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Hi I am thinking of creating an airing cupboard across the other side of the house. We have a standard gas boiler. I am planning on picking up on the feed and return hot water pipes and routing up into the loft across the house, down into the cupboard and back and connect to the return...

Hi I have a cooker hood that sits between two wall cabinets. These wall cabinets don't touch the hood (there is a bout a 2 inch gap either side) Do I tile up to the bottom of the hood (either side of the cabinets) or what? I could tile up to the bottom of the units to the top of...

Hi I have recently bought a black glass splashback and was advised to stick it to the wall using non-acetone silicone. I bought some water based silicone (black) and applied it all over the back and on the wall. I supported the splashback with a baton and left it overnight. The walls...

Hi I need to install a cooker and and I want to extract it outside. The problem is that the closest external wall would mean that the exit point would be directly under an awning (about 2 foot under). This is putting me off. I can't lower or higher the exit point easily. How much...

Hi I am planning on capping my plastic bay window with Code 4 Lead. Am I right in thinking I need to mount the lead on 18mm ply. If so how will I stick the ply and then the lead? Thanks p.s. any other tips on this job will help Thanks Again :shock:

Gentlefolk I want to redo my flat roof (over a utility room). The trouble is I am in a quandry as to what to go for. There seems to be so many flat roof companies out there. The size of the utility room is 16'x8'. I am inclined to get a builder to convert this to a pitched room...

Gentle people Last night my dad's AAV (in the loft) on the heating system broke and started leaking. We managed to get to it before the ceiling came down luckily. Can we replace the AAV (auto valves) with manual valves to stop this happening again? The system is run by a Concord WCF...

GentleFolk I have just had 2 patio heaters installed (each running 1.4 kw). They have been wired each to a central weatherproof box (for the remote). From this box they have been run into the house (2 meters) with 1mm round flex. I metre is tacked to the wall and the other goes into the...

Hi I am about to order a 7x4 meter awning to be fixed to the rear of my property (west facing). I will be going for a german markilux built one. Has anybody got any comments or things I should be careful about. It is going to cost about 4 grand so I want to make sure I get the right one...

I need to replace my flat roof to my utility room. After considering all the options I have come to the conclusion that lead may be the best approach. I know all the other systems give many years guarantee but I really want a permanent solution. Apart from the risk of it being pinched...

Hi I just finished tanking WP1 BAL my shower cubicle in preparation for tiling. I have a three questions: 1) I need to use battens for the lower part of the tiles (first course). If I fix the battens (screws) this will compromise the tanking when the battens are removed. The tiles...

Gentlemen I have just bought some 15mm flexis that have an in-built ball valve in them. The end with the ball valve can connect direct to the 15mm copper feed. The question I have it how to connect the other end. Can I just screw the flex to the other end of a 15mm compression...

Its starting to look a lot like Christmas! Gents I have a Potterton 60F Prima balanced flue gas boiler that keeps cutting out. Pressing (and holding) the reset button will get the flame back but as soon as I take my finger off the button it cuts out. The boiler at this point is only warm...

Gentlemen I have a potterton prima 60F that occasionaly start clicking. Almost like its trying to tell me something. The pilot light stays on but the jets go out. If I press the rest button it comes on but the minute I let go it goes off. Eventually after pushing my finger up there a...

Gentle Men - (and ladies) I am in the process of replacing an extractor fan (wall mounted) in my downstairs shower room. I am going to us a Greenwood 100m fan and vent it out the wall. When I removed the old fan I noticed that there was a length of pipe about the length of the wall...

WOTCHAAAA We have a problem. 1970's bungalow. There is a leak about 6 inches below the mains stopcock into the house. The supply pipe is black in colour and is sheathed in what looks like 1.5 waste (where is exits the concrete). The leak is apparent about 2 inches of the screed (covered...

Gentlemen I have a p-trap on the bottom of me bath. The waste and overflow go in one side and then disappears out the other. There is however an extra nut along the horizontal. This is the same size as the other two "nut". I can't tell what it is for. I think it is a cleaning eye -...

Can you buy a bath trap that is accessable from the top for cleaning? All the ones I have seen are shower traps. What makes then specific for showers? Thanks

I have a sticky 3-way valve on a 10 year old system. This system has only ever had fresh water in it. What I plan to do it put some sludge removal in (X400 or Fernox equiv), flush it and then put the inhibitor in. I would like to do this in a single day and not have to wait for a week...

Geezers! I have just bought a heated towel rail (mounted in a large cupboard to act like an airing cupboard). I have a 5 year guarantee on it. SHould I buy a back up element for when this one screws up? If and when it does fail am I right in thinking I can just replace the element...