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Why not install some sort of siren attached to your garage doors with a hidden on /off switch.

lump hammer for tiles,jig saw for floor lboards

I am doing a bit of DIY on a rain water gulley and I need to reconnect about a metre of pipework in plastic onto clay pipe.The angle of one of the connections is a bit awkard and I was thinking of using a Wickes twist lock bend to get round the problem,and use a UPVA/clay connector to complete...

Now all is clear,cheers Shaggy.

A bit naughty that reply Breezer,my mother has lived in and looked after her council house for many years as many of her neighbours have as well.

Legs andShaggy can I just get this right,!00mm Hardcore,30mmSand blinding,Dpm,75mm Screed ,Polystyrene,18mm Chipboard floor in that order.Would that be ok,sorry to be a nuiscance.

Thank you everbody,the topic was not such a big problem but one of those niggledy things that one cannot seem to get right made more so by the fact that the cold tap as always been ok.cheers

Yes, and Ialso put some mastic on it but tap still works loose.How much pressure wil the plastic 'nut' take ? or can I replace it with a brass one.

why do the taps on my new bath keep working loose.Ihave tightened one of them up twice but it still works loose.They are tightened up with the flimsy looking plasticky nut under the bath which I dont want to over do as the bath is 8mm plastic.Is there a tip to this job.

Ta for all the answers.

I have a small bungalow which is heated by a combi boiler.All the lockshield valves are fully open.Would I benefit by balancing the system bearing in mind that all my rads are on one level ie bungalow also the bathroom rad does not have a trv fitted all the other rads do ,a total of 5 rads,would...

Legs, do you mean screed on the dpm instead of concrete

I know this subject has been discussed before on this forum but I cannot find an answer to my question.I intend to build the floor like this=100mm compacted hardcore then 30mm sand blinding=120g DPM=100concrete=polystyrene slab=chipboard floor,in that order.Do you thik this would be OK.By the...

Thanks for the replys lads.Apart from the cost why do plumbers still use copper the plastic and fittings are a lot easier to use but will there be a payback time when the joints start to fail. regards

I have a combi heating system and would like to alter one or two pipe runs myself.The system at present is all in 15mm copper pipe,could I use plastic in place of the copper pipe for the runs I want to alter. regards

Thanks bahco

Quick tip although a bit late,if you damage your plaster and lath ceiling you can repair it by acrowing it up from below and then pour plaster of paris onto the laths fom above. regards

I have got a cistern with a push button flush,the problem is that when the toilet is flushed the cistern fills up and at the end of the filling process a loud thump is heard thro the pipework,what can I do to cure this. regards

On a combi system with trv,s fitted to all rads does the other valve have to be fully opened or do the rads have to be balanced as in a conventional system.

The floors are made of what is termed rock asphalt,similar to bituemen.