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    Help me with my dodgy flush!

    Hello! I have a house I will be renovating in ~6 months so I don't want to buy an entirely new toilet yet however for now my toilet has to be pumped continually to make it flush, it also makes horrific noises and it often comes loose inside and falls off these white screws need screwing back up...
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    Can a socket be put on this?

    Hello! I have a house I will be renovating in a few months. However I could really do with a socket in my cupboard for the moment.This feeds to my shower, simply put can I put a socket on here safely and easily?
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    Damage to flat, repair feels potentially poor. Any advice?

    Good afternoon I had some damage in my flat from a broken rainwater hopper, it flooded my front room and has caused mould on the walls, this was after having the entire room gutted, reskimmed and flooring replaced around 6 months back for leaking problems caused by something else. The wall...
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    Why is my home raised, can it be fixed?

    Good afternoon folks! I have recently purchased a Bungalow and plan to renovate and extend it. However as you can see from the below picture the height of the floor is raised a good elevation. Simply put, why would this be the case? Secondly if I am about to completely gut the building, replace...
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    Simple light socket question

    Hello! I am trying to replace a weird old light fitting with a simple white bayonet fitting. When I pulled the old ceiling lamp thing off I found 4 cables dangling down, I need these to fit into my fairly generic bayonet fitting. Whats the best way to do this given I have 4 rather than just 1...
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    Questions relating to extension, planning permissions and road noise!

    I am in the process of purchasing a 1970s bungalow. It was originally the ground keepers house for a gated community and a bunch of flats. I have some plans to do a single story extension, the current area is around 600 Sq foot and I want to increase it to around 1000 Sq foot. I plan to renovate...
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    Immersion tank apartment leaking - lockdown

    Yesterday we noticed our immersion heater tank leaking. It’s quite bad and pooling up over the course of a few hours. Anything I can do to resolve this? I’m worried that plumbers won’t be working right now due to the virus.
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    Bath replacement with a shower unit.

    After my mostly unresolved problems here I have decided to rip out the bath and replace it with a shower unit which will hopefully allow access to the pipes. https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/shower-pressure-of-cold-leaky-sink-help-please.538252/ However I would like some guidance on what I...
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    Shower pressure of cold, leaky sink! Help please :)

    I have two problems I would help resolving, I recently paid a plumber who didn't resolve my issues and if anything made it worse but perhaps pointed me in a better direction of my problems. Problem1: The water pressure in my bathroom is fine, the sink hot and cold water pressures are OK...
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    Immersion heaters - Left out to dry by plumber

    I own an apartment which has a water tank 2 immersion heaters and a timer. Recently I have been getting extremely hot water then one day I got no hot water at all. A plumber came round and had a look, my timer appears to be faulty along with one immersion heater always being on the emergency...
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    Bit clueless, landing pad adjacent to house. Where to start?

    I currently own a detached property which has a lean-to shed and adjacent to the property is as an area which is best described as a landing pad. It has a concrete floor, Brick wall and gates onto the road and a wooden fence around the edge. Id like to do something with it, either build a...
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    Stud wall for extra insulation on an old house good idea?

    Currently i am in the process of doing up my living room. Everything has been moved out of there i will be replacing my fire and rip out my fireplace and i am pulling all wallpaper off the walls and going to bare plaster. From the looks of it the plaster underneath is rather old id say a good...
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    Thin Plastic piping used on 1 radiator? Hot top cold bottom

    I recently had a new boiler installed along with 3 new radiators and 1 moved. The one which was moved fed with a thin ( 1.5cm ) plastic pipe whilst the rest of the system is off a decent thickness of copper. Now it takes that radiator much longer to heat up than all the others and the bottom...
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    Help me insulate my 1890s detached house!

    I purchased my first house a few months ago and it is a detached property built in the 1890s. The property itself is a double brick wall with no cavity and a layer of something over the outside (pebble dash or something like that!) with a standard sloping roof from that time. The property...
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    Help me fix my Central Heating! One radiator not coming on.

    When i first moved into my house the central heating seemed to be working fine, however now the radiator in the bedroom never comes on. The pipes around it are not hot and when the the rest of house is nice and toasty the bedroom remains freezing. Is there usually an obvious reason why the...
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