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Oh, that's awkward - are you sure? In a phone call to my local building control they said I just needed to notify the individual jobs. I've done it all now!

Is the bit loose in the hole? How about a stick with something sticky on the end? or superglue

the one I have is like this. He takes a plastic bit out at 7:15. I can't imagine it is available as a spare part.

omg, I spent a tedious hour yesterday cleaning foam out of mine. what a mess. There were no plastic parts though, all metal. There may have been a little o ring. I'm never ever going to let this happen again.

Are the trees are pushing over the fence? Is it your fence?

Can also use an FCU inside the cupboard with cables and flex all hidden. Flex to a socket behind dishwasher if there's space, or somewhere near. Or use one of those lighting style connectors if happy to cut off plug.

sorry, not backwards. In wrong place.

About a year ago I noticed that a cold water tap in my house sometimes ran hot. It took me a few weeks to work out that a check valve on my megaflo was on backwards. It didn't hold temperature well. Also the tank would empty when turning off stopcock and opening a cold tap. It had been...

Lime putty isn't very expensive and isn't very difficult to use. The problem is you have to pay for delivery and it's heavy because it has lots of water. It was handy to have some around for smallish repairs. I usually like to do repairs using the same materials as original. So if lime...

OK yes, great, I can do that. Would easifill be suitable, or is there something better?

Yes, I have a roll of 50mm scrim tape. Do you mean dig down to the conduit in a 50mm wide channel?

I'm decorating a room, and repairing a few plaster imperfections. One is a vertical hairline crack, really not too bad but noticeable. I raked out a little and found the edge of an electrical conduit. It's about 4 or 5mm deep (half multifinish and half sand/cement). Looks like plastic...

Many thanks. In the end I got scared about the height and employed a roofer. He did as you suggested, with slate, side ventilation & flaunch (but no reduction in height). It looks fine.

I'm not very confident choosing door hinges. Since I've taken down 4 internal doors, I want to replace the hinges because they look flimsy & cheap. The doors are nice, solid softwood, 6.5'x2.75', 40mm thick and 23Kg. Each door has 3 nasty cheap fake brass look hinges (3", 1mm). My other...

How would I go about capping this funny looking chimney pot? The chimney is being decommissioned, so it doesn't have to be a temporary job.

great, thanks for comments. Details of bends and pipe size are much appreciated. Pipes will all be behind kitchen cabinets. There will need to be enough space for a washing machine, so I'll arrange for deeper worktop. many thanks

OK thank you. That's 2 votes for simple and above ground so I'll forget about digging up the patio slabs. I could actually run the pipe on the inside of the house and join up with the existing waste pipe. The run would be: Dishwasher & kitchen sink -> 1.5m -> 90 bend, through wall ->...

I have a megaflo. When I get increased initial hot water pressure, I recharge the airgap. There are instructions in the manual and several on youtube.

My new kitchen is behind this wall and I need to add drainage for a sink & dishwasher. I wonder if anyone has suggestions for an effective way to do it. There are 2 rooms behind this wall. To left, a utility room with existing drainage (as seen). To right, the new kitchen with no...

Great, many thanks for the reply. I have already filled it and not bridged the DPC. DPC is at level of bottom of door frame, and runs under it. The screed level (and flooring) will be higher than the DPC though. Do I just run DPM up the wall and door sill and cut off a floor height?