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HI I was asked today whilst installing a gas cooker if I would install the clients Bidet, I have never seen one of these before, it fits on to the WC seat and has a hot and cold feed that go on the basin pipework. My concern is that I thought a Bidet had to have check valves or a separate...

Hi Today the client had a faulty stopcock so I turned the water off in the road. I then had to drain his header tank etc to change several sets of taps, the problem I have is that after turning on the water at the road nothing came on, he has a kitchen tap on mains pressure which is dead and...

Hi I am doing a cloakroom, there is an existing waste coming through from the kitchen, it runs behind lots of cupboards so I am unable to replace the lot, it sticks out the wall about 4" which I need to get on to! Oh and it's gold plastic? I have cleaned the old paint off and tried a...

Hi I am re-doing a bathroom in a 1940's house, the Basin waste falls in to a lead pipe which is 1 1/2" in diameter, this is the first time i have come across lead when doing bathroom renovations. Is there a standard method of connecting plastic to lead? I have brought a 1 1/2" rubber...

Guy's and Gals What's the concensus for painting woodwork, when i quote for a job i quote for one coat primer/undercoat and two coats gloss or satinwood, the problem is depending on how much wood work there is its going to be at least 2 days for glossing as its 16-18 hours drying time. do...

Hi I fitted a bench Radiator a while ago in the hall, its now time for me to put the new flooring down, the problem i have is there is so little room between the Rad and the floor that there is not any room for an isolation valve. I tried to upload image but not working today... Does...

Hi I have four Velux windows on a low pitched roof, the roof tiles are flat and are basicaly cut down each side of the window, the flashing kit that came with the windows has a foam edge that butts up against the under side of the tiles about two inches from the cut edge. My question is...

Hi I am refitting a bathroom in a studio flat, the idea was to remove the toilet and concealed cistern, take down boxing section and open the room up to the existing wall line, and install a close coupled toilet. All well and good until i removed the panelling and found a cold water...

Hi I am in need of someone to build some garden walls, and lay a concrete base in the garden, about 8-10 days work. What is a reasonable price for a day rate in Surrey, i have been told about £180 cash? Thanks

Hi I have plumbed in the kitchen sink and waste disposal today and i must say it looks very neat, i have a problem with one of the 90deg elbows it is leaking ever so slowly about a drip every 20mins, the elbow is very awkward to get to but i made sure the pipe went all the way in, i have...

Hi If i am taking the sink and washing machine waste through the outside wall and into an open drain, are there any regs or considerations to take in to account? i.e the height above the drain that the pipe terminates, or the height it comes out of the wall above the drain? Cheers Ian

Should an engineered Oak floor be layed before a kitchen is fitted or after? I am worried about the finished height of the floor, and if fitted appliances will be removable if i fit the floor after, but I have also read you should not fit units on to a floating floor? Any Help please? :?:

Hi I am going to be fitting a kitchen in a couple of weeks, but there is one thing that is playing on my mind. The Kitchen comes with 150mm kick boards, i am also going to instal engineered wood flooring over a 6mm thermo board, so thats about 22mm in total, my question is: Do I take the...

We have had some work done outside the work involves: A power feed went direct into a shed that has since been removed. So we wanted the armoured cable that comes underground out of the house and under the concrete base of the old shed that has been removed (concrete base on the right with...

Hi I am installing 5 new Rads in an extension using 22mm Polyplumb above the floor insulation which will then have a screed over the top, I was going to use a 22-15 reducing elbow that speedfit now do, to convert from the 22 to 15 for the rad feeds (up pipes), but i cant get hold of...

Hi I have just had the shell of the extension done, and before the screed etc is completed i want to run pipes for up to five radiators, the feed for these is easily accessible, my question is would you run 22mm copper or 22mm MDPE for this. The copper would of course be protected in...

Hi I want to tile an open plan kitchen area, and also lay engineered oak flooring on the dining side, the problem is the threshold between the two areas is about 4.5 meters. I have seen the thresholds you use between rooms in doorways, even double doors, but how do you bridge such a large...

Hi I am going to fit a Limestone fireplace which arrived today, I have been reading lots of tips on the internet about this, I need to attach metal brackets on to the leg uprights, the problem i have is how do you fit these to the limestone? Do you drill hols and use resign to anchor the...

Hi Can anyone lead me in the right direction to find specific details of regulations regarding the construction of a false chimney breast to house a gas power flue fire. I have spent ages on the web searching but can not find anything useful, such as what materials are allowed and...

Hi I have a problem with my heating system which i am sure is fairly common in older houses. The drain point for the heating system is on the kitchen rad, the problem i have is most of the pipes run under the concrete floor so there is a lot of water lower than the drain point, the last time...