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Hi all, We've got this black plastic pipe running round to the back garden from a very old stopcock. I want to connect to an outside tap. As you can see it is bigger than 15mm but smaller than 20mm. Is it an old imperial pipe and is there any way to convert it to 20mm or 25mm mdpe?

Ok - I'm having a go at this one on my own I reckon. Just need to know what sort of bricks I need to get - I'm assured that they don't need to be anything special as its going to be covered and that I must get an airbrick (although they appear to be a different size to the normal bricks) and...

Hi Chaps - Our toilet overflow is dripping very slowly. On inspection inside the cistern, the ballcock (although it is up as far a it will go) is still letting a little drip more into the tank therefore the overflow is dripping also. So I know why its doing it - my question is, do i need a...

Hi there - having a problem with my DC07 Animal. It's started cutting out after about 5 minutes - I'm guessing it is overheating and must have a safety switch. I've cleaned the filter on the side of the motor, but is there another one that I need to clean out??? - and if so can anyone...

Hi all - quick decription for you. We have a combi boiler downsatairs and a cylinder with a stat on it upstairs - most rads have TRVs on them and there's a room stat in the hall. We have good heating now and the hot water ok (unless we use a load of it) So what's the problem??? I'm...

Hi All - just quick one. I'm replacing a mechanical room stat with a digitial one - The mech one is a Potterton PRT 100 - the terminals are marked 1,2,3. 1=red. 2= yellow, 3=blue The new one (drayton digistat 1) has 1=common, 2= satisfied, 3= demand. All i need to know is which colour...

Hi there, hope someone can clear up a problem for me. Since moving into our house last year, (its 8 years old) we have had sporadic problems with central heating. It's a Potterton/Honeywell system and occasionally fails to deliver water to radiators or sends it through when only hot water is...