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Hi all. My brother is currently selling the house that he used to live in with his missus. They separated a few years ago were still married but she unfortunately passed away a few months ago so the house ownership passed directly back to him. Understandably he doesn't want to move back in there...

Dunno if anyone can help with this but I've been offered a used Hive Multizone kit from a mate. He's decided to get a nest setup installed instead of the Hive and has asked me if I want it FOC seeing as I do a lot of the regular maintenance on his bikes for him, also FOC. It was bought either...

My mate has an swa cable terminated in his CU incorrectly. It's either a 2.5mm² or 4mm² 3 core (I'm guessing judging by the size) but it's just been taken straight in via a big 32mm stuffing gland so the armouring isn't terminated at all. According to what he's told me, it looks like the only...

Hi all. I've finally decided to get around to tidying up some existing external wiring I have at my house, mainly to replace the well-cracked box that houses it all. I'm a little bit tight on space so I've been looking at new IP65 or IP66 enclosures/adaptable boxes to suit, hoping to find a...

Hi all. As the title says, I'm trying to find out if it's possible to get something along these lines using a grid system to replace an existing external setup. I would rather have a black/Dark Grey unit instead of the usual light grey if possible and I've found an enclosure that "fits the...

Hi all. A mate who has limited mobility has asked me to fit six of the above LED battens in his garage for him to replace some seriously old and falling apart twin tube 5' fluorescent fittings that are well past their best They're rated at 67W each but there's nothing mentioned in the spec...

Hi all. I've just re-concreted the doorstep as the original was only 1-1/2" thick, cracked to buggery and well clear of the hardcore :rolleyes:. I've laid a 3" thick slab at 6:1 ballast/cement with a 3/4" fall over 2' and will be tiling it with porcelain tiles & using epoxy grout. I know the...

Hi all. I know that bootlace ferrule sets are easy enough to source as I bought one a while ago but I would like to know if Flat Blade wire end crimps in various sizes from 1mm² to 10mm² can also be bought ? Reason I ask is that everytime I look for them online, the only results I seem to get...

Hi all. One of my Sc***fix 5ft LAP Batten's has given up the ghost so I decided I had nowt to lose and took the end-caps off to see if I could sort it without having to resort to forking out another £40 forra new one. The layout is 2 x semi-rigid strips, (160 each) connected in 8 parallel groups...

Hi All. Decided to attempt to balance my system, (as it's never been done) following the nice guide on here posted a while ago by D Hailsham. However I've got stuck at the first hurdle (check boiler temp differential according to the guide) as even with my boiler (Worcester Greenstar 9i) on the...

Hi all. Rather then resurrect a 2yr old thread I created, I thought it better to ask another question re: ductwork noise. My bathroom ventilation consists of two separate inlets (one above shower, one above bath) connected via a swept "T", all in 125mm Rigid Ductwork and powered by a Manrose...

I have been having a right mare of a time trying to get rid of what I’m guessing is excess air in my CH system. I was hoping that it might miraculously clear itself after fitting a new radiator in my bathroom but I’ve had no luck with that. I can only presume that I must be doing summat wrong so...

H all, I've bought an Aeon Lunar Stainless Steel Radiator together with a pair of Ultraheat 90MFS Elbows (as the radiator feed pipes come from below) to fit in my Bathroom. However, I seem to have found a problem with attaching the elbows to the radiator in as such that the thread position makes...

I've been busy boarding my bathroom renovation with Marmox Multiboards on the stud walls and Q-Boards on the external wall, which have gone on great but I'm now wondering what would be the best option for the Geberit Bog Frame ? I can get away with a thickness of either 18mm or 20mm so I've got...

I've got my bathroom boarded now with Marmox Multiboard. Just got to wait for the tile adhesive to go off on the small area of wall I had to stick some to so I can fit the mechanical fixings. I'm just not 100% certain on what joints should use waterproof tape (and which one to use) and which...

Can someone please explain to me why fitting the tray in the description above is not recommended using "dabs" of adhesive, rather than a solid bed of mortar when the tray can also be fitted on legs which only have about a 2" diameter contact patch over 16 areas of the tray ? Surely dabs of...

Hi, looking for a bit of advice before I take the plunge and spend any cash on summat that may not be feasible. I'm going to be fitting a Carron Whirlpool bath and plumbing in an Aqualisa Quartz Overflow Filler so we don't have any taps on show. If our lass has a bath, she would normally wash...

I wonder if some of you guys would mind giving me some pointers on the best way to finish off the work I'm having to prepare for fitting my shower tray on a concrete floor please ? I've posted this in the Building Forum as it seems more apt than the Plumbers Forum and I've attached some pics to...

Hi, dunno if this is the correct forum to ask this but I am changing my bathroom around totally to how it used to be and I was wondering what the best way to alter the extraction setup would be. Currently, there is one vent hole in the ceiling, about 500mm away from where the old bath used to...

Hi. After originally thinking that I was going to re-board my bathroom in moisture resistant plasterboard (other side of studs are boarded in 12.5mm sound panel) and tanking it, I've seen that most tilers are starting to recommend the foam-type backer boards instead, such as Abacus Elements or...