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I have a combi boiler, the pipework if i can call it that for this bathroom, is very old, the hot is 3/4in, the cold i think , is a 15mm spur of an black alkathene pipe which feeds the cold around the bungalow. Can i reduce the hot to 15mm before fitting to the taps

i am repalcing the bath, etc in my batheroom, and am trying to save and reuse wall tiles, these have come off easily around the bath. Is there a solvent or similar that will soften the old tile adhesive to allow it to be scraped off. The tiles are old and i'm sure replacements will not be...

I am replacing an old baath, which has been sunk into the floor (ground floor of a bungalow, as an aside they mades a real pigs ear of fitting it, cutting all the floor joists off to let the bath rest on the bathroom floor. I am about to replace the joistsm and fit a conventional bath. The...

I am about to fit a new bathroom sink, and have a question concerning fitting the sink waste, should i use some silicon (or fs-x) to seal the waste to the bottom of the sink, or will the locking nut underneath the sink be sufficient, would hate it to leak from the plug after fitting everything

Thanks for the answer !!!, I've tried that before and can't seem to get nice 90deg corners , etc. Was looking for something a bit more scientific.

Thanks for the Info about using a 3/4 olive. Is there anything else special about fitting an Iron pipe into a compression fitting that I need to take care of

I am intending to build a Long pergola, which will have 20 4"x4" post, 10 on each side. The cost of normal 9ft posts is fine, but if u want a slot cut in the top they appear to be about £10 dearer, so for 20 posts it adds up. Is there a simple way of cutting accurately the slots in the posts.

I have a 22mm hot water pipe that is iron, there is a compression tee, that has 22mm copper out and 15mm copper on the T. This is now leaking, can I use a plastic or copper pushifit tee to fix this problem, I'm never sure if u can use these with old iron piping (Its not possible to repalce the...