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What kind of warranty should be expected on a newly laid patio? I see some traders suggesting 4 year even.

Are the TRV's which control individual radiators reliable? Have parent moving in to a couple of rooms and need to be able to heat them independently of the rest of the ground floor. Any brands looking better or worse than others - in your experience. As this is parent, I'm not too...

Brother has a very old boiler with a rusting case - feels it's time to change it but being unemployed [issues], he's on less than a budget! Currently has an Ideal Standard - Concorde WRS 40 balanced flue gas boiler. Preferably looking for something which is just a swap-out on the same...

Mod:- Please move is a more suitable forum is available, thanks! With the exception of JobCenterPlus, is there a site giving a guide regarding actual pay levels? Work are advertising but I know they are asking far too little - I would like to advise them of what the industry really thinks...

Have to replace a Double Glazed Sealed Unit on a friend's back door. I would like a guide price as to the glass, if anyone's a clue. It's the Top half of a uPVC back door. I assume doors have to use 4mm Toughened glass. 1095 x 745mm x 24mm thick. Though not the exact size, I'll obviously...

Hey Folks! I appreciate there's an Alarms oriented forum, but as this is battery operated domestic, I think there maybe a wider audience here, with experience. I have a coupe of lodgers who are allowed to smoke outside, however occasionally I get a whiff of smoke inside which maybe from...

Mate of mine has a uPVC bathroom window which opens such that the bottom swings out, so 2 friction hinges - one on each side, and the locking mechanism on the bottom. When closing the window, the mushrooms of the lock are touching the frame on the left and right, but not the middle. It...

I'm sure I've seen 'wings' which can be added to a metal Pattress to be able to fit it into a dry lined wall. Kinda thought it was at QVS but don't see it there. Then maybe Toolstation, but not there either. Mate has a [double] socket pushed out of a dividing wall and on inspection, it's the...

Hey! Trying to work out a neat way to connect 2 dishwashers and a sink into 1 wall outlet. Common sense tells me each should have it's own trap and outlet - but they'd prefer just 1 pipe through the wall. The sound of the dishwasher[s] emptying is to be avoided - so using the available...

Looking for a front case for an Ideal Concord WRS40 balanced flue gas boiler.... The boiler itself seems to work fine, just the case is developing a hole in the front. Gas guy suggested to patch it or get a replacement case ready for his next service. Keeping any eye out up and down the...

Hi Folks! Brother has a 1940's [I guess] semi with a rotten floor in 2 adjoining ground floor rooms - the cause seems to be the underfloor ventilation which has been seen to. The rot has got into the T&G boards, the joists and [dwarf] wall plates??? [The timber capping the walls on which the...

I tiled 2 walls on plasterboard on Wednesday - grouted today [ Saturday ]. Used Dunlop Waterproof ready-mix - supplied to me to use. As it's drying, I can see it shrinking - 'V' shape into the lines and some cracking. Am I in error here? I normally mix my own grout a little wetter...

Hey! I need to rotate the toilet 'branch' on a soilstack by 90 degrees. I've done it before ok, by popping a length of pipe in and using leverage. But this one seems not to want to move. I'm guessing it's 40 years old now, maybe. Anyways... is there a lubricant I could pour around the...

I'm rewiring some stretches of this house I'm remodeling [ 1 & 1.5mm on some of the socket ring, nail and rodent damage etc ]. Client has asked me to lift as few floorboards as is possible - but I want to clip cable to joists upstairs and down - would it be considered to be acceptable if I...

CONTINUING SAGA.... Started looking at the electrics of this house I'm remodeling - Seem to have 249v Live Neutral Seem to have 178v Live to Earth Kinda thought I should have higher voltage to Earth? TT system - not convinced it's earthed properly New looking earth cable wanders...

Hey Folks! Never really sure if asking for 'recommendations' on different commercial products is PC or not? Sure a Mod' will ditch this if not.... Have a potential client looking to replace their electric shower for an up-to-date model with a bit more 'woof'.... So.... any thoughts on...

Hey! Am renovating a house.... involved stripping out the plumbing and start from scratch. Was cutting through a hot water pipe and rested my hand on the cold - got a buzz. Popped the multimeter on and discover 90v. Have yet to identify the circuits in the fuse box but taking 1 fuse...

Hey Folks! I'm shortly going to be installing a Central heating system - the client wants the boiler to go under the stairs. I understand that this is permitted, given everything else being equal, if the understairs area can be proofed to withstand fire for 30 minutes. Sniffin' around...

Unless, of course, I'd not be conforming to a Standard, is there such an animal as a Joist Clip? The scenario being; that the wooden ground floor to a house is boards supported on joists, them selves supported on brick/block pillars. So rather than notch the joists to take pipes across, I'd...

[ I appreciate that the subject is not plumbing, however, plumbers opinions are sought ] Hey! I'm supposed to be setting up as Ooky-the-Plumber / handyman.... After a 5 odd year 'rest' from work. I'm looking for a suitable vehicle to work out of; and am interested in the opinions of...