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Hi all, I have a toilet which has been in situ for a very long time. The seal between the bowl outlet and waste pipe is visibly cracked and leaks when flushed. It also moves which I try reposition it and feels brittle. Do I: 1. leave the seal in place and slather Plumbers Mait over it or 2...

My house is around 300m from the main road and fed with a 25mm mdpe pipe. It enters my house, runs through a 22mm copper pipe to the boiler and then runs around the house in 15mm pipe. https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/051016200/ If someone is in the main shower, opposite side of the house...

Hi all, I have just ripped up all the carpet to prep for new carpet. The house is an old converted barn with nothing level. A number of the chipboard corners are at different levels. Maybe 5mm tops. No actual movement in the board. Is it better to rip up, pack with spacers and put down new...

I have two gas calor gas bottles outside for hob. They're connected via a transfer valve. Yesterday one run out (expected, roughly on-cue, 12 months per bottle). When I switched from one to the other, I got got a whiff of gas. It was not continued. Normal to have a whiff as you switch...

Hi folks, I have a raised deck outside the rear of the house. The deck is around 1.5m off the ground. The house is listed and stands on a buttressed brick wall (also listed). It's currently around 5m wide and 4m deep (extending out from the house). It's supported by a number of doubled...

Hi folks, I have: * 25 year old oil boiler which is akin to Trigger's Broom. * Live in a large converted barn, large open spaces and normal radiators which need changing. * Excess solar generation (9KW) * Large battery bank and the ability to recharge it at night at 7.5p/unit. I want to get...

I've pretty dismal flow at home. I live in a rural setting and have almost adequate water flow and pressure. Feed from the street / meter is via 25mm over about 250-300m along the drive. Will adding a pump as it enters the house help? Throughout the house it's either 22mm or 15mm copper.

Hi folks, I'm in need of a load of bark. I checked ebay and for 1m3 it's around £220 delivered. B&Q are doing 3x100L bags for £30. If a bulk bag is 1m3 or 1000L, why would B&Q be cheaper? Am I missing something?

Folks, I have a 23 year old oil boiler which is like triggers broom. This morning I woke to a cold house. The pressure gauge on the boiler read zero (I had a leaking rad, forgot to refill). How filled and at 1.5bar I've reset the boiler , the blower spins up for a few seconds and it locks...

Folks, What options do I have to continue earth through the isolator? Because my compression glad is 20mm and I had to use the threaded 25-20 reducer I cannot access the gland internally. I will have a second swa exiting to the right of this one. Is it OK to keep earth external between the...

Folks, While pulling some new wire through the wall cavity for another project I used a borescope to find my draw tape and found the attached. It's a 120 year old barn, converted around 22 years ago. Is this fixable or do I need a full rewire and would that include everything up to the...

At the risk of being shot down, have I under or over engineered this? Had various other threads on here about my solar mount - now for the final design. I took all your advice :) I am building a "shed" at the back of the garden to keep the lawnmower etc in. On said shed I will be placing 20...

Folks, I am building a frame to mount solar panels on and using 100x100 treated fence posts to support it. There will be bolted onto two fence spurs to keep them off the ground. Would bitumen paint such as the below help prolong the posts around the spurs and bolt holes? The panels and kit...

Folks, I want to build a tennis wall in the garden. I am going to use 3 100x100 posts for the supports and then 3 18mm ply screwed to them. Is all ply the same if I paint it? Anything better than other for perminent outdoor use? C

Folks, I have a 22 year old oil boiler supplying CH and HW. I will be installing a large pv solar setup and I want to use excess to heat water. I was eyeing a 200L megaflow. Can the old, perfectly functional boiler, be used as primary or do I need to increase budget by £7.5k in budget :( C C

Folks, I investigated the mess of wires for the outdoor lighting today. In essence there is a 2.5mm (spur I hope) coming through the wall (exact source unknown) and feeding various outdoor switches and lights via 1.5 (both "pond cable" and armoured). I don't like that it's on one of the...

Hi folks, I have a septic system which discharges to the bottom of my garden into a soak-away. The ground is quite damp as a result. During the rainy times it pools too. What can I plant there which uses a lot of water? It's a far and obscure part of the garden so not worried about...

Folks, I noticed - with a tong tester - that one of my lighting circuits is drawing a steady 40W. When I turn the breaker off it stops. For the life of me I cannot find any light turned on or bathroom fan on. There are two 1.5mm wires going into the A mcb. No smart or dimmer switches. I care...

Evening folks, I am planning on building a 12 panel solar stand at the bottom of the garden using 100x100 x 2.7 treated posts. I have 3 septic tanks in the neighbour's garden which then discharge along the bottom of mine with through a series of pipes and 3 soakaways the final 4th soakaway...

Folks, I've just moved into a house with a single walled steel oil tank - around 3KL I believe - and a very well maintained 21 year old oil boiler. Annual service, inured and lots of parts replaced as they wear. At some point it'll fail beyond economical repair (as my well maintained 21 year...