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We have two showers upstairs, they initially work ok giving warm/hot water but if used for any length of time the water goes too hot, I replaced the thermostatic valve on the main shower but that hasn't worked - so now I have tested the en suite shower - this hasn't been used for years and...

The handle has broken off on one of my (very old) windows, can't seem to find anything similar to replace it with.... Any ideas? Looking to replace the whole window and frame at some point but seems the window size isn't standard either.....

Had Corgi guy around this morning to service/fix boiler - the seal on the flue has gone so he's done a temporary fix with some sealant so it now fires up witout me having to go outside and partly cover flue for a second or two. Whilst he had it apart he showed me that although the boiler was...

Picked up a Hive Heating and Hot water set (self install) from Amazon pretty cheaply (£80). Current Heating and hot water timer is a UP2, should this be a pretty straightforward swap for the timer - i managed to swap from a UP1 to a UP2 previously? Also existing thermostat is wired, i don't...

Have two old rads in the living room, looking to replace them - however they seem to be 1300mm in length yet everything on the market seems to be 1200 or 1400? Is this a sign of how old they are?? Or am i just missing something regarding dimensions? Is there anything i can get as a work around...

I have an issue with a shower i have fitted in our bathroom where the pump will only work if i turn the hand held shower on. If I turn it to the overhead option nothing happens... that is until i go into the en-suite in our bedroom and turn on the shower in there then the shower in the batrhroom...

Plumbed in bath at the weekend and its all in position and level, its on an L shaped batton due to length of room with the shower end at the foot of the L. Is that enough to hold it steady? Or should i build a frame for the rest of the bath? Also when i stick the bath to the wall is something...

Have an issue with some pipes on my central heating system... When the heating starts up it sounds like the pipes in a certain place are vibrating. I can stand in various places and it will stop but where im standing does not have to be anywhere near where it sseems the sound is coming from...

Have got a mixture of tiles: A: Porcelain tiles 9mm thick 600 X 300 for walls 1 and 2 B: Ceramic tiles 9.7mm thick 500 x 300 for walls 3,4 and floor Wall 3 is an aquapanel stud wall which will have shower fitted above bottom end of bath so need showerproof for this and wall 1 i...

Is there anything about to increase the height of bath shower screens? Got an L shaped bath and the height of screen for that is 1400mm, looking to increase that (its fixed screen) maybe even take it up to the ceiling. Appreciate any ideas.

Got a new bath its come with 4 legs similar to those shown in the image below but what I'm also after is something similar to the single leg circled to put in the middle just to give a bit more support, have tried searching but cant seem to find anything, but dont know if thats down to not...

ive got a small stud wall (hide shower pipes)to aquapanel thats approx 850mm across and 2300mm high. I've bought 2 sheets of 1200x900x12.5mm aquapanel, am i ok to put these one on top of the other or do i have to cut the top board in half so that joint is staggered? Seems a bit daft if its only...

Looking to buy a thermostatic shower mixer, was looking at Bristan Quadrato (got a great deal on matching taps), have seen this for around 190 but looking around i can see almost identical copies for a LOT less. Is there really that much difference between branded showers and unbranded? Would...

Have always had a bit of a leaky stopcock and its got worse with age, been decorating bathroom so have had water on and off a lot and this seems that have made it worse.... https://vimeo.com/user92114609/review/307988506/171472b14f Its in a real crap location (have had to pull down a load of...

Had an electrician come round to fit an extractor fan in my bathroom, what do you think regarding the location? Obviously steam rises so is its location really going to affect its performance? I'd have expected it to have been installed higher up and maybe more towards the corner , I can only...

Is it worth me getting an extractor fan fitted in the bathroom, as you can see there is a window that offers ventilation and only place the fan could go is basically right next to the window so am wondering if it is worth it or do you think the window does the job - it has a vent at the top and...

Removed a radiator yesterday and added a boy of inhibitor while I was at it and everything was fine working fine last night and heating how water were working this morning.. Popped to the shops came home and put the heating on, heard a bit of banging and clanking which sounded like it was...

Anyone know why this pipe has been compressed/crimped? Never noticed it before as its had a radiator cover on? I'm planning on draining system tomorrow so could possibly take it out and replace with some push fit... Sorry about the cobwebs...

I'm looking to replace radiator in our bathroom, the system hasnt been flushed in years. Am i ok to fit a new rad and stick in some X100 in (3 bed with 9 rads) and hold off using some x400 until i've finished decorating (in a few weeks) or should i remove rad stick the x400 in now and give it a...

As a novice DIYer how do i even go about tidying this up?? (i've pulled the cotton buds and whatever the fury grey sealant stuff was and stuck a bag over it fore now) I replaced the downstaris toilet which was a mess previously but aside from the fact it had been cemented to the ground it was...