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    Leak in plastic pipe

    My son put a long pin through plasterboard and made a hole in plastic pipe for the central heating in his flat. We cut a small hole in the plasterboard and he covered the pin hole with resin. This has set hard but unfortunately there is still a very slow drip from the repair. I thought about...
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    Wall hung basin

    I want to fit a wall hung basin to go onto a concealing unit out to be built out from a brick wall. The unit will have a shelf covering. The pipework for the basin and the toilet will be concealed in the to be built unit. Distance from brick wall to front of the new stud section will be 20cm...
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    Tile up to coving

    We are revamping a toilet/cloakroom which we will fully tile. There is existing coving, which we would rather not remove. The tiles are abt 10/11 mm thick and the edge of the coving is about 11/12mm deep. I am intending to ask the tiler to leave a 3mm gap between tile and coving and "push the...
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    Moving socket

    We have an awkwardly placed radiator which we are having to move by about 15 inches . However doing this would also require moving a double socket 15 inches. The wall is an external breeze block and plaster wall. Can I just create a new socket opening 15 inches to the left of the existing one...
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    Unusual socket

    Just moved house and found the socket shown in the attached image. 2 thin wires enter from the back? It says Phoenix on the front. Any ideas please?
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    Kitchen Sink

    I have bought a new stainless steel kitchen sink, as well as clips it comes with a sort of plastic triangle with a tap size hole. I presume this is to reinforce or support the tap hole, but I am not clear how to fit it and there are no instructions Any advice gratefully received.
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