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Hi there I have a bathroom with only a bath and no shower and want to place a shower in with minimum fuss. The bath filler spout is one of those large spouts that come out of the wall with the mixer higher up on the wall above it, so it's not a standard mixer coming out of the bath. Would...

I have a lot of GU10 halogen bulbs in my house and decided to replace them with Megaman GU10 11W bulbs as they were on sale for 6squid each from an internet retailer. They were advertised as direct replacements, but when I came to fitting them it became obvious they aren´t. They are about...

Have done a few searches on this and look at various hep guides but struggling to find the exact solution to my question, hope someone can help. Had the garden landscaped with new patio etc etc and lighting installed, the lighting is connected to SWA and comes back to the house. Landscaper...

I have a garage with electric doors that looks something very similar to this: http://www.home-garden-centre.co.uk/diy_buildings/diy_garage_kits/garages/gable_end_garage The roof has a huge open space and i was thinking of putting some boarding down in the back half of the garage together...

Wasnt sure where to post this, had a water meter reading on Saturday and the guy said we had a leak. We turned off our house stopcock to check it wasnt in the house but the meter was still turning. The house is only 18mths old and we moved in November 2007. It doesnt have NHBC guarantee...

We moved into our house in November 2007 - we are the first people to live there and it was built by an independant builder so no NHBC etc to call. We thought that the downstairs cupboard suffered from a bit of damp after my fiancees shoes got a bit of mould on them, however recently we...

On sunday evening for some reason we had a loss of water pressure to the kitchen taps, washing machine, dishwasher and outside tap (they all come off the same feed). I assumed it was the entire house and contacted the waterboard but then i checked the other rooms and they are fine. Main...

Ive got a new house with the new wiring colour codes. I have 2 ceiling lights which had a rose screwed to the ceiling. I changed one of the lights for a new fancy one and it was very straight forward - only 1 cable so i simply took the rose out and used a junction box to make fitting...

Am considering ways to regulate the volume flowrate to the shower, as hot and cold are the same bore pipe, reducing pressure would reduce volume flowrate. I thought about a pressure reduction valve to coldwater feed but not sure. The volume flowrate restrictor in the cold water restricts the...

Myself and my girlfriend have just moved into a new house in Lingfield, Surrey. Its not a mainbuilder but a barn conversion with a new mains water supply that is more powerful than a… very powerful thing… Anyway, we are having major major trouble with both of our showers and have had the...