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    another Leak story!!

    Hi all I was watching tele and a cold droplet of water landed on my bald head. And when I looked up, I could see on the ceiling a wet patch :(. I went upstairs, removed the carpet and floor board and could see water might be dripping from the tee (please see the picture attached). I got few...
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    Replacing honeywell 3 way diverter valve without draining

    Hi there I have an open vented CH system with the two water tanks in the loft (one big and one small F&E). Can I replace the diverter valve by putting the bungs to the two pipes (one inside the small tank and one pointing towards the tank)? I just dont want to drain the whole system down as...
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    Regarding extra light to existing circuit

    Hi all I am thinking of adding an extra light into a room. So there is already a ight in the room and I would like to add extra light which and I dont want extra switch for it. SO basically, both light be on or off at the same time. The current light has a ceiling rose as per the pic attached...
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    Imperial TRV to metric radiator

    Hi All I am replacing an old radiator and TRV has a male thread of 3/4 and ofcourse the new radiator is 15mm. -Could you please tell me what connectors I need as I dont want to change the TRV? -Also, since the new radiator is replacing the old imperial one, the gap is 90mm on each side. Which...
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    Regarding imperial rad to metric

    Hi all I have to change my old rad but the size is roughly 1778mm and in metric I can get 1600mm or 1800mm. Could you please tell me which size should I go for? There are few websites offering rads with 1700mm but those are very expensive. Thank you
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    Newel Post - how to find the fixings

    Hi there. I am trying to replace my newel post with a new one. But struggling to find the fixings to take the existing newel post out. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated. Please see the attached pics as well. Thank you
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    Leak from waste pipe

    Hi all Got a leak from waste pipe. Would appreciate if someone could tell me how to fix it. Please see the pics attached. Thumbnail_IMG_6564 by Farooko posted 26 Oct 2020 at 12:33 PMThumbnail_IMG_6563 by Farooko posted 26 Oct 2020 at 12:33 PMThumbnail_IMG_6562 (1) by Farooko posted 26 Oct...
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    Building a brick garden shed - foundation and footings

    Hi All I am planning to build a brick shed in my garden. I just need some help in terms of laying the foundation. So my approx size will be 30-35 sq meter and I am going to have a double skin walls with a pitched roof. I just want to know how deep do I need to dig the trench and do I need to...
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    Disconnecting a gas pipe

    Hi All Recently I had some work done at my new place which involved chimney removal. Now, I am left with a gas pipe above the floor with a stop end. I want to get rid of it by taking the floor board off and cutting and putting a stop end to it so its no longer visible. Could you please tell...
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    how to shut off the radiator valve

    Hi All Could you please have a look at the attached picture of the radiator valve and let me know how to shut it? I want to take the radiator off the wall for decoration. many thanks
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    Worcester 24i (not the junior one)

    Hello Amigos I just moved to this new place last night. This place got a Worcester 24i combi boiler. now at the last place i had a combi boiler as well but it was little bit different in a way that it used to warm up the radiators as well when I used to use hot water and thus keeping the...
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