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Thank-you for the helpful reply Wayners.

I have a metal garage door that I want to paint white, there is rust on the seams. What is the best procedure to stop the rust coming through?

I am going to replace the vinyl flooring in the kitchen. Below one double kitchen unit the chipboard baseboard is bowing in. I have taken it off and placed weights on it for a few days but is has not helped. Is there a way to straighten it out? I would replace it but it has an unusual colour...

Thank-you for the replies and help. I turned the power off at the consumer unit, took the cover off. It was very dusty so I brushed it off. The left hand screw would not pull in anymore so I found another screw and it is sitting flush to the wall now. Only a tiny gap which is due to the...

I have this double socket that does not sit flat to the wall, I think it was a single socket originally and the previous owner fitted this one. See attached picture. It irritates me whenever I see it. Do these conversions ever sit flush to the wall? Should I try another one or if not I was...

Yes I still have the knee kicker I used originally.

I fitted carpet and vinyl throughout my property 11 years ago and am going to replace the worn out ones. Before I managed with a carpet stretcher and knife and scissors. I saw some youtube videos where the fitter used a carpet edge cutter. The Roberts Deluxe carpet trimmer is about £67. I do...

Good points and many thanks for your help.

Thanks for the replies. Yes, the vertical pipe. The wall is concrete block and plaster. I had fixed the pipe at 300mm intervals up to the ceiling. At the moment the space between fixings is 900mm, as you said I could get one where you put the arrow at a bit of an angle which would bring it...

There is only 120mm between the airing cupboard wall and the cylinder. I would like to add 1 or 2 more fixings but cannot get a drill in there or swing a hammer. Is there any way to do that please?

Thanks for the helpful tips. I have connected the pipes to the Kitchen hot tap and was surprised that I have decent pressure, it feels the same as when the pipe feeding it was underground, so no pump needed. There is only 120mm between the airing cupboard wall and the cylinder. I would like to...

Thank-you. I do like that galv band, it will be useful to support the pipe in many places in the bathroom and kitchen where I cannot fit a clip to anything. In the loft I can wrap in around the lagged pipe and fix it to the joist. On another note, I did find some of what I think are Mouse...

Thank-you. I did not explain myself very well. I meant as the pipe will be fixed to the joists by nail in pipe clips the pipe will be touching the joists, not allowing the lagging to go right the way around the pipe.

Thank-you. When lagging, I was going to use the foam type. Is that the best type to use? Do they need to be cut down lengthwise to go around the pipe until it hits the joist?

Thank-you both. Nail in type pipe clips every 30cm?

Thank-you. I will ask in the shop if I can compare the normal with the layflat. If the pipe is going below the loft insulation I will drill holes in the joists to pass the pipe through and then clip it along a joist. I was also going to lag the pipe, is that correct?

Thank-you. I bought 22mm speedfit layflat for the bath hot water as I had read that it is more flexible than the normal PEX pipe but I found it very difficult to work with and ended up using ordinary speedfit pipe, pressure is good and no leaks. For going up into the loft and into the kitchen...

I did not hear back from either of the 2 Plumbers that came round and promised me a quote 3 weeks ago, I did text them, 1 replied but still no quote so I did as denso13 suggested and cut the pipe and put a ball valve on the end. The water in the loft tank did not drop overnight. I rerouted the...

I am still waiting for the quote, how much would you say is a reasonable price?

I live in a bungalow with concrete floors and no central heating, I have economy 7. At the end of December Anglian water notified me that I may have a leak, using 2 to 3 litres per hours 24 hours a day. They came out and I turned the stop tap off and no water was going through the meter. After...