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Recently posted about what appeared to be a tap tail weeping on a bath, after trying new fibre washer it was still leaking and decided to replace the lot with compression fittings. Curiosity got the better of me so unsoldered the tap connector and found this, the pipe is 25-30 years old and is...

Used to be a site hut and s/h when brought 30 years ago, painted in gloss white which is peeling on sun facing sides and also seeing quite a few rotten pieces of the tongue and groove wood which would be a pain to replace and am considering overboarding, what do you think would be best, ply but...

Will be fitting a deck mounted tap to the bath and wondered should i use a smidgeon of paste on the washer or a few turns of ptfe.

Sanded a white gloss radiator and then painted in Crown satin but the colour does not work so want to revert to Crown gloss white, have started to sand down but will i need to remove All the satin or just sand and prep for the gloss? TIA. Just to add the satin was oil based as will be the gloss...

Saw a pile of rubbish on a local garden and this was amongst it, do the group think it will be frost proof as would like a hanging Fuchsia in it although it will be a small pot, i intend to seal the top and bottom edges with silicone as the glaze is minimal.

Hi all, We will be fitting a 150w cooker hood shortly and the easiest cable run appears to be from the light in the kitchen as this would just entail feeding the 1.5 along between the joists after having removed the light fitting as opposed to pulling floorboards up and final connection via a...

Would like to fit the above but the soil pipe comes out of a concrete floor and is 230mm from back wall, at present the pan has an offset fitted to slightly counteract the floor pipe being not central and this is 225 to wall and the pan outlet is shown as 205 on tech drawings, i don't have a...

With the talk of copper wires going will the new system be through my router although still copper to the cabinet? asking because i was going to put a rj45 socket wired with cat6 in the kitchen for the laptop and link with another pc upstairs, the phone is in the kitchen so will i need a socket...

It appears that 3 schools erected by this company are of unsound construction with the one in Harlow only being open for 18 months and Caledonian have gone skint, yet another pile of cash the taxpayer will have to fork out for. Harlow school is now putting up marquees in the grounds, i despair...

Had 2 quotes for a door and 1 metre glazed side panel, one specs Duraflex with a Hallmark composite door and the other for Rehau with a Endurance door and the price difference is only a £100 more for the Rehau. After reading on here it seems that Duraflex are not rated that highly, is this still...

Running a story about energy costs and showing a hookey bypass as the main picture,morons.

Have seen the above for sale for £265, here is the full spec and do you think it is worth that money. Dell Optiplex 5090 i5 10505 16gb DDR4 RAM 256gb M.2 NVMe Windows 10 11 Pro 10th gen Present one i use is about 15 years old and is slow as a glacier when opening documents for research using 2...

I pulled a 500gb hdd from a sky box and formatted it with a view to using as extra storage for a project but i do not think it is completely erased as it will now and then spin up despite not using it, at the moment it has 4 volumes i put on it but after formatting it said it was empty, all...

I have a glass panelled door that i stained years ago with a spirit based stain ad left it unvarnished as we liked the matt look, I would now like to paint with a Crown trade oil based that we had mixed to match the other doors and to be on the safe side should i use some Cover Stain first after...

Just fitted the above to do away with filters on phone and router along with a noisy phone line neither of which worked out as expected, Still have the noise on phone but not at test socket so that must be internal wiring although nothing has been touched but sometimes now when using the phone...

Model kdl32v 4000 When attempting to turn on from off rather than standby you have to push the button 3 or 4 times for the green light to come on, I have tried all the disconnect from mains and reset along with disconnecting sky box and disc player ideas but it makes no difference so could it be...

Just got this from octopus, Your meters are approaching the end of their operational use and need to be replaced, you can read more about this. The good news is, we'll upgrade your meters to the latest generation of smart meters at no extra cost to you (we can’t replace your meters like for...

Had a pir exterior spot that used a incandescent lamp but the unit started to flicker and then packed up so brought a steinel spot one with pir sensor to replace, before installing checked power and polarity to outside and fitted the steinel light which tripped the rcd for the ground floor...

While this house has sadly been badly damaged, the family were able to get out safely after being alerted to the fire. “The smoke alarms have made a huge difference in ensuring this incident wasn’t much more serious for those involved.” The fire started after a reel-style extension lead was...

Wife mentioned that the water seemed a bit too hot so turned the boiler stat down but made no difference, new one bought and fitted and still the same although everything else seems to be working eg cylinder stat, 3 port valve, room stat, pump although the 3 port valve cover feels warmer than...