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Many thanks for your input. As a result I've pressed the builder for an explanation. He says that the installer is MCS certified but can only issue a certificate naming the builder as the customer not me. The installer is saying that his contract is with the builder and therefore the certificate...

We've just moved into a property that we've had renovated by a building contractor. This included replacing an LPG boiler with an air source heat pump. When I asked for the MCS Installation certificate so that I could apply for the RHI scheme it created panic with the builder and their...

Our builders where initially mystified by five of these drains along the wall of the bungalow they were renovating for us. It turns out that they are set into the various bathroom, toilet and kitchen drain runs leading out to the septic tank. Each one included a trap as shown alongside here. So...

What a sanctimonious contribution from ban-all-sheds. So sorry not to have used precisely the terminology that he would have preferred, but anyway what on earth does his question mean? I thought the aim of this forum was to assist anyone wishing to do-it-themselves to get it right and do it...

Thought so, thanks very much. Bob

Our 'new' house has power cables in surface mounted trunking throughout. The cooker has to move left of its original position for the kitchen I'm installing, as shown. Can I tidy it a little by running the cable in a channel behind the splash back tiles? If so, I'd rather the visible trunking...

Thanks for all the advice - the video was very reassuring. Job done with no problems. The cross bar wasn't removable so cleaning out the old sealing material was a bit awkward. I put on a few turns of PTFE tape, tightened up the nut gradually over an hour or so until there were no drips. The tap...

I've pulled out an old kitchen and found that a small part of the floor beneath is not finished to the same level as the rest. Unfortunately I want to put a refrigerator on part of it so I need to level it up. I don't have much skill with a trowel and stuff that goes off while I'm farting about...

I've pulled out some old kitchen units and exposed this soil pipe connection. I had to drag out an old cardigan and some socks before taking the photo so it must have been causing a problem in the past. Right now it's only very slightly damp around it and there is no smell, but the house is only...

Brilliant! Thanks guys (well most of you!), I feel confident to give it a go now. Bob

This is the stop cock in the house we're renovating. You can see a water droplet forming below the gland (or whatever it's called). I'm happy doing basic plumbing but this looks a bit scary to me. Does it need replacing or is there an in situ fix?

Thanks WabbitPoo, but that's an awful lot of cuts with over 60m of board! We look like going for a cheat and making a dodecagon instead of a circle.

Thanks Holmslaw, but that's a little too demanding in terms of both cost and skill level.

I want to construct a curved gravel path, radius about 5m. If I could bend it ok I would use the 200 x 25mm timber I've used for the straight paths but I think it would be a struggle. I would welcome advice on this.

OK, thanks guys, I've already made the call!

I've read the sticky on DIY gas so maybe the answer is "don't" but.... We have a gas fire fed from a Calor gas bottle a little way from the house. The pipe looks like 15mm copper plumbing pipe but sheathed with green plastic. I'd like to move the gas bottle which would mean extending the...

Thanks Ban, but I think you've misunderstood the significance of the bend in the drive. If I could get away with a ready made, albeit shallow, trench alongside then that would be great. But if I've got to do a proper trench then it's much shorter, and softer, to go across the third side of the...

Thank you everyone for your time. The drive has a 90 degree bend in it so if I have to bury a cable "properly" then I will go straight across the lawn, paths and raised beds with a mini digger - my wife will like that. Also it looks like I've been misled by the gate opener descriptions - 24v...

I mean whatever voltage these things use - the ones I've looked at have been 24v.

We're having a proper driveway built (hooray!). In the future we might like to install an automatic gate opener so this seems like a good time to lay a cable. If we used the low voltage type could we get away with laying it along the bottom of the kerbstone setting shown here? If yes, what spec...