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Have a leak between my neighbours gutter and mine. Mines 4.5" 114mm, theirs is smaller possibly 4" (I will measure it soon). I can't seem to find and unions to joint these properly? With expansion etc I don't think sealant will last using a 114mm union? It's been leaking a number of years and...

Not sure why but I had a feeling that adding a radiator return to this old drain off/isolator valve was a bad idea but now i've drawn it out it looks like the same situation as the radiator above. Does this setup cause any issues? in my mind the water has 2 flows hitting head on? larger pipe is...

I'm looking replace the lights in my porch with a ceiling PIR and 2 downlights. Ideally i'm looking to have the lights build up the brightness over a few seconds instead of instant brightness. Any ideas? I've found a PIR and downlights but struggling with the fading.

Hi all, Have a long on going issue at my mothers house, one ceiling light will work fine after its not been used for a while but occasionally after switching it off and trying to put it back on it doesn't work until as my mum says "you have to wait till its cooled down". I've replaced the...

Hi, I'm having a new boiler installed in a new location the other side of the house. The current setup is an old convential boiler with pump/diverter valves etc. The current circuit is a 6a MCB feeding the boiler / burglar alarm. Coming from the consumer unit is 2x 1.5mm cables on that MCB...

I'm planning on replacing an old wood tongue and groove ceiling in the bathroom with a pvc t&g ceiling. I want to replace the single light (rose style) with 3 downlights in a pack made by "Philips MyBathroom" replacing the bulbs with led gu10s I plan to put the existing rose into a JB and...

Changing an old 70's light fitting in my house (made from metal!! and no earth other than first light on circuit for some reason) After taking the fitting down i found a long flex cable and after digging around lifting floor boards i found the junction box. I'm going to replace it with...

Hi, Im putting a new kitchen in and have a convential boiler with a hot water cylinder. The cylinder is quite old looking. At the minute I have a cold and hot water tap in the kitchen. It seems that separate taps are old school and hard to get a decent sink with 2 tap holes. Problem is...

Finally found a oven for the new kitchen, its a samsung PKG100 with a 6kw hob and a 3.4kw oven. This throws a spanner in the works as i've planned to have a click dual appliance plate connected to the ccu (fed on 6mm cable to cu). From the plate i've requested a 13a fused spur for the oven...

Hi, I'm in the process of planning my new kitchen and seeing what I currently have. On the consumer unit there is a rcd with a 16amp breaker thats labeled kitchen double socket and extractor. Looking at the back of the sockets its fed on 2.5mm cable radial that also then feds an extractor...