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    Outside tap, what would you do?

    Hi all I have just been asked to fit an external tap for a customer & was wondering if I could ask for some advice? I need to drill through the cavity wall obviously, but what I am struggling to get my head round is do I, A. Drill through the back of the kitchen unit & continue through the...
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    Fibreglass ladders-anyone use them?

    Hi all, I am in the process of purchasing a new ladder for my business (single man property maintenance) I had it in my mind that I would be buying an aluminium 3 section but came across the fibreglass ones on Wickes website, anybody got any opinions on them? The only advantage I can see with...
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    Replacement key for safety screws on bathroom bulkhead light

    Hi all, I am looking to find a key for the security screws on the bathroom bulkhead lights at a property that I look after, the bolts are triangular in shape but are much smaller than a standard gas box key. I managed to take the old bolts out using snipe nose pliers but because of the...
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    Mechanical door closers?

    Hi all, a quick question on mechanical door closers if I may. I look after a property which has the above type of door closers, standard type I would guess as I have seen a lot of them, mounted to the upper part of the door. Is it possible to mount them on the opposite side of the door to which...
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    Sealing threads on central heating pump?

    Hi all a quick question if I may, do you recommend using PTFE or any form of sealing compound on the treads of a central heating pump when it is changed? :D
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    Burying gas pipe in wall?

    Hi all, I am looking for some advice on a job that I am doing at the moment. By trade I am a bathroom fitter, painter decorator/ handyman. In the house I am fitting a bathroom in at the moment the owner has asked me to look at a couple of other jobs for him. There is a 10mm gas feed running from...
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    Cutting tiles with a bevel?

    Hi all, I am keen on some tiles for my bathroom which have a beveled edge. I was wondering if there would be any difficulty with cutting them with a dry cutter as it will not be possible to scribe the whole lenth of the tile as the two ends will run away from the cutting wheel. If that is the...
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    Installing a wood burning stove

    Hi all a friend of mine is keen to replace his oil fired heating with a wood burning stove, what regulations are in place that he needs to adhere to, and will he need to get a qualified tradesman in to do or is it acceptable for a competent person to install one? I assume it would need a...
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    Coffee machine waste pipe?

    Hi all, I am in the process of plumbing in a coffee machine, at present the waste runs into a stand pipe but the trap sludges up due to there being very little in the way of water flowing through it, what water there is has a high volume of coffee waste to contend with so the trap sludges up...
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    No stop cock at boundary to property?

    Hi all as the title says I am trying to do some minor work in the kitchen of a lady I know but am having problems with my stop cocks! Her house (very old) is one of two located on their own approx 50 mtrs from the main road, unfortunatly her stop cock under the kitchen sink is solid & won't...
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    Water leaking past my WC spigot!

    Hi all I am having a real nightmare with a WC that I am fitting at the moment, in fact I have just taken it out again for the third time and am slightly miffed to say the least. The WC is one of those 'designer' ones where all the connections are concealed within the body of the WC, the outflow...
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    Steel frame work for dry lining

    Hi all, can anybody recommend a stockist for the steel frame work for dry lining to? I was told that Wickes do it but could not locate it on their website? Many thanks, :D
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    Yet another numb question!

    Hi all, Sorry for yet another numb question I have just posted this by mistake on the building forum so have also posted here as well! I am doing some work with a friend on his bathroom, it is an 1850@'s build and a lot of the work is of a pretty poor standard. We have decided to put...
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    Lurking behind a plasterboard wall!

    Hi all, Doing some work with a friend to his 1850's property we are refitting a new (downstairs) bathroom, as the walls were in such poor repair we ripped all the old plasterboard off and lurking under the back wall (external) were two 1" steel pipes coming vertically out of the floor and...
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    Yet another numb question!

    Hi all, Sorry for yet another numb question :lol: I am doing some work with a friend on his bathroom, it is an 1850@'s build and a lot of the work is of a pretty poor standard. We have decided to put a shower in one corner but as there was so much flex in the plaster board (stud...
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    Thermostatic mixer always cold right & hot left?

    A quick question as I am om my way to a friends house to do a job, we are putting in a thermostatic mixer shower, as he has yet to buy the shower & I want to a run the plumbing in chased into the wall, my question is is it always hot into the right and cold into the left on thermostatic mixer...
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