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Hi all. Have a 0.5cm gap between a concrete drive and the bricks below the dampcourse. The water run-off from the drive pushes fair bit of water towards house. water doesn't run into gap and drain downwards very well result is that a lot of water runs along the wall edge to drain...

trying to make sure I am following 17th regs on cable concealment. In this case to do with extending circuit and/or using same channel for AV cables and power. I have drawn two plans for starters as I know you like pictures In plan 1, the power goes all the way to a socket behind TV. AV...

After sorting out a friends boiler (my other post) with your very good help, I need to replace an ice split hep20 15mm equal T. I cant get hold of hep2o from local merchants but can get JG speedfit. From experience, are the systems compatible in this case? T junction will be open to...

Hi, I am looking after someones house. Their boiler system is a glow worm ultracom 24cxi. The cold and hot water pipes in the house are frozen as is the loo! They did set the thermostat to keep the place at 10degrees but something has gone wrong. The boiler is still on and the pressure reading...

I am changing light switches and plug sockets from gold effect to either white or silver/chrome/stainless colour. Prob is that old switches have dimensions of 95mm (doubles are also 95mm high) compared to more usual 85 mm seen in white moulded and many of the stainless steel etc options...

I need to replace an EXTERIOR 526 x 2040 mm flush Door that leads to the meters and a storage cupboard. Current one has about 0.5mm plywood exteriors with what looks like some kind of folded cardboard core inside. I suspect it is an interior door used for exterior. It is rotting due to...

Hi, rainwater coming from the dormer downpipe rockets down the roof (as in red arrow on pic) and when it hits the main lower roof gutter it tends to overflow causing a drip/torrent depending on how heavy the rain is. Tends to also soak wooden fascia and splash onto ground floor sill so keen...

Need to decide on shaver socket position before tiler arrives thurs so I can cutout a box in the wall. Please let me know if this rings alarm bells in any experienced Sparks. I attach a pic of where I would like it to go (the black rectangle in pic). This is within 60cm of bath edge =...

In going from the existing low level cistern type loo to a close coupled I am going to have a prob connecting to the existing water feed. Pipe is high, comes out of the wall exactly on a soldered bend and points wrong way. Will somehow reroute the pipe to a lower position and ensure it can...

Just trying to summarize close coupled toilet installation tips gleaned from sources including this site before I go ahead. Any additional tips and advice, I would be grateful.. 1) check all seals and fittings (such as the doughnut between cistern and pan) and the loo porcelian itself for...

I am using one of these blowtorches to solder copper pipe. Seems to work fine but occasionally goes out just after a spurt of flame (from the nozzle not the can) and sometimes just at the crucial solder melting point!! Anyone had experience of this? Surely I can hold it at an angle or upside...

Hi, I am installing a new bath. The existing tap connectors do not line up with new bath tap holes... The right hand connector (cold) is a pain because the pipe branches from the unequal T into a bend (so cant attach a flex on the bend) that is also short. Short flexible 22mm connectors do...

after removing some plasterboard, I have traced what I assume is the bathroom equipotential bonding (via 4mm earth wire) from the copper water pipes to the earth terminal in the pull switch. The pull switch controls the light and the extractor fan in the bathroom. Im assuming that the earths of...

not sure if this goes under plastering or building... Have removed rotten ancient plasterboard from stud wall posts/battens that used to surround bath. Have moisture resistant gyproc plasterboard to replace it. All the replaced area will be tiled so want to avoid skimming the board. However...

have removed bath and bath shower mixer Want to remove 3/4 inch bath taps and plug the existing fibre washer/copper connector till I decide whether I can use the existing pipes or chop them. Has anyone ever used something like this...

Have removed rotten ancient plasterboard from stud wall posts/battens that used to surround bath. Have moisture resistant gyproc plasterboard to replace it. All the replaced area will be tiled so want to avoid skimming the board. However need to level the boards slightly so that new bath has...

Hi, I am installing a new bath. Problem is the existing 22mm copper pipe leading to the soldered on cold water connector is in a smooth bend. It is unlikely that I will be able to line up the new bath and mixertaps with the existing copper pipe tails.....I originally intended to cut the existing...

Another query,, A light switch has to be moved from inside room to outside (ceiling pull switch not an option). New position is as if you pushed the existing switch and your hand carried thru to other (out)side. Sliding door is reason What is the correct procedure for doing this? Is...

In the interest of not having to have any new electrical work done before retiling our kitchen, can someone give me an opinion on this setup 45A cooker switch with additional socket is fed by 6mm cable. Same 45A cooker switch+socket is spurred to adjacent 3A FCU using 6mm cooker cable (6mm...

Bathroom soon to be retiled. No supplementary bonding on anything at the moment. Usual bath (acrylic) plus copper pipes to loo, bath, basin. I understand supplementary bonding needs to include light, the timed extractor and the pullswitch which switches on light and the timed extractor (no...