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Hi, I'm connecting with Virgin Fibre Broadband next week (self install). Can someone tell me what I need to do with what I have currently to be able to connect to the box when it arrives? I can pass the circled end into the house at the point where the router will sit. The cable from the...

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Hi, Turbomax is losing pressure and needs topping up a couple of times a day. What I've checked - No leaks in all the pipework I can easily get to. No marks on ceilings etc. - Isolated CH flow and return at boiler and pressure still drops. - PRV is not venting, have never seen the pressure...

I've discovered that one of the chimney breasts was removed at ground floor but not supported where it met the ceiling/floor above. Effectively just hanging. There is a steel beam supporting the front edge of the chimney breast in the loft when it was converted (at the top of where the photos...

Hi All, My kitchen floor is bouncy so pulled a few boards and I have quite a bit of moisture and rot. It looks like some floor boards where replaced at some time but nothing was done about airflow so the problem has come back under my ownership. I've been excavating a lot of debris and soil...

I've chased out some redundant wiring from a rendered internal wall and now need to make good. The rest of the render is drummy and loose so ideally needs to be removed before it removes itself. Is putting battens up and plasterboard/skimming an acceptable method in this case? Will this reduce...

Hi All, I've got some moisture coming up a party wall from the bottom in the middle of a ground floor room. I've removed some render and a section of the floorboards. I'll try to provide as much information as possible but ultimately I'd like some advice on how to prevent this from re-occuring...

I particular RDM-150A. One has come up near me but I can't find much information about them. I want something a bit better than a hobby drill but don't need a full on precision unit. Anything to look out for on these or guide price for used? Thanks.

Am fitting 2 fire doors, one for the loft entrance and one downstairs where the stair banister was closed in adjacent to the front door. They are FD30. Looking at handles and latches, do these need to be FD30? I've had a search on here/google but can't find anything definitive. Thanks.

Looking for connection advice to go from an old copper inlet mono tap to an M10 inlet type. Is it just a case of removing the tap and connecting the supplied flexi's to the 15mm copper supply pipes? Thanks.

Am using 22mm barrier pipe to remove shower waste via an AKW pump. I haven't used pipe inserts on the speedfit connectors as per the AKW manual. It says NEVER fit JG pipe inserts but ALWAYS fit JG locking collars. I've got the locking collars on. Am guessing the reason for not using the inserts...

Hi All, I'm looking for a bathroom door for a loft conversion. Wishlist - provide some degree of soundproofing - wont warp, swell, peel etc with warm moist bathroom air - need to able to trim it - to be painted - do not want moulded - can be treated if necessary (but still require it to be...

Hi All. I'm preparing to skim some moisture board and am going to use a bonding agent. Do I tape the joints before or after the bonding agent? Thanks.

Am looking to add one of those swing out kidney shaped corner shelf units to better utilise space in the corner kitchen cupboard. Does anyone know where I can get a mechanism so I can make the shelves myself? Or has anyone made one before and have any plans? Thanks.

Hi All. Does anyone know how important the tabs on the underside of a Fluidmaster concealed cistern are? Have attached a photo. Was received with both tabs beoken. If not necessary I won't send back. Thanks.

Essentially will a 40mm compression fitting be suitable for a 40mm threaded waste. I'd like to (have to) use a bottle trap for the basin due to space constraints. The trap can't reside inside the wall hung vanity so I'll need to extend the waste to below. I can't easily see how to go to 40mm...

Hi All, I'm looking at fixing a wall hung basin vanity but wanted to check how to fix to the wall with the supplied brackets. Can anyone offer any installation advice for the attached mounting type? Pictures would be most helpful.

The hot water for the shower doesn't always come on but is ok for the other hot water taps - basin and kitchen sink. The shower has the lowest flow rate. I suspected the diverter valve diaphragm but there were no splits or tears. I replaced the diaphragm and everything else that came in the...

Hi All, I have an odd situation where my loft waste pipe for the toilet runs close to the roof as it exits the wall. I need to do this so the toilet isn't too high in the loft. Because of this I can't get a branch over the eave in order to run the pipe above the roof line. I have sketched up a...

Hi, I'm looking to connect my pan to the stack but. From the pan it will run through a wall with a fall and then turn 90° and fall again to the stack. Because of the 2 gradients and the bend the angle becomes compound and the pipe will not be parallel to the wall. The pipe from the pan to the...