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Hi all, can this type of cold water storage tank be used to replace black type cold water storage tank in domestic loft. With the obvious mods of course. I ask because I need to upgrade my 50 gallon tank to 100 gallons and these are much easier to find used and can be had at bargain prices. As...

Hi all, I am looking at this shower Mira mode: model number 1.1874.010 it is already pumped for gravity fed systems, but I have recently had a Stuart Turner three bar monsoon pump added to my domestic hot water system. So I have to supply water to the digital mixer pump for the shower before...

Hi all, I am putting in a new soil pipe and have got to the connecting to the existing part and am unsure of the best way to go about it. Could really use some advice. Cheers.

Hi all, I have had a pipe come apart in my loft over my boiler. The jet of water hit something upstairs causing the rcd to trip before the water got to the boiler. (phew!) The water has pretty much dried up except for behind the control board. And if I look from the front there is water inside...

Hi all, I am going to divide an existing aperture where the stud wall of an en-suite i am planning will meet the aperture, creating a window within/without kinda setup from an existing single long UPVC window. I have settled on housebricks (long side facing out to match the aesthetic of the...

Hi there I have an existing upvc window that is wider than an en-suite that I want to build. roughly 2/3 of it (1500mm) would be inside the en-suite, divided by the stud wall that I wish to erect. I would like the neatest way to divide the aperture leaving me with a window inside and outside of...

Hi, I have somebody coming to replace my tired old kitchen french windows and side lights on Friday. The side lights are 50/50 wall/window, which are to have the wall cut out to allow for full height bi-folding doors. My kitchen diner, hallway, lounge and stairs are all open plan, and it never...

I have just been given some reclaimed pine wall panelling, some is stripped, some is not. (some varnished some painted) I would like to paint it, and would like advice on the best finish, preferably not high gloss, and can I get away with just roughing up the surface and painting over as long as...

Hi, I am about to install a new digital shower (Mira magna UV pumped) http://www.mirashowers.co.uk/onlinecatalog/pdf/magna_uv_bir_fittings_iug.pdf with digital mixer pump (DM Pumped) http://www.mirashowers.co.uk/onlinecatalog/pdf/p4581_1.pdf where my old thermostatic mixer one was, using...

We have a new sink, it is an astrocast echo 1.5 bowl. On the drainer it has a small independent overflow system (they call it aquaturea) whereas there are a few small slots in the corner of the drainer and underneath there is a pipe that leads to a dishwasher type connector (the conical shaped...

Hi, firstly I don't in reality expect anybody to be there tonight but I have to try. I may have dropped an almighty clanger, in a nutshell the glasswasher went bust, I needed to sort it today as it is NYE, so I have bought one that is wired 3 phase, but when referenced on the internet, the...

Hi, I wonder could anybody take a look at the pics and tell me what is best to do about the cracks that have appeared outside of a couple of our downstairs windows. Same elevation. After finding them I went inside and moved a wall unit from against the inside wall and there is quite a damp...

Hi, I want to connect a new radiator to existing pipes that used to have a radiator attached, (before my time here) but haven't been used for quite some time. I like dabbling with basic plumbing but this is something new for me, I would however like to give it a go. The pipes (copper) come from...

Hi guys, I am looking to lay a reclaimed 22mm solid oak t&g floor over glued 22mm P5 boards, floating over 120mm Kingspan insulation, over Visquine DPM, over treated concrete floor in our garage conversion. It is 6 metres square but the oak floor will only cover 1/3 with the other 2/3 carpeted...

Hi, is it acceptable to tee off the pipework on an existing gas fire on the first floor to feed a gas fire on the ground floor? I ask this because the new stove is directly underneath the other, and I was thinking shortest route. I will of course get the corgi guy in to do the technical stuff...

I have recently had our balcony refinished to these standards...Polymer Membrane to be laid on to 350gsm separation fleece and mechanically fixed into T&G roof deck using SP40 steel pressure plates and RS fasteners. I mention this as I now want to finish the ceiling in the room on the underside...

I am looking at buying a pallet (approx 7.0m2) of Black Basalt Flamed 600 x 200 x 50mm tiles, it's drastically reduced and seems to be exactly what I need to fill 1.4m either side of an internal wall made up of concrete bricks into an internal corner with a height of 2.4m. and will provide the...

hi, first of all I have done the searches but can't find anything pertaining to this particular problem. If there are, then I apologise. My UPVC door locks perfectly easily but wont unlock....after reading some of the other posts I opened the door and tried again, again the door mechanism...

Hi, I have a dry, level concrete garage floor approx 6 square metres, with insulation underneath. I am looking to raise the floor by 100mm as part of the conversion to an extra room which will be used every day. On top of that I want to lay something suitable for a covering of 2/3 carpet and...

Hi all, subject almost says it all. I have battened out the ceiling 3.5m x 5m in downstairs (noisy) room, under upstairs bedroom at 450 centres going across the joists. I intend to board with 2700x1200 Soundbloc boards. Three questions please....would you recommend noggins, and if so at what...