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Hi, I've recently refitted our main bathroom and built an ensuite. In both I've fitted Turbo Tube Pro inline fans to take care of the ventilation. These are being extracted outdoors via the loft and then the soffits. I did some research and found the best I could afford, because a) the ensuite...

Hi, We're having a Worcester Greenstar Heatslave II external boiler fitted, and was looking at the Worcester Easy Control smart stat, which requires the easy control adapter to work with the oil boiler. Worcester technical say that this will only work the heating side and cannot control the dhw...

Hi All, We inherited an HRM Wallstar 12/14 "half moon" boiler when we bought our house 12 or so years ago. It's been reliable and based on advice from previous posts on here, we're aiming to keep it as long as we can. It's in an open vented Y plan config. It's always run well, I've drained...

Hi, We've bought an American style fridge freezer that requires plumbing. It's going on the wall in the kitchen that is opposite to the water supply, so no water supply nearby. In the loft above (bungalow) there is a nearby mains cold feed to the CH header tank which I can tee into. My...

Hi All, We've recently created a new ensuite, and have moved the existing electric shower circuit from the main bathroom into this. We are now looking to refit the main bathroom and considering our shower options. I've spoken to a local electrician who says we could have a second electric...

Hi, Fitting a new en-suite, and I bought a toilet and concealed cistern from Victorian Plumbing. As soon as the two were assembled, there was a small leak on the flush pipe cone. The cone supplied was quite a flimsy thin rubber one. I've purchased two replacements from Toolstation. One is the...

Hi All, I've bought this trap today https://www.wickes.co.uk/McAlpine-ST90CP10-70---Shower-Trap---Chrome---38mm/p/118624 I chose it based on the fact the internals completely disassemble for cleaning. Our existing trap doesn't, just has a removable basket and is a total pain to clean when...

Hi, We are currently creating an en-suite using space in our existing bathroom. The house is 1980's cavity wall which has been retrospectively filled with insulation. The new en-suite walls will be stud, using MR plasterboard all round with aquapanel cement board & tanking in the shower area...

Hi All, We will be soon embarking on a bathroom refurb, and building on an en-suite within the footprint of the existing bathroom. We will aim to complete as much of the work ourselves as possible, and plan to notify building control and involve trades where necessary. At this stage I'm trying...

Hi All, Approx 10 years ago I built a walk in shower in our bathroom. We bought one of these "fast flow" shower traps that is basically a bottle within a bottle rather than having a P shape in the pipe. It works great in terms of flow, however it gets bunged up quite quickly with hair and gunk...

Hi, We've lived in our house for 8 years. It was a repossession, so when we moved in the CH was drained. I filled it and added inhibitor. It's worked pretty flawlessly since, except for needing a new circulation pump in Jan 17. Earlier this week, I noticed that the radiators towards the end of...

Hi, I've had a look through some decking posts on the forum but can't quite find anything that matches my situation. Background: I've removed an old conservatory from the back of our house, and in it's place we'd like to put some decking. We have left the concrete slab in place, as there is...

Hi All, All the time we've lived in our bungalow (6 years) we've had a minor issue with condensation in our loft. I say minor, because until now it hasn't really caused us a problem. So every winter, condensation forms on the inside of our roofing felt, and then drips onto the insulation. It's...

Hi All, I need to replace the back door in our bungalow; we're losing an old leaky/tatty lean-to which will expose the back door to the elements. Although the existing back door is UPVC, it's very old and tired and needs replacing. The back door obviously didn't exist in the original build...

Hi All, Our dishwasher packed up recently so we bought the Which recommended Beko DW686 to replace the old one. I installed it on Saturday morning, and ran it for the first time. After the cycle had finished, I noticed that the floor to the right of the unit, underneath the kitchen cabinet...

Hi All, Our Hotpoint LFT114 built-in dishwasher leaked all over the kitchen floor last night. I pulled it all out, mopped up and left a dehumidifier running and then went to bed. I've looked at the dishwasher this morning, and the cause appears to be a split drain pipe. However! Whilst...

Hi, OK, so the long and short of it is that the contractor who has been working on our drains has managed to cut through our oil supply pipe with their disc cutter. Accidents happen, and I don't want to berate their mistake too much since they have done a great job on the drains. I'm...

Hi All, We purchased an Astracast MSK 1.5 bowl composite granite sink to go in our new kitchen. Our worktop is 50mm. The sink clips supplied with the sink are not long enough to fit the worktop. The extension clips supplied with the worktop do not fit the sink clips on the sink. I...

Hi All, We are currently in the process of refitting our kitchen / dining room. It's a rectangular room, approx 7m x 3.3m. In one end, we have laid quartz tiles and fitted the kitchen units. In the other end, we have ordered a carpet which is being fitted on Thursday. For the transition...

Hi All, We're currently renovating and redecorating our whole house. For the skirtings, doors and architraves, we wanted a white gloss finish, so chose Dulux Once Gloss. Big mistake! It has started to yellow already, and has only been on for 8 weeks. Where we had new skirting/architrave I...