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Just bought a new single fitted oven. Existing one has a plug and plugged into a kitchen socket with red switch so i assume on its own circuit. New oven has wire but no plug. Where the oven is going i do see a open socket with some wires sticking out but i have no idea if live or not. Can i...

So unscrewing the valve nuts, lots of towels and quick switch not a good idea?

I have a water tank in loft and emersion heater.

I have a rad, lowest in house and drain point. It works intermittently and today when heating was on it wasnt warm at all and neither pipe felt warm. I turned the valve to check and it sprung a leak. Tried to close it and leaks worse. Managed to open it again and slowed the leak with some fernox...

Wish i read this earlier. Cost me about £60 to fill

Compound is only covering part of it and some might be over 50mm. Kitchen cabinet will bo over most so feet of that. I can get another back in a couple of hours but is that too late

Ive just filled a hole in a concrete floor with about 6 inches of concrete. Im about an inch short of floor level, wife is out with car so cant pop out for another bag. How long do i have before it dries out? Can i add last inch once its dry? Or can i finish with some cement later? Some of it...

Hole filling vids ive watched on you tube are all american and all differ. One adds gravel then concrete, another puts layers of cement then concrete, then another is talking about acid and pva for bonding

No not the copper. There is some push fit elbow level with floor. If i concrete to floor level you wouldnt be able pull the fitting down to remove

I could section it yes. Didnt think about it as it was concreted before. I need to check if the cupboard has back legs that needs to stand on. They had to dig down to pipes to find the leak and rather than dig up whole floor they diverted using push fit as under cupbaords.

Any bonding agent needed?

Do i concrete the whole 6-8 inches or fill with gravel then concrete 2 inches? Doesnt need to be perfect as cupboards going over most of it and levelling compound

Hi all i have a 6-8 inch deep hole in my kitchen floor which eas dug ti fix a leak. I now need to fill it ready for a levelling compuns to lay new floor. Is it as straight forward as mixing some concrete? I assume i can cover the lagged water pipe? I need to leave a small divot under the new...

I wanted it to check my house as my extension is freezing. My bedroom is above a double garage and i cant tell if garage ceiling is lagged or the roof. but do you think there is a business opportunity if i bought a pro one? Would people pay for an internal survey for drugjts etc?

Im after using a thermal imaging camera. Ive seen supposed apps and phone addons. Are these genuine or do i need a special camera? If so any recommendations?

Why hadnt ukraine taken out the crimea bridge long ago? Sounds like a top strategic target to me. Do they not have missiles that reach?

Any suggestions on putting tiles back? Only other choice is tile the back wall in different tiles which might look odd or panel the cubicle

If i have to re board it means tiling the whole bathroom. Is the anything i can do so i can put the tiles back? There must be a lot of cowboys around as this is the second shower i have had that is plasterboard

I couldnt believe it as my bills went up £30pm when i moved in to this house and my usage hasnt really changed. This is before alll the rises too. Im fixed til sept