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Hi I'm in the process of fitting a melamine covered worktop in the bathroom. Its cut to length and there is some damage to the front contour at one end (caused by me I'm pretty sure when it was bashed on the floor) There is only the smallest indentation which would be hardly noticeable...

Hi I'm fitting an elbow onto an existing 110mm grey pipe in an accessible but slightly awkward place behind the lav. I'm having a problem actually getting the seal in the female elbow joint over the rim of the existing pipe to get a start (I've chamfered the outside edge). The chap in the...

I am installing a new shower enclosure and intend to use aquapanel to replace the damaged plaserboard (after removing existing tiles). It is a modern house and the partition walls of the bathroom appear to be constructed of thick rigid sheets of plasterboard with no apparent battens and with...

I am replacing the fireplace in my home which is a modern house and at the same time replacing the balanced flue gas fire with a "powerflue" one. It is a straightforward job, and I have, years ago, in more laissez-faire days, fitted gas appliances in my own home. The fire is on an outside...

I have seen suggestions in the forum to seal off the flow from the header tank to avoid draining the system in order to work on a radiator. What do you use to do this and how much water is likely to escape from a microbore system initially when a joint is broken in this situation.

I was about to change an outside wall light on my daughers house, when I notice at the top of the fitting instructions, a box which says "Do not wire these lanterns into the lighting circuit. Use a switched fused spur." The existing light is connected to the lighting cct. There is nothing...

Hi I'm installing a new radiator in the bathroom connected to the central heating system. I intend to have an electric element for occasional use in summer. I want to use the separate supply to the immersion heater in the hot water tank to supply the element. I have never used the...