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Hi. The battery on my gtech cordless hedge trimmer is playing up and I can't find any clues online as to what might be causing it. It's the 18v battery for the HT50/GT50 shown below Mine is showing four solid red lights when I try to charge it, or if I just press the green button. I've...

Hi all. Wonder if you can please offer me some advice regarding my leaking bath trap. I've assembled my bath trap as per the hastily drawn diagram below. It's on a free standing bath and I'm using the waste that came with the bath. As you can see, I put a very small amount of Plumbers Gold...

Hi all. I'm trying to fit a McAlpine self-closing waste to a free standing bath as a standard bath u-trap is too deep and it obstructs the floor. The issue is that I have to use a euro waste adapter because the thread on the existing bath waste matches that on the trap. So this pushes the...

Hi. I've bought a powerful extractor fan for my bathroom for a wetroom area. I've heard stories online about needing to have an INTAKE of air somewhere in the bathroom either through an open window/trickle vent or a vent in the bathroom door (or leaving the door ajar). I had a thought and...

Hi all. I'm installing a bathroom extractor and ducting into my loft area and as part of the ducting in putting a condensation trap just after the fan. It has a 22mm pipe connection on it and I was wondering if I could conveniently tee this pipe into the boiler condensate pipe which runs out...

Hi all. I've purchased a recessed shower head with integrated LED lights (below) and I'm fine with the plumbing aspect of installing it, but the instructions make no reference at all on the electrical requirements for the lights. There is a transformer on the shower unit for me to attach...

Hi all. Hope everyone's well. I'm wanting to add a second lighting circuit to my bathroom controlled by a different switch (this will be for LEDs). I've bought a touch control switch which lets me choose colours/brightness etc. I'm planning to locate the new switch on the wall just below the...

Hi all. A quick question on a bit of plumbing I'm putting together please. I've a sink and a shower waste that are emptying into the same run of 40mm waste pipe which runs under the floor and to the outside. I was thinking, to avoid any gurgling, I'll put a waste trap with an auto/built-in...

Hello. I'm wondering if anyone can please identify the type of internal walls which I appear to have in my new home as I have never come across these before! They appear in the internal walls upstairs. I'm not certain whether they are all like this as I've only taken one down so far. The...