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Hi We have fitted applicances set into the floor standing units at waist high. An oven is beside a microwave + warming draw. This looks great as a matched set. I am now electrcial having problems and want to replace the matched set with another. (+££) I am unable to find anywhere that will...

Our previous shower pump (Stuart Turner) worked perfectly for around 10 years and then we had problems with starting it. On checking out the old pump I realized that the installation provided for insufficient water-head. So we have re-jigged the pluming to place a brand new twin 3bar pump by...

Hi I am helping out an friend with an aggressive developer next door. The two houses have detached but joined garages. The builder (122) wants to remove their garage to make room for a side extension to the house. The original garage walls are of 4" brick. Small integral pillars (4") are...

Hi We have a bronze fireplace - it was custom made in bronze with an ornamental open gas flame fire inside (all looks great, but not very good at heating). Anyway, I think rain water has dripped down the chimney and splashed over the bronze box that forms the fireplace. There are small green...

We had an extension built a few years ago - this resulted in the concrete floor of the extension abutting the existing wooden suspended floor in two rooms. The kitchen floor works perfectly - but the back room was/is a problem. I recall the activity at the time when they built the back room...

Hi A friend in the area (call him Alfred to protect the innocent) is struggling to deal with a neighbour. The neighbour submitted a planning application to build a significant ground and 1st floor front extension. This was recently refused as it was out of character and detrimental to the...

Hi After many years of trouble-free use, and with no changes to the cold plumbing for many years, the cold water failed flow through our bathroom taps (basin an bath) or to fill our WCs twice in the past 2 weeks. I am dumbfounded by why the cold failed to flow and would appreciate any ideas. I...

A nearby neighbour is elderly. She has received a letter from a PWA surveyor (Pearce and Pearce Surveys). It appears her neighbour has submitted a planning application to build a very large extension that involves removing a garage that has a shared wall with her garage. It looks like Pearce...

Hi I installed a brass pump to circulate hot water from the top of the HW tank to the bottom 18 month ago. This is part of a SolarPV system. The surplus electricity is directed to the hot water heating element. When the top of the tank is hot and the element thermostat kicks-in a relay...

Can anyone advise. Just fitted a circulating pump to HW tank. Connects the vent pipe (approx 60 cm from tank top) to the drain connection. When the pump starts up it is fine. However, it collects air and then stop pumping. I have avoided puttting an essex value in as the top...