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Hi Chr15. Thanks for your reply. I'm learning mixers as showers are nothing but problematic and will have to adopt this attitude in future. My problem is, I can't tell this customer that - 'cos the old one worked satisfacory. And that's my issue, I see old units working fine for many...

Hi All. Would appreciate any advice on below problem\situation - desperate to get sorted and job signed-off! Sorry for length, wanted to add all detail. Customer had existing bath and mixer tap with a shower head that apparently worked fine as a shower. Cold is mains pressure, hot...

Hi All. Hopefully looking at fitting an old original Belfast sink for a customer. They have existing 40mm waste pipe to the location, but lost all other bits like the trap years ago! Seems they have a k n a c k e r e d waste for the sink that's 1 3/4"? It needs replacing! Found...

Hi All. Can anyone identify this boiler and confirm whether I can box-in or not? Customer can't find any details of it. Box-in is to be large, floor to ceiling, like an airing cupboard in the end. Cheers, Neil

Considering doing job to remove someone's double shower and, as close as possible, directly replace with 1700 bath. House is new build with top quality "fitting out", need to avoid too much intrusion into other fittings, such as floor tiling etc! Shower tray is very low profile, no side...

Nice one, much appreciated :-) I'm clearly getting it wrong currently. Cheers, Neil

Bahco. Sorry to be a knob; the bath waste has a rubber washer for placing between the waste and the topside of the hole in the bath (as well as one for the underside). Do I retain the upper washer seal and apply silicone sealant either side of it, or throw it out and simply use silicone...

Hi Bahco. Just noticed mention of plastic plug holes and silicone sealant in your 1st reply - was midway through replying to you when I had to unplug my broadband! :oops: Cheers for advice, will redo with silicone in the bath's case. Cheers, Neil

Hi Bahco. Is "Basin Mate" a cone shaped rubber seal that appears to go up and inside the basin hole? I found one the other day at Travis, tucked away and out of sight, appears not many stocked, and never seen elsewhere! Bought one, but not sure I should pull out the basin, which seems...

Hi All. Looking for some advice on bath and basin waste\plug hole swap-outs. I've done a small number for customers as part of other work, though I'm not a full on plumber. Always get issues with basins, but one bath waste causing me real grief at present! Sorry for length of post...

Never truer words spoken than by Thermo. The trade, without doubt, has an image problem. Do good honest trustworthy work and you'll get a reputation that gains you more business. Through my wife's place of work (office administrator) I get loads of work from single women who simply want...

Sounds like a lot of buggering about to me; making a half decent unit look like a low budget non-adjustable that's going to be tacked on the end of a line of similar low budget units - then have it's door trashed and make up a blank from conti-board to match. Labour and time alone in doing so...

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Hi All. I must be getting old; cursing and pulling my hair out that nothing remains the same for long and is dependable ;-) Wickes used to stock and supply very basic white conti-board like kitchen base units that had NON-ADJUSTABLE bases. Typical, couple of months later they've stopped...

Hi Tina. No worries, glad to be of help :-) I follow a few forums for loads of different interests and hobbies I have, including some IT ones still for a laugh - there are more than enough big egos and unhelpful people out there already for there to be one more ;-) Take a weeks annual...

Hi Tina. No worries. Good for you for deciding on changing something you don't like, or makes you miserable. £350 for the course sounds good value to me, equates to roughly what you'd charge to redecorate someone's fairly good conditioned and basic living room - quick payback in anyone's...

Hi Tina. LOL. I very much went through the same experience as you. I fell into painting and decorating 3 years ago when I jacked in my stressful IT job that involved commuting on a cattle truck to London every day - no IT employer would touch me afterwards - what, with being an old 43 years...