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Hi. Any recommendations for painting PVC soil pipe. I have inherited a soil pipe that has been painted in the past but a lot has flaked off through time. Removing the remainder and leaving it bare is not an option so I need to clean down and repaint. Suggestions on suitable paint would be...

Hi I intend to construct a stud wall with 2 sheets of 12.5mm plasterboard/drywall on each side. Question If I nail/screw the first sheets to the studding can I stick the second taper edged sheets to the first using a suitable adhesive to avoid need to make good screw holes? If so what...

Hi I having a downstairs toilet installed by partitioning off about 1.5m of a longer than needed dining room. Doorway will be knocked out into the hallway. Question. What do I need beyond the 100mm studing with 12.5 mm plasterboard each face (skimmed) to get adequate sound proofing when...

Could anyone give me a very rough guide to the cost to supply and install approx 30m of facia to a 2 storey detached house. Approx half to horizontal and half to gable overhangs.

I hope to install a ground floor loo with the outlet coming out throutgh the wall some 2.5m from an existing plastic soilpipe. 1. is there a problem with a horizontal (fall 18mm/m) soil pipe so close to the ground level. 2. can a branch fitting be inserted into a vert soil pipe without...

Probably not the right forum but---- is it possible to split the cable from one sky dish to feed 2 sky boxes?

Rear brakelights on Renault Clio have all stopped working. Fuse seems OK Any ideas?

Problem with the diverter on a bath mixer shower tap. It is a 15 or 20 year old gold finished tap set that has a plated cover that can be removed once the tap heads (white plastic), hose connector and diverter pullup knob are removed. This exposes the pull up spindle for the diverter...

I have a bought a new hose for my pressure washer. Hose has M22 female connector while washer is 1/2 inch BSP. Are there plumbing adapters available, ie 1/2 inch female Bsp to male M22, which could connect hose to pump and cope with 100 bar rated pressure. If not does anyone know if special...

I am tiling to half way up a window with plastic tile trim fixed to the face of the main wall. I am at a bit of a loss as to how to mitre these main pieces of trim and the small piece at right angles, on the window reveal, where all three meet.

I have just fitted a mid position valve and thermostats on an existing fully pumped, vented, oil fired system. Valve is in boiler house close to pump. On commissioning I have discovered that three radiators on the ground floor extension were plumbed off the indirect hot water circuit and are...

Looking to replace existing feed & vent arrangement by a combined 22mm feed and vent back to boiler. Is plastic ok, after a couple of metres of copper, given that vent is is there to take steam if boiler (oil fired) stat fails, boiler overheats and boils. Some pipe flexibility would greatly ease...

There is info about inserting jpeg picture files in posts on the forum. Do the likes of diagrams drawn in "Word" have to be entered the same way or can they be inserted directly? I don't have a web page.

Any of the experts on here have any experience of this type of thing? Do they work at all? (I realise a plumber would not stake their reputation on them and would prefer to replace radiator, pipe or whatever) If so do they only work if pinhole is leaking to air outside or would they work...

My HW cylinder is 25m from my boiler house(integral to house). My control system requires 3 connections to the tank stat.: live, along with heat demand and heat satisfied returns to wiring centre. What cable is normally used?. Would a 1mm 3 core & earth be suitable?

Found this interactive source on controls which might be of use for those with control problems: http://www.pegler.co.uk/training/index2.html

Any experience with DAB circulating pumps? How does reliability compare with Grundfos which seems to be market leader?

Syphon valve discharges systern when lever is depressed and immediately released (if operating correctly) With flapper valves does the flapper only stay open when the lever is held down or once opened do they stay open and only reseat when the cistern empties? Life's too short to hold down a...

My circulating pump is needs replaced. However I want to relocate the new pump on the flow side of the boiler. Rather than struggle to remove old pump and valves and makeup the gap in the pipework in an awkward place I would like to know: a. Has a typical impeller pump a high resistance...

I know that you can get soldered connectors, without central registers. (Are these called slip connectors??) Can you buy compression fittings without the central register that can be slid along pipe for those who are not confident solderers. (I appreciate that carefull positioning is...