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Hi, I have recently bought a flat and my boiler is in the shared loft. Is this against any regulations? It is shared by all of the flats in the building but there are already flues etc in there. If anyone can tell me I would appricate it.

Hi, I am having a bathroom installed and would like to have tiles up the side of the bath instead of a bath panel. The installer doesn't seem too keen to do this, is this really problematic I presume he would have to build some kind of internal frame and know how thick the tiles will be...

Have got a marble bowl sink for the bathroom and am struggling to get the waste i.e. plug hole. The dimensions are: The whole is 4cm and the marble has an indent or collar around the whole which is 6cm wide. Will a standard size waste fit this? When I look on the web none of them seem to have...

I have moved into a new flat and there are cracks on the ceiling that have been filled. I want to paint the ceiling but it seems that the filler used doesn't end up the same tone as the rest of the roof. Would some kind of primer help. Cheers

I have a pipe in the bathroom (1880's top floor flat) which stops over the bath. I think this is the overflow from either the water tank or expansion tank in the loft. I would like this not to stick out over the bath. Is the only solution to take this to the outside wall and put an an over flow...

I have a top floor (3rd) flat and am unable to find the point at which I should drain the central heating system. I know it should be at the lowest point but can't find this is it likely that the valve will be hidden under floord etc. Any hep appriciated Cheers

This may be a stupid question but I want to put a 90 degree bend from the end of the exsisting radiator fittings so that I can fit a towel rail which is fed from the bottom. The exsisting valves have a small thread. Will I be able to simply buy a 90 degree compression joint? If so how would I...

I am considering replacing my bathroom suite (old for new swap) in a new flat and have noticed that the soil pip has been covered in expanding foam. I guess this was to cure a leak at some point? If there is a crack in the soil pipe is there any way to cure this, my first thought was put a...

I have moved into a new flat and there are carpets glued to sanded and varnished wooden floor. I want to remove this glue but it is proving difficult. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to remove it. unfortunatly I don't know what type of glue it is!!! White spirt seems to work a...

I have just moved in and have a single lever mixer tap in the bathroom. When I turn it to hot no water comes out. There is an electric shower in the room that needs hot water to work and this is fine. I dont have a combi boiler and was told that single lever mixer taps need the mains pressure to...

I have just moved into a new flat. There are the central heating pipes coming up from the floor and these have angled radiator valves. I want to install a towel rail ,without draining the system, but most seem to require fitting straight valves. The distance from the end of each valve is 36.4cm...