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Although I haven't collected the new radiator, I'm estimating that my pipes are going to be approx 20-30mm too short for connecting a new double rad up where my single used to be. The pipes come through the wall so I'm not really sure how I'm supposed to go about extending them or trying to...

Hi all, I've got a fairly old Valor portable gas heater model number 389 serial 389:43A817 and for whatever reason this morning when I'm actually doing stuff that requires the room to be warmed, the thermocouple seems to have stopped working because although the pilot light lights, as soon as...

Morning all, I'll start by putting your minds at ease and tell you this is not electrical sockets I'm looking to move, but I know it's an electricians bread and butter so you guys will be able to advise best. Basically, I want to move my master telephone socket from our living room to our...

Hi all, I feel incredibly stupid having to ask this considering I've spent the last 5 years looking after 3 complex industrial heating/hot water systems and I'm struggling to even figure out my own basic home set up. As far as domestic systems go, ever since I've understood how to switch a...

Evening all, I've dropped a bit of a bo**ock this afternoon when extending an old pipe that comes out of the ground to use as a hose pipe. I have been completely unable to locate any service valves for it so used a freezing kit to plug it while I cut the broken old tap off it to fit a new...

Could anyone tell me what the brass body of this TRV setup is called please? I've had both parts down to my local plumb centre where I know our plumbing contractor got them, but they don't know what it is or how to order me more of them. They can get the Drayton heads no problem, but...

Hi all, I've had a submersible pump in a small hole in the floor in our cellar for just over a year and last week it just suddenly started tripping the fuses. It's just a normal 240v puddle pump (http://www.clarkeservice.co.uk/manuals/submersible_water_pumps/psp125.pdf) and it's plugged...

Can anyone tell me what is most commonly used for sealing around the edges of UPVC windows? I had assumed it is just silicone, but I'm having real difficulty digging the stuff out from around my windows (it has retracted and there are gaps around all my windows making the house draughty) it...

Quick question and apologies for a bit of brain dumping. I have a pitched roof over my garage so I would like to board the roof space out to use for storage of smaller items that usually clutter my garage up, but because I use the garage for training during winter, I'd also like to insulate...

Hi all, I'm having an ongoing issue with two floodlights on the side of my building. They are the only two lights on the circuit as far as I'm aware and for about 6 months now I've been unable to use them because no sooner do they start warming up, they trip. As advised by my electrical...

Hi all, I'm just trying to get an idea of a few jobs I need to do with our house that we moved into in May. Our shower room isn't exactly running with condensation when we use the shower, however, the extractor fan is on the other side of the room from our shower, and we clearly have a bit...

As in my last post, this is another concern of mine with regards to our 8 year old house feeling cold in general. We had a huge draught going through our living room with one of the windows not shutting against the draught excluders, but we've had that fixed now and the living room feels...

I had a chap out to fix a couple of the hinges on our UPVC windows as they weren't closing properly and were letting a huge draught into the house, and when he came out he asked me if I wanted him to fix the sealant around our windows too as he had done a few of the houses in the estate and...

Hi all, I recently moved into my new house and have a bathroom and separate shower room, both of which are currently carpeted and stink! I have already bought the tiles I'm going to put down, but I would also like to put some underfloor heating down too. The bathroom isn't too bad and is...

Hi all, Probably just down to my own inexperience but my dad is retired and I'm trying to sell a load of his tools on, one of which is a Probst Stone Magnet. I'm just trying everything to make sure it's working and I've put a new battery in it and changed a couple of the internal hoses in...

Morning all, My aging grandfather suffered a bit of a fall last week and somehow managed to smash the shodily installed BT master off the wall at the bottom of the stairs so their landline stopped working. Fortunately my mother was due up there only half an hour later on so she called me...

This is not a job I have any intention of tackling personally so no need to get up in arms about what I should or shouldn't be doing, but my boss has asked me to come up with a solution and I'm fed up with waiting for contractors to come out (not that I blame them, but my boss' slow paying of...

I have a dresser on which two of these have snapped causing the legs to break off. Can anyone tell me what they're called and suggest somewhere I can get replacements from? Ta!!

Hi all, I have a doorway measuring 1200x2300 for which I need to build a screen door. The door isn't used that much but when it is used is used for carrying heavy goods in and out so it needs to be sturdy enough that I can hook it back out of the way and it isn't going to fall to bits...

I'm trying to mount a microwave bracket onto a drywall in my new (just moved in last week but house is 8 years old) house and everywhere is bloody plasterboard. I know from taking a socket off the wall that the construction is some kind of metal framing behind the plasterboard and wondered if...