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Hi all, is this asbestos? I attempted to replace my toilet some months ago but needed to move the soil pipe back towards the wall. As it didn't rotate\swivel as I expected, I decided to cut what I thought was a cast iron connector in order to insert plastic. However, using a reciprocating saw it...

Hi All, I could do with a little help. I had the intention of installing a close coupled toilet, this would require moving the soil outlet back towards the wall. I thought I might be able to just rotate the join and add some Sikaflex over the joint but I don't think this will work now. In the...

Sorry to hijack the thread, we have an 8.5kw shower using 32A/240v at the MCB via 6mm cable. We had an electrician look into this as the RCD kept tripping when we used it on high (2 red dots) although it's fine on low (1 red dot). The electrician said the 32A was the problem and we needed a 40A...

Hello all, I'm after a bit of advice. In my boys bedroom there is a plug socket behind one of the beds. I want to plug in a 4 or 6 way extension and attach it to the wall where I can access the plugs. What I don't want is to have however many powered things plugged in and potentially using power...

Hello, most probably a stupid question, it's just that any batteries I've charged in the past have had removable plugs to let any gas(?) escape. This one doesn't seem to have any, or are those small holes for that? And what's through the round window? It's black, does that mean it's kaput...

Hi all, My mum lives in an ex council flat which has concrete (including the stones) interior walls. She wants to hang a wall bracket to hold a 32" TV\DVD combo. I've tried drilling into this type of wall before and given up after ruining 3 drill bits after about 1/2 inch progress. Can it...

Hi All, Sorry in advance if this in not in the right place. I've got a mobile AC Unit which is needed in the boys room during the couple of hot weeks we have per year (they really do suffer). The problems are it's noisy, we have to have the window open for the vent (which defeats to object...

Hi, I bought a car a couple of years ago from a main dealer, when I got it home I found a portable jump starter in the back which they had left in by accident. I phoned them to tell them I have it and said if I was in the area again I would bring it back - haven't been near since though...

Hi, just recently, whenever we use the bathroom taps it sounds like someone is blowing a Viking horn! It's the cold water but it also blows with the hot tap as it refills the hw header tank. It also does it from the kitchen but not so bad. How do I fix this please, it must be driving the...

Let me tell you a story: The wife and I wanted to re turf our lawn as it was really shabby and had missing patches. Not being a very good gardener we decided to get the professionals in. Stupid mistake no.1, I accepted the first quote of £300 for 20 m2. When he arrived he said he had...

Hi All, Most of you will find this a stupid question and laugh at my ineptitude, go ahead, when you're done, please post some advise. I've redecorated my house, completely refurbished my bathroom, laid 3 different types of laminate floors, hung new doors, patioed the garden and built a new...

Hi All, What's the score with sourcing rover parts? We have 2 cars - a knackered Fiesta which needs replacing and a good A class. I could sell them both and get a nice Rover 25 for her and a nice 45 for me for the same money. Both would be 2003/2004 and 20-40k miles which would mean we...

Hi I need some help keeping the old girl alive. I have a 1999 ford fiesta 1.2 or 1.25 finesse with 100k+ miles. I'm not good with car maintenance so I'm afraid she's been neglected a bit and running quite badly with an oil leak and the engine sounds terrible - probably from the lack of oil...

Hi All, Does anyone have any information on the following: I have an Ariston A150 dishwasher which has gone kaput. It started with the power, salt and rinse aid lights operating as normal but no actual operation, there was some water inside. I left it for a couple of days and tried again...

Hello All, I've just had a quote from a reputable company to replace the soffit, facia, guttering and the bit that takes the water from the tiles into the guttering plus a double glazed front door for 2K (1100 roof/900 door). I think I'd be happy with the job but it seems a bit steep or am...

Hello All, Can anyone tell me the difference between Pentium LGA and Pentium MPGA? I'm looking at upgrading and don't know which one to choose. It's for a gaming PC by the way. Cheers.

Hello All and Merry Christmas. My electricity tripped out at about 3 AM this morning and would not reset. I switched off the individual circuits which allowed me to reset the main switch. Switching on the circuits one by one revealed it was the socket ring main causing the problem. I...

Hello Guys, I'm planning on adding 3 double sockets into the cupboard under the stairs for all my recharging needs and also 2 60w wall mounted spot lights (non earthed, wired together & plugged into one of the sockets). I've never done anything like this before so your help would be...

Hello Guys I had an electrician visit the other day to check a few things and he didn't like what he found! It seems the previous house owner changed the old consumer unit for a new one but instead of using a cut out(?), used choc blocks. The sparky told me to get a cut out installed but...

Hi all, Has anyone had any problems with the plastic radiator tail valves? I put them on a new towel rail in the bathroom so I could remove it without draining it but the valve is leaking from the screwdriver slot. I'll have to replace it anyway so is it worth putting new valved tails on or...