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Hello. I bought a fancy Twyford round E200 corner sink and the mounting bolts they recommend. Trouble is, the sink doesn't have the cutouts you'd expect to take the bolts. There are slots in the back, but they're both near the back corner - not by the outer edges where they'd be able to...

Hello. I've just had a new external, oil-fired boiler fitted and the oil supply pipe runs from the tank to the boiler above ground, clipped to a wall. I'm a bit worried that it's exposed to knocks - also the plastic coating on the copper is white and stands out lime a sore thumb. So my...

Hi everyone. I'm going to be boarding the loft before it gets too cold. Got some loft legs to up the insulation by another 170mm while I'm at it. Good practice is to keep wiring on top of insulation, but this isn't always possible. I was thinking of running the lighting cables through...

Hello there. I just posted this in the 'Appliances' section, but I thought this might be a better place to pose the question: We have a Lofra cooker. It’s only two years old but it’s started to trip the RCD (the house is wired to the 11th) when it gets to temperature and the thermostat clicks...

Hello there. I have a Lofra cooker, it’s only two years old but it’s started to trip the RCD (the house is wired to the 11th) when it gets to temperature and the thermostat clicks the element off. In a way it’s handy because when the TV goes off, I know it's ready. But it’s not really...

Hi chaps. Something doesn’t seem quite right with my MEB, and I'd like to get an opinion more professional than mine about it. I’m pretty sure my earth is a TN-S system, although a couple of things puzzle me: One, the main earth bond only seems to be in about 4mm2 wire. And it’s the old...

Hello. I’m planning to install a roddable bottle gully drain beneath the kitchen window to catch the waste from the sink and washing machine. This will be run around the house with a wide bend to the existing foul pipe, about 5 meters away. The join will be around 3 meters downstream of where...

In the corner of my bathroom there’s a cupboard. It used to be the airing cupboard, as the hot water tank once sat directly below it in the kitchen. To let the warm air circulate, the dividing bit of floor was left out – not cut away, but never created. I’d like to get rid of the cupboard to...