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Yes the fitting unscrews from the tap body . I yhought about turning it around but the end that screws into the tap is slightly thinner and has a o ring fitted , god only knows why the tap doesnt have a normal fitting on it .

Thanks Will the brass fitting shown in my first pic seal onto the male thread of that fitting ?

I thought you were talking about the flexi stainless braided hoses .

Thanks Yeah i did think about using them , i was just abit concerned about long term durability of them , i do realise a rubber ring on the brass connector will also have a life span . Them hoses are only 2 quid odd from screwfix which doesnt give em much confidence on quality .any...

Can anybody help. We had abit of a leak from a plastic to copper fitting on one of our bath taps , I decided to remove and fit a brass compression style 3/4” connector , when fitting whilst it was in situ I couldn't get the connector to fit onto the tap thread , I decided to remove the tap...

Thanks Johnny . I think that’s the best course of action .

Hi I am after abit of advice if anybody can help. We have had the old doors in our house replaced which involved removing all the surrounds from the existing doors . This has made visible the dodgy brickwork on the house . It looks like the porch has just been buil against the house and the...

Hi Could anybody offer abit of advice . I’m planning on replacing a few de faced bricks from the bottom corner of my house , I have replaced defaced bricks before without any issues but because it’s the corner its concerning me I think in total there is around 6 bricks , would I need to...

Yeah I think that’s the way Razor , I just seen Worcester did an angled bracket but there just not deep enough . A batten it is . Cheers

Totally agree , and can tell you now I will be doing the work I reckon a Shoe lace would be better than that ,so I’m sure I can’t go wrong haha , believe it or not that was fitted by a Gas safe registered engineer who passed it off and even registered the boiler for us haha O and apparently he...

Hi everyone . I think it’s about time I updated the universal support that supports the combi boiler flue into position lol. . Could anybody recommend a type that would fit in this scenario . I’ve looked at the type that screw to the roof but the garage only has a floor board style roof so...

Cheers Regarding the posts cracking and Spalding is there a particular make you recommend ? I’ve noticed a big difference in price between the likes of jt atkinsons and some online retailers , I did wonder if the quality would be greatly reduced . Has anyone tried post hole diggers ? I would...

Evening Thanks to all the heavy winds and the previous owner fence erecting skills I’m gona have a go and install a new fence using concrete slotted posts (which I have never done before) ,I have a couple of novice questions if anyone could advise me . For a 6 ft fence with either a 150 mm...

Thanks for the help guys , in the end I bedded the pipe on gravel , then covered over the top . I will fill the rest of the trench in with the soft sand I have . cheers

Hi guys I’m after abit of advice , I’m running a new underground rain water drain ,and at abit of a quandary of which backfill material to use , I’ve got a tonne of gravel that I was going to bed and cover before backfilling with clay and soil, the thing is I’ve also got a load of soft yellow...

That type ?

Do you think I should try them Bosch ones . The type your talking about are they blue on the tip ? Do you have a link to a pic ? Thanks

No Ide never used them either , always used a masonry drill bit . These tiles are solid , I managed to get about 5 mm into the first and only hole before giving it up as a bad job lol.

Evening everyone . Well the mrs has just bought a roller blind for our recently tiled bathroom , no problem I thought , well to cut a long story short can I hell drill the holes into the tile haha , I’ve managed to penetrate one tile . I usually just use masonary bits to get through tiles but...

I wonder if anybody could advise on the best way to convert and insulate a single brick external coal house . The roof is made of wood and has felt over the top . I’m planning on fitting the washer and a vented dryer in there along with a Sink . I’ve heard of king span , insulating plaster board...