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I've just had a cooker with Gas hob fitted. I noticed the guy didn't put a washer in the new flexible hose. This seemed odd to me, I'd had a good look at the old cooker and pipe which was pretty much identical to the new one (Bayonet 1 end, apparently 1/2 or 3/4 inch BSP the other) and that...

[/url] There's a plate on the side. :-) 4.5kw -4.9kw. I make that about 20amps. Customer help line were more useless than I could have imagined.

That's correct. So not 4mm?

I've got some 1.5mm 16amp 3093Y. If I'm going to have to put a 13AMP fuse in the fuse box to protect the oven I might as well use that? Unless it's a typo in the manual.

It's going to a recently installed cooker 'socket' (FWOABW.)

I need to source the cable from the wall to the cooker. I'm pretty sure what cable I need but can someone spell it out to me. "The power supply cable should conform to BS6004 with a conductor size of 4mm2." "Electrical connection 4mm2 twin and earth 230/240V a.c. 50Hz. 13A fuse."...

I've just realized I can save myself a load of grief by draining my sink into a Tee Peice on the same 40mm Waste pipe that the Dishwasher uses. The only drawback I can think of is that if the pipe gets blocked the spill could end up coming up out of the dishwasher pipe (potentially I could...

Ta Dan. I found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0Pj9zzPN0s Hope my pathetic drill is man enough for this. Looks like a 50mm core drill is the answer: http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=161539

I'd love to get it done by someone else, but on a Bank Holiday Sunday?

I'm installing a new sink & the 40mm waste pipe for my sink drain is a little bit too high for the trap. This is the trap: http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/40215522/ Can I get away with that? The water would be at worst 1 inch over the top of the trap. What's the worst that...

I need to drill a hole for a 40mm waste pipe through my cavity walls. What's the quickest way to do this and what do I need? (Must be available from Screwfix or similar tomorrow!) Tradesmen have commented that our walls are super strong so I really don't want to be chiseling it out by...

I need a 35mm Sheet Metal Punch not internet or mail order 'cos I want it in my hand quick. Something like Q-Max part number: QMA35M Ikea do something similar and have them in stock but it's a bit tooo far away. I really want something nearer but can't find an equivalent - Do...

Just popped some ptfe tape on the olives. The 15mm fitting fits snuggly on the pipe with no play at all. The 22mm doesn't fit snuggly so I suspect may be imperial. It's been on there for a week so I don't feel the need to do anything about it immediately. What next?

Nope. If I was adovcating that (or anything else) I would have said so. I'm saying I've got two pipes which are an unknown quantity which could well be imperial. The bigger of the two which is either 22 or 3/4 seems fairly watertight. The 15 or 1/2 is seeping more. Strangely neither seem...

Almost certainly imperial. However the 3/4 (22mm) is pretty much fine, the 1/2 (15mm) is the leakier one. Although ironically they're both dry now. Wonder if it's temperature related.

Last week I fitted two compression fittings between taps and copper pipes (15mm & 22mm) and both are weeping a bit round the thread. I've already tightened them with spanners much harder than I really thought was wise (to the point where I'm wondering if that is the cause of the problem). Do...

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I've got to drill 1 hole for the tail or a mixed kitchen tap in one of these: http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/64630785/ I've got to get it right first time. What type of drill bit do I need? (I expect it'll be 28mm but I dont' know what 'type' I need to cut a hole like that.)...

MANY THANKS ALL! In fact the gland nut thread was fine. A bit of PTFE in gland a pinch of the gland nut and all is well. I'm going to take a great deal of care of that stop cock over the (hopefully) coming decades. :-)

Identifying the tap woul dbe great. Here's a shot with the handle: Is it a YP508?