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hi folks bit of a strange one for you I have a friend who is running a small caravan boiler to heat water for a window cleaning system. The problem he has when he turns off the pull at the end of the pipe the pump has a sight over run that can on occasions cause the boiler to get over...

hi folks I have been asked to put in an additional spur for a socket at a friends house. The only problem is there are not sockets near by to pull e spur off the ring and there are no free mcb' s to pull a new dedicated radial circuit off the consumer unit. The only option I have would be to...

hi I have a work shop that is built out of concrete blocks with insulation in the cavity and a flat roof the roof void has been filled with insulation. The whole workshop has been lined with 9mm laminated melimine boards. However I have started to suffer a problem with condensation on the...

hi folks bit of a strange question for you . I have a shower tray which I am going to fit it only has a 50mm waste v 90mm I have on other shower trays I have fitted. I know that the flow rate will be limited by the pipe work which I this case drops down to 40m. Then a 32 mm boss. My question...

I folks after a little advice. I have a grohe mono basin mixer tap. It currently has 2 10 mm chrome feed pipe coming out of the bottom of it. However I want to replace these with speed fit flexible pipe. I have tried unscrewing them and whilst they will turn they will not unscrew...

Hi folks back for some more advice please as i am a little stuck with this one. First i have the main stack that i have to break in to to fit the toilet with some sort of tee connector as the toilet is off set from the stack about 300mm i also need to have a boss tee as close to the as...

Hi folks I have a radiator which I need to take the feeds out below the radiator valves at 90 degrees into the wall behind the radiator. The radiator valves I have are 15mm compression fittings which I was going to brings down on a 50mm 15mm chrome pipe into a chrome compression elbow into...

Hi folks in the process of installing a set of 12v spot lights, each one has a transformer. Th connector for the cable will only take a single 1.5mm cable. Therefore to jump from one transformer to the next with the 240 ring the 2 cables making the loop need to drop down to a single cable as...

Hi folks I am in the process of plasterboard the room. I have dab and dotted the walls and the inside of the window reveal. However I need the the header inside the window reveal. The window span is 2.4 m. The window header is a standard insulated catnic with 100mm steel showing at the...

At the end of least year we had a garage built. But checking it today I found in lots if places the mortar is still soft and crumbly. I think either the mortar mix was to weak or the frost may have got into the brick work when it was being built. Can the mortar be raked out with a grinder and...

Hi folks need to install 3 new radiators and I am looking for decent trv valves. I have been advised to have the ones with vertical drains so we can drain the radiator down and lock shield. These are the 2 I have found so far...

hi folks i am hoping some one can point me in the right direction i have just installed a wylex split load uint http://www.electrium.co.uk/Wylex17th%20Edition.pdf i have wired in the sockets on the rcd side to the left as you are looking at it on a 32 amp mcb and the lights to a 6amp...

Hi not sure if I can post this here if not sorry and please remove. We have now found decent builders who have changed the way we are going to do our cellar as a result we no longer need tanking system we purchased. So if you know anyone who is interested in some please let me know. In...

Hi folks need to order the stuff our extension which is a single story on a bungalow The architect has specified thermal 100mm blocks. I have looked at the different types and they have different N rates. Whats the standard rating I should be looking at they seem to be 2.8n/mm2, 3.6n/mm2...

Hi does anyone know where I can get a good electric log splitter from at a reasonable price Cheers Jon

Hi looking to buy a petrol chainsaw as we have a log burner and need to process the logs. Having done lots of looking around I am still one the wiser on what is best other than a stihl which I think is out of my limited budget of about £150.00 Any advice please Cheers Jon

Hi folks can anyone please tell me the cheapest place to get a Y T resin jointing kit for 3 core, 2.5mm swa. Cheers Jon

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Hi we have a workshop that need to be waterproofed on one wall and under the floor slab. The architect has specified bituhene 2000 but would bituthene 4000 be suitable as I can get a load of this much cheaper.

Hi we have a workshop that need to be waterproofed on one wall and under the floor slab. The architect has specified bituhene 2000 but would bituthene 4000 be suitable as I can get a load of this much cheaper.