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Hi I've got an issue with a repeatedly false triggering Kiddie (previously Firex?) KF20 optical smoke alarm. I'm a landlord and this is a rental property over 3 stories, so it's required to have smoke detectors on every floor (not heat detectors - rental regulations) and these need to be...

Hi I'm posting this here because both me and my gas fitter are pretty confused by this. I'm renovating a house and the combi boiler is banging - loudly but intermittently. However the boiler is switched off at the isolator, which has a glowing light that goes off so I'm a sure as I can be that...

Hi I have an existing loft conversion built and signed off by building control in 1992. I am considering improving the insulation. The house is a rental property and I want to get it to an EPC C rating. From what I can find of the standards at the time, the insulation should have a u value of...

Hi I'm refitting a bathroom and wondered if anyone had found such a thing as a really bombproof bath waste? This is for a residential rental property. For rentals I normally stick to the most reliable fittings I can get hold of as they can take a hammering. I have found that click clack wastes...

Hi I am redecorating and a number of the back boxes are plastic, despite being in solid walls. I've attached a couple of photos. Some of the threads for screwing the face plates down are stripped (screws just span when I went to unscrew them). Is there any way to repair them without digging...

I have a set of bath taps with a shower diverter. The diverter operates with a lever that turns about an eighth of a turn to swap from shower to taps - see first picture. The whole bathroom including these taps were inherited from the previous owner Unfortunately the diverter leaks - when set...

Hi I need to remove a branch from both my hot and cold supply (old washing machine location) The branch uses compression fittings, so it's awkward to cut back past the olive and solder in a new section of pipe, especially as the location isn't easy access for a blow torch. Can the branch...