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Hi all, the circuit that heats my HW tank has developed a leak. What are my options for fixing it? * The leak is in the copper pipe run between the boiler and the tank - i.e. not at the connection to the boiler nor at the cylinder. * It only drips through the ceiling when the boiler fires up to...

My unvented system was installed during a whole house renovation 5 or 6 years ago. There are two issues I'd like to address: 1) Hot water circulation on demand 2) Improve shower pressure The hot water system has a circulation 'ring' whereby the hot water can get pumped out of the cylinder...

I need to replace the cables to my 3kw Immersion heaters. Toolstation sell two different heat resistant flex cable: 1) Pitacs 3 Core Heat Resistant Flex Cable (3093Y) 1.5mm2 • PVC insulated • Resistant to 90°C • BS6500...

I've had to use my immersion heaters for the first time recently due to a problem with the gas. The switches got very hot and now one won't switch. Reading threads on this forum have raised some questions about the switches.... I've got a Gledhill tank laid on it's side with two 3kW immersion...

Hi all, I'm slowly emerging from a nightmare situation where the contractor of my renovation went bust leaving my house with a lot of problems. I'm now trying to get the paperwork together for building control. Before the contractor went under, the boiler had been installed and was running...

My garden lighting is going to have about 8 230v spike lights like this. The cable around the edge of the garden is going to be armoured SWA looping in and out of junction boxes. The flex that's attached to the spike lights are then going to be wired to the junction boxes. What conduit can I...

Hi, I'm hoping to put a 3m run of led strip in my garden and am mainly looking for advice on the driver housing. However, all things told it's looking like this might cost £70-100 just for this 3m run :eek:, so I would also appreciate any pointers if I can do this cheaper. I'm thinking of...

I'm building a shed: stud walls, breather membrane, roofing battens, featheredge. So the roofing battens create an air gap behind the featheredge cladding. I'm going to use some waney edge Douglas fir or larch on the fascia of the roof. Can I nail the single fascia board directly onto the...

Hi all, Supply issues are driving me nuts. I'm going to be cladding a small garden building in treated featheredge. Does it matter whether I use 4" (100mm) or 5" (125mm) boards?

Hi all, What shelf runners do you recommend? I'm looking for runners for a shelf that will hold a crate of wine, so potentially up to 19kg. The crate will be sideways on - so the shelf will be long (500mm) and shallow (330mm). I love blum's movento runners on drawers, but the downside (aside...

Where can I get timber that is pre-rebated to accept tongue and groove? I'm planning to build a small bike shed, basing the design off a neighbour's. It's made with tongue and groove and the tongue and groove boards slot into rebated framing members. It looks very similar to this. Can you get...

I'm sticking a playhouse on the top of my shed. What should I use for the roof? I'd like it to be visually clear that the playhouse is just a modest playhouse for the kids - not a two-storey shed or other permanent building. I'll probably use feather edge on the sides of the playhouse, but I...

Hi, Can you give me a recommendation for a gate valve/tap that: * has a wall fixing or can be attached to wall fixing * output is either horizontal or vertical male 3/4 BSP * input is 15mm supply pipe. ? Background: I'm sorting out irrigation in my garden. The supply will be a 15mm pipe. I...

My cedar for my fence is arriving on Friday. It going to be the horizontal slatted type of fence with slats of about 44mm x 19mm. Something like this: I want to treat it so that it doesn't silver. I've been told by Osmo tech support that it's the pigments in the woodstain that really block...

I'm going to be building a small shed/garden room with a 2.1m x 2.2m flat roof (i.e. 4.6 sq m). It'll be EPDM with a 1.44 degree slope and a single gutter along the back. It's in the South East. Would 76mm mini guttering be a good solution or do I need a 112mm half round?

I'm building a shed on a concrete base and am wondering whether to put some membrane beneath the floor. I suspect the landscaper didn't put a DPM below the concrete. My shed is actually going to sit on 40x40mm plastic battens. On the battens will go some tonge and groove P5 egger protect...

Hi, Can you recommend some screws for an application where the top of the screw will constantly be in contact with moisture? It's to screw a 9mm thick plastic board to some battens. The battens will be on the dry side of the plastic board, but the other side of the board will be covered in a...

Hi, My cctv installer extended a cat5 cable using some connectors. Please can you help me identify them. He used on connector for each core. From memory, the connector is a disc approximately 5mm across. Its sort of milky white, but amber towards the middle. It appears to be a permanent...

In order to route a 15mm water pipe out into my garden, it needs to first go down and under an obstacle in an inaccessible space before coming up to the height of the patio which is the first accessible point. In this case then, there'll be a short section of pipe (300mm) below the drain cock...

We're going to put a tap at the back of my garden. I'm planning to route the pipe in a narrow gap between two fences. Can I use speedfit pipe? I'll paint it, it's in the shade of the fence anyway, and I'll put a bleed valve to drain it in the winter. Copper is feasible, but will require...