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I have tried everything to get this out...pliers, grips, spanners, hammer. Any ideas?

I am trying to install the dog legs so that the tap will be right in the middle of the sink but when I tighten them they always finish to the right as the image above. Do you know how I can get them to finish in a different position once tightened?

How can I tell if these cracks in my bedroom lime plaster walls are anything to worry about? I did cut a hole in one to check the stud which seemed fine.

I am installing a wall mounted tap and the mounts have compression fittings. Are these okay in this hidden position? Any chance of bursting? Cant find other types of joints on the market at first glance.

I purchased this washing machine inlet and waste hose extension kit from amazon and I cannot get the waste extension to seal: 2.5M Dishwasher Fill Water & Waste Drain Hose Extension Kit https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01NA8CBNB/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apip_1dBJIn8TnsLBj A lot of the waste just leaks...

I have seen two types of washing machine valves, with and without check valves. What is the purpise of the check valve? https://www.bes.co.uk/washing-machine-tap-with-check-valve-15mm-x-3-4in-10334

I just replaced a seized stopcock with a lever one. I thought of the idea, as it is the hot tap, of connecting the flexi tails directly to this stopcock instead of bothering with copper pipe. Are there any issues with this or all looks fine? Photos are attached.

Just bought this mixer tap off facebook for next to nothing but the guy who sold it to me said the screw on the bottom of the yellow threaded pipe is missing. When I connect the tap water just comes straight out of it. Do you know where I can find the missing part?

I have installed a new sink but sewer gases are coming out of it or the piping and smelling the room. I hear it gurgling occasionally too. Attached is a photo of the setup. The left P trap is for the dishwasher but smell seems to be coming from the sink. Anything that seems obviously wrong at...

Hello, I cannot get a replacement downlight working for some reason. I briefly connected it without a switch just for testing. Could it have damaged it by bypassing the switch? Or does this have no bad consequences?

I have just ripped out the old plaster/plasterboard from the side wall in my kitchen, which has the bathroom behind it, and have just discovered that an old door used to be there. I would like to put a larder unit in the right half of the old door frame. Question is, am I allowed to have the...

Can you use 12-18mm WBP Plywood instead of plasterboard/cement board on kitchen walls? Will the humidity warp the wood or is WBP Plywood designed to resist this?

I would like to board over a kitchen plank subfloor (after having removed the thin chipboard) and then install floating luxury vinly tiles over it. Which type of boards would you use? Plywood or cement board? Would 12mm thickness be okay?

Just removed the plaster from this wall in a 3rd floor flat in a Victorian house with a loft room above. The joist above appears to be parallel to the top joist and the bottom (joist?) appears to be sitting on the floor boards with nothing below. Could this wall be load-bearing?

I recently purchased an old flat and removed the old kitchen splashback tiles. Then above it the plaster skim layer (I believe) simply peels off and leaves a very thin layer of something behind (PVA maybe) and then the old plaster which seems in good condition. What are my options for redoing...