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Folks, after youe advice I've just replaced all the iron guttering on the back of the house with new wicked pvc guttering - the issue has come when I've tried to connect to next doors (terraced houses). My neighbour seems to have a similar shaped half moon shaped gutter (112mm dia.) but a...

Hi Chaps, Turned out that our thermostat was so uncalibrated it was untrue, and this was the weak link. Thanks for all your input.

Changed it to P but no luck - the boiler isn't even firing when on CH only

Hi guys, Taken an image of the back of the old programmer (and also of the new backplate which I haven't mounted) The system runs off a gas boiler, connected to the HW tank and CH via 3 way valve

Hi, Old programmer was blank one morning, replaced timer unit, then realised it was the 3 amp fuse next to the boiler, replaced that fuse - and the new programmer is up and running. (I did try putting back the old timer, but it tripped the house and blew up) I am currently using the old...

Cheers bud - Is there any way a cartridge can be repaired? I'm reasonably handy with things - Is it something that could be cleaned out? Otherwise think I'd look at a new shower with parts prices I've seen - upgrade the whole electrical system and connect it directly to the MCB (Currently...

Hi Folks, Got around to trying to sort out the shower unit in the house - It's got hot and cold water feeds (Hot water feed from HW Tank around 3m away), with the hot water pipe in to the back of the unit very hot to touch, but we have the heat setting on 9/9 with heat boost and it's only...

Hi folks, Been up on the roof to measure up for capping a chimney, and the stack has a recess as opposed to a pot sticking out. How would I can this? Would it need to push down into the recess? 225mm ID, 254mm depth

Hi Guys, Purchased a massive decent sized towel radiator off eBay for a decent price, but it was left outside and has got a lot of speckling of rust on it, Is there a good method for taking this off?

Folks, thanks for the replies, I think I will mount up a rail locating off the right tap, temporarily connect the left across with speedfit and then save up and do a proper job with relocating the left feed.

Hi, We've just purchased a house with a bathroom with a standard panel radiator with 1000mm spaces between taps, ideally we would like to fit a 600mm towel rail, can I link one of the floor upright feeds to the towel radiator with a flexi hose? Ideally we would move the floor pipe, but we...

Thanks Nige, I've just dropped an email to the nearest fitter on the subject.

Guys, thanks - will have to track down a gas man I think.

Got one of those basin mates and the leak's stopped, great advice guys, thanks.

Hi there, We're looking to box in the fireplace in our new house in to a dvd/cable box storage area, there is a capped gas pipe coming through a cut-out in a concrete slab - Can we box up and over this pipe? We can't see any form of isolation valve for the pipe, and we're not savvy with...

Folks, thanks for your input. Between wiring and plaster-boarding it will be a busy Saturday

We're looking to remove x2 old down-lighters out of a room in the house we've just purchased. All 3 ceiling lights are controlled off the same switch. Is it good practise to remove all the wiring as opposed to cutting and taping them off either end? I'm reasonably new to all of this, but feel...

Cheers Andy, just got one on order - Will this replace the plastic seal compressed up against the ceramic lip of the basin?

Hi there, I installed a new pop-up sink waste yesterday, but it is leaking from the rubber seal beneath the sink as shown in the image below, even though I've tightened up the waste upper until it can't tighten anymore - Do I need to seal it with silicone?