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Hi all My Dad has a rented house and God knows how but the previous tenant broke a bit of the UPVC door mechanism off! I don't know what brand or type to look for, to replace it even though I've looked online. I'll add the pics I've got. The missing piece is from the door not the frame...

Hi all Im hoping to swap my boiler for a combi and in the process ill get rid of the honeywell programmer wired just below the boiler and swap it for a Hive thermostat, wireless in the front room. My question is: the programmer has loads of wiring going into it, as long as the boiler will be...

Hi all Im trying to find the name of these hinges so i can adjust them, but cant see them anywhere online. Can anyone identify them so i can look up the adjustment its for a composite door by door-stop thanks

Hi What is the USB C cable attachment for with these heat links? they have to be mains wired dont they, if so why have connection for a cable? thanks

Hi there Im just wondering if you guys generally whack the sand before laying the blocks (and then add a 2nd layer of sand) or only whack after leaving the blocks proud enough to allow for compaction? Ive been given different advice and wondered if theres a best method? thanks

Hi guys Im after some LED strip lights for around the kitchen but i want to make sure i buy some of good quality, but i dont know which sites actually sell good quality or which just buy cheap foreign rubbish and sell it as expensive. Can anyone give some recommendations please? cheers

Hi guys As it says, is it a requirement or a recommendation for downlights to have min fire rating in new build? Thanks

Hi Im just trying to work out what the regs are for an extractor in a new build. Am i right in thinking that the key issue is the height the extractor manufacturers state? i thought it was 650mm minimum for electric? Im having an induction hob and the sklock extractor says min of 500mm to...

Hi Im building a new house and my sparky isnt sure about wiring up 2 Nest thermostats with 2 different zone valves with my boiler. Hes had limited experience doing this and he said to buy a pattress with a wiring diagram but surely now everything is online about these things and he said i might...

Hi Someone very helpfully pointed out today that new homes need to have separate heating zones. So this has raised a few questions for me: Do the different zones have to be piped up separately? or Is it possible that all radiators would be piped as normal in a flow/return system but i could...

Hi I just bought a boiler for a new build and it came with a NEST e, now all the videos i see show how to connect these to an existing thermostat, but if its a new build i assume it will just need a feed but what other wires as i dont believe you wire these to the boiler as you do with the...

Hi guys Ive got a bay canopy to cover, and i was thinking of using rosemary tiles, but with it being a splayed bay, how do you cover the angles? - i know you can use normal roof ridges cut down but i think they always look a mess, so what else can i do? or are there any other small or thin...

Hi guys Im thinking of installing a new toilet, one that goes 'back to the wall' But im not sure how you add the water inlet when its all hidden and also i imagine you have to have the soil pipe fixed into the wall so that when you slide the toilet back into place, you have to hope you get a...

Hi Im just wondering if there are any specific guidelines for how deep you can chase a pipe into a wall in a new build? Ive read it is or at least was 1/3rd the depth of the wall which is plenty but i dont know if thats actually true or not thanks

Hi Ive been reading up the guidance on drilling or notching joists, and i can see that for holes it is required distances for holes but i cant see anywhere saying how many notches are allowed in the given spaces The NICEIC diagram shows limit of notches in a shaded box but surely youre not...

Hi all Im looking at buying the tails to go from my meter to my CU. I need to buy 25mm ones is that correct? Also ive read some saying i DO need an isolator if using over 3m tails and some saying i dont - does anyone actually know whats legally required? and if i do, is it an 80amp DP isolator...

Hi all The water board are fitting my new service pipe soon and their guy recommended i use 32mm but im wondering what kind of stopcock they will pass. The brass ones seize up for one thing, but are they the only type that will get passed or doesnt it matter as long as it stops the supply? thanks

Hi guys Ive got a new build, im wanting to have an alarm but not sure whether to get one fitted and all wired to the mains or look at self fit one or even if wireless ones are any good Do these wireless ones work if your power goes off? whilst the house is ready to have the main wiring added...

Hi all Im going to do most of the plumbing in a brand new house, ill be getting a combi for the dhw and one of the showers and as advised on another thread, using a hot water cylinder with programmer to feed the bathroom inc other shower. Im wondering if a 30kw combi will feed approx 13 rads...

Hi all Its just occured to me that ive got to fit an extractor fan in the utility room in a brand new house - to cut a long story short, the house has traditional timber beams so i cant just chop them about, im limited as to what size holes i can cut in them, which means i cant possibly pass a...