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Hi team I have just fitted a new canopy-type garage door, but there is a c.1cm gap down both sides and slightly more at the bottom. The bottom edge is easy to solve with some of this: https://www.screwfix.com/p/stormguard-garage-seal-aluminium-2-5m/29327 But what would be best for the side...

I’m considering getting a water softener. Options are one with an output flow rate of 40 l/m, and considerably more expensive one with an output flow rate of 66 l/m. The salesman of the second one said that if I ever wanted a combi boiler, the first one wouldn’t provide a high enough flow...

Alternately, would a compression joint fit?

So the resulting rough surface isn't a problem for soldering? Thank you people.

Is there any way of removing paint from copper pipes, such that they can subsequently be soldered? I'm worried that if I go at them with wire wool, the resulting coarse surface won't solder properly.

That's great - thanks so much.

Brilliant! Thanks mate! Is there a problem with the vent, then, or could the spraying water be a symptom of a deeper problem?

It's on my Mother in Law's house, and has started spraying water at high pressure out of it, about once every three days. She has discovered that hitting it with a can opener stops it, which is not especially a problem, unless she's out... She doesn't know if it's hot water or cold water...

I am trying to fit a shower screen, but the wall is not flat. The wall bracket (which will hold the glass panel) is 6 tiles high, and will be position roughly here: And it can either fit flush to the bottom two tiles, with a gap between the bracket and the wall at the top of the...

So it is, thank you both!