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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Does anybody have any experience of electric underfloor heating , we are currently having our house renovated and are abit stuck as to we’re to fit radiators in the room, the living room is now open plan with the kitchen, the living room is around 8 m x 3 m plus the kitchen of approx 3 x 3 . We...

Hi There’s an old warm air heating system in my house which is soon to be replaced . On investigating the routing of the air ducts I noticed this ..looks like the lagging has seriously failed . I think il have to get it tested before touching it or even looking at it again . ....Thoughts ...

Hi Guys I’m after abit of advice , we’re currently renovating a house and just had a quote from a plumber to fit new Combi heating system plus all the house plumbing work , I noticed on the quote from what I can make out he’s quoted for plastic ch pipes , now I’ve heard loads of horror stories...

Hi . Can anybody offer abit of advise , I have purchased a house that’s in need of a full refurbishment , this includes re wiring, full plumbing systems including combo boiler etc currently it has a very old style hot air unit. It is a fairly large 4 bedroom house , Any suggestions on combo...

Hi , im after abit of help , i am currently looking around for a combi boilers to replace our old back boiler set up , i live in a three bed hse with 7 radiators , which at the minute are being fed from the old manifold under the floor boards via 10mm pipe . I have a couple of issues im...

Hi , i wonder if anybody can help me ....All it is ,my parents have a glowworm opulence/opus fire with a back boiler , which apparantly are no longer available , the trouble is the coal bed has deteriorated to the point the flame is not burning correctly and the glass is about knackered too ...