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I need to add a timed extractor fan to my new upstairs toilet & I need to vent thru the roof tiles & access is easy from the loft & the roof itself Our roof is 1950's era clay tiles around 7" wide, what type of pipe vent do I need to make it waterproof ?

Lowering the cistern right down just above the bend worked wonders, flush is perfect now with no overspill, luckily it's fitted with a remote air flush button which remains in it's original position 8)

It's just occured to me that maybe the answer is obvious,lol If I just reduce the flush pipe length & lower the cistern then hopefully it will reduce the surge of water? going to try it anyway :P

Just fitted our new cloakroom toilet with hidden cistern behind stud wall but the problem is the flush is too powerful & splashes over the rim a bit Reducing the amount of water in the cistern has minimal effect. Is there a means of slowing down the gush of water that comes down the curved...

Our Honeywell CH timer is like a lot of others & can only be set in 10 minute increments. We have our HW set to come on for just 20 minutes a day & we get a tank of piping hot water that lasts until the next timer setting, we found that 18 minutes does the job just as well. What's annoyed...

Yes but Delboys Grandad knew about it & nicked it first chance he got :P

Ideal certainly get some bad comments & yet if you look thru the posts from week to week you will see more problems from other makes inc Vailant & Worcester every day on this forum,

probably the diaphragm is punctured under the syphon so it doesn't lift enough water for a good flush, requires the cistern off to check tho

I posted a while ago re our noisy new warm front boiler, the noise was due to air in the pipes to & from the hot water cylinder which could not be resolved as it kept reoccuring even tho fitted with auto air valves, heating was completely silent however The warmfront inspector finally came &...

Thanks for the tips, the partition will come exactly in between the joists so no fixings into those, using scrim tape & foam seems a good idea so I will use your suggestions. 8)

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I need to repaper some walls where alterations have been done This is a piece of the paper, it's lightly embossed so either anaglypta, blown vinyl or super fresco but I can't find it anywhere altho it was popular several years ago when we did the original. Does anyone recognise it ? or...

Problem is there's no access to the ceiling from above as it's a big flat dormer roof

I need to fix 3X2 framing to the plasterboard ceiling & wall to make a partition, what's the best method of fixing? The toggles I see in DIY shops look very flimsy & the hollow wall fixing plugs don't look as if they would be much good either. The frame will be a tight fit & tapped into...

Punctuation says a lot

Is an oil fired combi the way to go if you presumably don't have gas Are they not rather slower at providing hot water on demand compared to gas/LPG?

Has anyone from the council been round such as building inspectors or planning office when you submitted your plan ? That would have been spotted by them surely

If Warmfront grant is £3600 how can you only save £1500 by using them, Ideal still offer isar HE boilers on their website so they are not discontinued at all so someones given you wrong information which probably includes the 10,000 job lot

We've had ours done by a company called BGC, or rather a contractor of theirs. I would expect a sub contractor to do the job properly otherwise the main contractor would soon blow them out. There were two gas fitters & a labourer come basic plumber bloke, the two fitters did an excellent neat...

You don't need a pump in this situation, You make gravity feed go downhill instead of uphill :P