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A stupid question I know... Say I want to use a brand new 2/3 metre length of copper tube. Are you supposed to trim the pipe ends with a pipe cutter, deburr them etc. to get 'good ends' or is the idea that you just use them straight out of the pack without trimming them down? The reason I ask...

I know this is such a random request.. but I'm about to start some replumbing and could do with approx 20m of 22mm copper pipe but in 3m lengths. I need 3m lengths because I'm going to be installing some of the pipework in fairly inaccessible places (false walls etc.) where leaks from joints...

Hi I'm part re-plumbing my house having had an ancient cast iron supply pipe replaced with MDPE recently. My question is after the main stoptap, how much space do you need to leave between it and items such as the prv, drain cock etc. The instructions for the prv (a Reliance 312) say to leave...

Hi Would anyone know how to remove the sash from a WHS Halo tilt and turn unit? It doesn't seem as obvious (to me) as other tilt and turn profiles with external hinges. An example window looks like.

Hi I have some WHS halo windows where the outside of the frame has a profile for fixing cleats or frame extenders to. So the outside of the frame looks like: My question is say I want to fit expanding foam tape (Compriband TP600 or similar) around the perimeter of the window frame instead of...

Hi Just a random query. Say you have a upvc window that requires frame addons/extenders because they've been measured 'wrong'. Does it look cr*p (from outside) if you can see the joint between the actual frame and extenders after the window has been installed? Thanks

Hi I recently posted on the 'Roofing and guttering' board for help with the guttering on my front porch. In short since the porch was built 30 years ago, the gutter downpipe on it has just emptied onto the garden rather than into a drain. This is a distance of approx 75cm away from the front...

I could do with some advice re a situation with the guttering for my front porch. Sorry for the long post. I live in a mid-terrace property that doesn't have a waste water drain in the front garden. Sometime in the last 20/30 years my property had a front porch added. Because there's no drain...

Hi I have a composite door with an ERA 616 multipoint lock that is suffering from rust at the bottom of the faceplate. So I don't damage the finish of the door slab while removing the rust, I was thinking of taking out the faceplate to work on it away from the door. In my case the faceplate...

Hi Am wondering if someone could help me with something I'm unsure of. I have a stud wall in my house, that had some 'customisation' to fit metal conduit in the past. After a rewire it just so happens that the base of this wall is now something I need to repair. What's obvious is that when...

Hi I know this query is about windows, but I looked through the Windows / Doors forum and all the posts were about issues with windows rather than where best to install them. So posted here instead. Sorry if I've got it wrong. I'm looking to get my property re-roofed and the attic room 'done...

My house is a stone-slate roofed mid-terrace in 'uddersfield built around 1900. The attic was converted into a single room probably when the house was built or soon after. The attic room is approx 5 metres front-to-back. There is an 'eaves' area at the front and back of the house (obviously...

Hi So I'm prepping the bathroom ready for it being brought into the 21st century in the summer. When they installed the current toilet, they chopped into the window cill and squared it off. The cistern was then secured to the squared off section of the window cill. The new toilet will fit...

Hi I have an Indesit IWD7145, that's suffering from a loud clicking from the bottom of the machine when spinning. I've found it's actually the body/frame (underside of machine where the shock absorbers fix to) that's cracked. When I press the metal around where the shock bolt fastens, I can...

Hi I have an old victorian terrace where there's a coal cellar running underneath the area between the front gate and the front wall of the house. The coal cellar is useful for storing random things in, but every time it rains water finds its way into the cellar. There's a seal joining the...

Hi I have a wrought iron garden gate where the striker plate is (was) held to the wall by bolts screwed into wooden dowelling. One of the striker plate fixings has rusted to the point it no longer has a thread, so the striker plate has worked loose and now fallen out of the wall. Do I have...

Hi Water supply pipe is 32mm mdpe (already layed) that I need to convert to 22mm copper (internal pipework). I'm not a pro. I'm guessing the normal way to convert would be to reduce to 25mm (with a plastic fitting) then to 22mm using a copper adaptor in the 25mm outlet followed by a 22mm...

Hi Say I have a plasson mdpe fitting and need to remove it temporarily.. If I undo the locknut and remove (lift carefully) the grab ring off the pipe and then the fitting can I refit the same fitting in the same position later? Obviously I’d have to refit the grab ring in the same place on...

Hi I'm trying to learn the basics of how to use my new Hilmor GLM pipe bender. I'm not a plumber, just someone who'd like to learn how to do my own bends rather than using elbows. So I've done some test bends on some old bits of pipe, but I'm getting pitting (bits of silvery colour not copper)...

Hi I'm looking for a new drop tight PRV, to go on 22mm vertical pipework for inlet pressure between 6 - 10 bar. Just wondering whether anyone has any good words to say about either the Reliance Water Control Compact 312 (looks to have been discontinued) or one of the PRVs from Altecni /...