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Can I use standard push fit bits on this old plastic pipe ? The fittings at the end are marked with hbp but rather than try and remove them simply cut the pipe and add a push fit connection instead. Is that possible or do I have to use some special sort of fitting on them ? Thanks!

So we've had our electricity tripping randomly.. We have an old fuse board so all the circuits are on a single rcd, so fault finding has been tricky. We got home today to a burning smell from the area, called an emergency electrician who found the tails going into the meter had come lose, he...

Is this a specialist job ? I just need a piece cut (so it will not protrude above some floorboards) and then joined back into the copper pipe. We had a plumber out today who said he couldn't do it because he didn't have the correct tools. Just wondering if i'm going to get major issues tracking...

Our sockets seem to be randomly tripping overnight, everything is fine during the day but trip in the middle of the night. On Monday i switched off all the circuits apart from the plugs and it didn't trip, last night i left on the upstairs lighting circuit and the plugs and it did trip. I'm not...

Hey, We live in a 3 bed house where all the sockets upstairs and downstairs are on one circuit. I've recently renovated the bathroom and switched from an electric shower to it running of the combi. So I now have a spare shower cable, directly below the bathroom is the kitchen, I can see that...

Hi, I live on the seafront and when it's really windy, the wind causes the ravenheat boiler to whistle. It doesn't matter if the boiler is on or off, it still happens. The flue faces directly out horizontal and takes the full force of the wind and the rain. I've tried covering the flue from...

Hi All, I live in a block of flats in a listed building, the top flat has some damp around the chimney breast so they organised for someone to have a look at the roof. They have come back and said that we need a completely new roof, all chimneys need to be reflashed etc.... i have attached...

Hi All, Easy one for you ....hopefully! In my bathroom i have a pull chord next to the door, to turn on the lights. I would like to remove the pull chord and extending the wire, down inside the plasterboard wall onto the outside of the bathroom. What is the correct way to extend the...

Hi All, I live in a ground floor flat with the central heating pipes running under the flooring..... you know where this is going! anyway i top the boiler up and within 10 mins the pressure drops from 1 bar to 0. This would indicate to me a leak somewhere. The bathroom is currently being...

We had a combi boiler fitted about 18 months ago (ravenheat) and we are now redoing the kitchen. Can all combi boilers be boxed in? Would I have to check with the manufacturer? Cheers neil

Hello, I made the mistake of buying a concealed cistern from ebay which appears to be have a number of foreign fixings.... I need to extend the flush pipe (only around 5 - 10cm) but i can't find a piece of pipe to fit. The pipe appears to be 42mm? which i can't find anywhere. Any...

Hi there, Recently our combi boiler pressure has been dropping drastically to the extent that we have to top it up in the morning to have a shower (the pressure has dropped to 0). So it sounds like a leak somewhere....... We have now turned the central heating on and have found that one rad...