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My gas meter has lead pipes coming off it. I need some work doing, but new regulations say that lead pipes cannot be connected to copper pipes. My boiler however has copper pipes coming off it. So, somewhere the copper pipes must have joined the lead pipes before the law made such connections...

Amazing. I will give this a try!

I have removed a radiator from my living room wall. The wall brackets were done in a way I have not seen before. Instead of being screwed into the wall, they had a nut holding them into a bolt that was coming out of the wall. I can't seem to remove these bolts from the wall, they just spin...

I will be creating a channel in the flooring to hide the pipes, so it will be a cleaner look. A couple of responses say to solder the metal pipework. I have never done that before, so was hoping that the connector would be enough when used with an olive? Also, are the responses saying to use a...

I have recently moved house and would like to move a radiator from a side wall, to one below the window as is more pleasing to the eye. I understand why it was not placed under the window, as my house is old and has concrete flooring so would be difficult when it comes to the pipework...

I have a re-circulating kitchen extractor (it does not vent outside), but the instructions show how to connect a pipe up the metal extractor chimney. The pipe looks flexible like what you would use to vent a tumble dryer outside. Because I'm only recirculating the air and not venting outside...