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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...

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.

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...

Hi, does anyone know what this is called and where I can get some? It's off a flat pack cot. Someone kindly gave us the cot, but not enough of these to assemble it, and I can't find anywhere that sells them. Thanks!

I, er, my mate wants to have a timed extractor fan (in-line, in the loft space) in my bathroom, operated off the light switch. The fan requires protection from a 3A fuse. The lights (actually 5 downlights) do not. Will this wiring work? Hypothetically speaking, obviously, as it's probably...

Hi, I currently have two showers - one in the bathroom and one in our bedroom. The bedroom one is a power shower - the bathroom is not, as it is just a hose with a showerhead attached to the bath taps. We are getting a new shower in the bathroom though, which I would like fed from a pump...

Hi I am replacing my bathroom light with down lights. The lights I have are all Zone-1 IP65 rated, and fire rated. I am confident about installing them and wiring them correctly, but am not a certified electrician. My house is not Part-P certified; we have an old-style fusebox, and it’s...

Hi I want my bathroom extractor fan to come on when the bathroom light's on. Can I just connect it to the bathroom light switch? Thank you. HEF

I recently removed an internal wall, and also replaced a radiator in the new (downstairs) room. To do this I removed the pipes, cutting them close to the junction under the upstairs floorboards, and installing two isolation valves, so that I can continue to use the central heating during the...

I'm putting a new radiator into a new room. The largest rad I can fit in is 1600mm x 500mm. Most (double panel) rads this size seem to generate about 2.4 kW, but Ideally I'd like a little more than that. However I've found one that claims to generate 3.3kW (11k BTU/hr)...

We have just had some walls and ceiling plastered, and they are now ready to paint. However we have also discovered that we need the floor levelling before the flooring can be laid (vinyl, therefore not breathable). My questions: 1. How long will we have to wait before the vinyl flooring...

I'm about to install a new radiator, and as the pipes with be visible I want soldered joints. What should I look for when buying a blow torch? There are cheap butane ones available, or is propane better? Rothenberger seems to be the choice of many pros, but is it worth the cost for an...

My kitchen is 2m x 4m, and has undercupboard lighting and a light in the cooker hood. I want to install downlights, but have been told that I'll need more of them if I use LED bulbs than if I use halogen - partly because they're less bright and partly because the beam angle is narrower. How do...