water tank that has been in our flat for some 20 yrs, it looks in reasonable condition but lately we have noticed that the amount of hot water we are actually getting is quite...

Its a strange house because the house had been extended so many times without what seems like a qualified plumber or electrician so its all a mess. Thanks for the help though guys I will get up in the loft and replace the ballcock, but is there anyway of clearing the already blocked pipe? we...

We live in a strange house that has some cold water taps suppied directly from the mains and some from a tank in the loft. Recently the cold water supply to the bath became almost non existant then a few weeks later went back to normal, now the wash hand basin is doing the same I have had the...

I just can't work out how to stop the tile from crumpling when I try to cut it, as soon as I push it against the cutting wheel its gonna fold up surely...

I have a electric tile cutter which in the past has been great but I now have to cut some tiles on a 12" flexible square sheet. Any ideas how to do this?

Thanks Joe, The plaster is literally detaching itself from the wall cracking as if its blown and falling off... Me thinks I'll try your method... Cheers

The wall is hot to the touch because it has a woodburner very close to it, also the plaster that is coming off is new plaster it was only done a couple of months ago.. :?

Hi, I recently had some fireplaces plastered and woodburners installed, but I am finding now that the plaster behind the woodburners is cracking and coming away from the wall, I am guessing that this is something to do with the heat from the fires, but is there anything I can do? Thanks

Thanks for the advice, I will give it a go this weekend. :?

Cheers dude... I get the idea, not 100% perfect I guess, thanks for the advice though, I only have 4 pipes to do though but think I may solder them, never done it before but it seems straight forward enough, provided I don't burn the house down..lol

it looks like 3 inches of 4.75 dia lead coming out of the wall attached to 5 inches of 4.25 dia iron, then the toilet attaches to a white plastic sleeve on the cast iron. took a pic but don't know how to put it on. I really could just do with shortening it back to the lead. :o[/img][/list]

Any advice on using them?

Thats the thing I don't know what its made of, I will test it with a magnet to see if its iron...can I post pictures on here, that may help?

Yeah, they look over a squid each...ouch

I have got to move some bathroom pipes around, and assumed I would have to use the solder ring fittings, but saw some push fittings, and as I haven't done this before, thought it was the easiest way of getting the job done. Are they any good?

I need to move a toilet 6 inches to the left, and best thing to do with the waste pipe seems to cut it back to the wall, as it sticks out about 8 inches, then use one of those bendy waste pipe connectors. Thing is its an old victorian house and I am not even sure what the waste pipe is made of...