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Had an issue with my Potterton Promax 15 boiler the other day where it tripped the RCD after running continuously for approximately three hours. S-Plan system with zone valves all operating normally - I could see the valves recieving the command from controller and opening but then once opened...

I am in the process of finishing off the install of a food waste disposer but scratching my head as to how I am going to connect the waste pipes up to the arrangement in the photo below. I currently have a Mcalpine setup on the main bowl and trying to integrate this into the original setup...

My bathroom is nearly finished but need to attach a toilet roll holder and toilet brush holder to the tiled wall. The rawl plugs require a 6mm drill bit and looking into getting a decent bit that isn’t going to last one hole. There seems to be so many out there with poor reviews saying they...

Tumble dryer is around 4 years old and a year ago noticed that it is cutting out at random points during the drying cycle. The reason for cut out on the display is a fluff filter or heat exchanger issue. This model (after reading reviews) is notorious for this problem and did a little bit of...

I have now fitted my flooring in the bathroom and want to seal around the edges as there are no skirting boards and you can see the imperfections in the cuts. Before I seal is there any recommended types of sealant for this flooring or will standard white bathroom sealant work well? I also have...

I have a switch with a sky dish and a SKY 'smart' LNB code EL010 and after some research I have found out the reason its not hybrid but 'smart' is due to there being no dedicated wideband connectors on the LNB. That way you can plug your wideband feed into any of the connectors and it will do...

I am needing to re-tile an area in the bathroom where my toilet and sink is but the tiles that I have are not made any more. They are Porcelanosa Pearls White and Porcelanosa Formas Blanco which are sized 33x20cm. I need about 35 formas blanco and only need around 6 pearls white. First...

I have a waste pipe aligned on the wall which is approx. 110cm from the stack itself. The problem I have is the waste pipe is sitting too low to the new outlet of the wall hung bracket due to my old toilet not being wall hung. If I raise the frame up I will be about 100mm out on the waste...

I am fitting a wall hung toilet frame in a bathroom and currently have the rear supports on a masonry wall but obviously want the feet of the frame to be held as secure as possible to the flooring. One of the feet is sitting on top of a joist which is good for securing onto but the other foot...

I have now wired up my home network and placed cat 6 cables in rough areas where I wish to place some CCTV cameras. I am still drawn towards the eaves of the house as this would be so much easier to do compared to the other locations! I have a room above my garage which really needs some CCTV -...

I live in a detached house with a garage joined to the property with a bedroom above the garage. Separating the garage (and the bedroom above) from the main house is an internal cavity wall of 350mm (including 100mm thermalite blocks either side). I plan on drilling a hole from the top of the...

i now have eight feeds going to the loft and to the wall behind where the sky dish is (4x shotgun WF100 cables for four rooms). I currently have a ‘hybrid’ LNB with 6 connections on it but need space for another two so need a new LNB. I can’t seem to find a hybrid LNB that has 8 connections on...

We have an unvented hot water system (megaflo) on the first floor of our property and have noticed what I can describe as a clunking noise coming from the 3 bar combination valve. This happens when the cold water is shut off on a tap (not hot water) and is more prominent on the bath taps (22mm...

I am trying to replenish the air gap on my Megaflo water cylinder which is approx. 5 years old and noticed water dripping from the tundish when the hot water cylinder is being heated. I have followed the instructions in the manual and on a youtube video from haetrae sadia which involved me...

I currently have an octo LNB connected to the satellite dish and I Currently have two rooms upstairs wired into the LNB with WEBRO WF-100 cable (shotgun) to provide two signals for each TV. I have two more pairs of outputs left on the LNB which I plan to use for the kitchen and lounge but before...

I’m planning on swapping the toilet around with the basin so planning on extending the 110mm pipe out from the waste stack on the left of the picture. This way the wash basin can go where the cystern is in the picture. The problem I have is the waste pipe (32mm) for the basin is a really tight...

I’m boxing in a toilet and basin and using 38x63 timber from Wickes. Problem I have is I’m attaching about 2metres worth along the rear wall and working out how to securely attach it to the thermalite brickwork. I was thinking of using some solid rawl plugs with coach screws ? There is already...

i am in the process of fitting a wall hung basin frame by abacus or grohe. These frames have the 1 1/4 inch waste connectors on the frame which I can just hopefully connect to my waste pipe shown in the pictures. Is it just a case of solvent cement another piece of 32mm pipe to extend the pipe...

Our basin waste pipe is 36mm outer diameter (32mm inner) and runs about 2 metres into the soil box. The floor is up at the moment and was surprised there is literally no fall on this pipe going between the holes in the joists. I am planning on elevating this with some rubber clips but do not...

I have my bathroom floor up and have some nice access to a lot of the polypipe setup for the house. I have upgraded the clips to screw in clamp style clips to give them more support but the hot feed when turning off the tap is moving around in the ceiling and knocking against the other pipes ...