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Hi, I've moved into a flat and have no idea on changing the timer on the attached images. any thoughts..

Hi, A few months ago, I removed the radiator in the bathroom and replaced it with a new towel rail. Its taken me a while to add the earth clamps for the pipes coming off the towel rail. I added them yesterday using the existing wires from the old radiator. Not sure if connected in any...

Please can someone help me on the forum posted in flooring.. //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1974531#1974531

Hi Guys, I'm on the last few days of my bathroom rennovation. I've just laid 6mm wbp ply ontop of the floorbords using screws. I have purchased F-ball 131 and 700 superflex. Any advice on application and drying times.. (Also amtico ps adhesive) I was hoping to have the amtico dowm tom. The...

Hi Guys, I'm on the last few days of my bathroom project. Yesterday I removed a cheap tatty radiator from the bathroom and want to replace it with a towel rail type. The existing rad pipes come up through the floorbords at 730 ctrs, the new rad will have 550 ctrs. I have located the pipe...

Hi, I have just added a lot of polycell trade filler to some areas of my bathroom and was going to do a mist coat (20% water mixed) of Dulux mouldtek soft sheen and then finish with a dulux bathroom paint as a top coat.(mixed at B&Q) Is this ok, as I have 2 tins of mouldtek for the celing so...

I am currently refurbing my bathroom. I have one wall which was in bad condition so I removed all the lime plaster and wooden slats to enable me to construct frames for the wall hung basin and toilet. All the other walls are sound and have been plastered in the last 10 years. Due to its...

Hi Guys, I'm having a nightmare trying to fing a fitting for a toilet cistern I purchased from ebay. It was imported from China. The toilet cistern has a built in braided hose and has a male 12mm connector on the end! I have searched, but found nothing that would attach.. I have a 12mm to...

Hi, I'm currently rennovating my bathroom in the loft. The hot tap at the moment takes a good 10mins to fill the bath. This is currently an old mixer tap. The pipework is 15mm, with standard iso valves which I am replacing with full bore ones. As I am also building a structure to hold...

Hi, I have spent half an hour trying to figure out how to remove the top of these taps to replace the washer.. any advice would be greatly appreciated. photo attached, Thankyou so much, franc [net]

Hi, I need to upgrade my Baxi 80 Eco combi boiler as the hot water pressure in the top floor bathroom is pathetic and we're having a new bathroom. I need another Baxi combi boiler that gives better pressure as the hot water has to travel up 15 feet from the boiler to the bathroom. I...

Hi, Since moving into my 2 storey flat 3 years ago, I have had to top up the water using the filling loop below the boiler as the pressure has been reducing to below 0.5 bar. (I top up to 1 bar when cold) This summer I noticed a damp patch in the wall below a lot of the central heating...

Hi, What is the easiest way to strip these concrete cills (i think maybe sandstone)? I have a heat gun.. Then paint with homebase primer and undercoat all in one. Then weathershield white gloss. When stripping and painting my back windows I never achieved a completey smoth glass like...

Hi, I'm currently painting my mums lounge which has walls and ceiling all in a salmon pink paint. I have started the ceiling with dulux luxurious silk brilliant white, but it has already had 4 coats and still needs another! To save me having to paint the walls with 5 coats, can anyone...

Hi, I helped a friend strip the exterior sills of his house in Battersea and when we got the paint off with a heat gun it became clear that the stone or concrete sill needed repair. One of the sills has 3 large cracks leaving a gaping 5-10mm gap (it has a little decorative feature at each...

My mums plumber said the heat exchanger on the boiler is cracked. Its only 7 years old. Does anybody know where we can purchase a new heat exchanger from?

Hi All, I have just replaced the diaphragm in the hot water diverter valve. Before I did anything I turned the water off (and electric), ran all hot taps and drained the water from the boiler using the 'boiler drain point' (the white plastc drain point) After replacing the diaphragm I...

I've checked through the ref section and everything seems ok, but my kitchen light has stopped working. I've removed the old light which had 4 halogens as it suddenly stopped working. I replaced the bulbs and it still didn't work. I've checked the fuse box and nothing had tripped. I wanted...