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I have a newly installed shower tray with a McAlpine high flow shower trap (ST90) connected via a flexible hose to a 40mm solid run to the main stack. Ever since installing the shower trap cant keep up with the water flow from our pumped aqualisa shower. However if I take the grill (and...

Evening all Merry Christmas all, our heating system isn't quite so festive and has decided to let us down today. It has a wireless honeywell stat paired with a Honeywell HC60NG receiver. When you adjust the thermostat the receiver relay clicks and goes green as it should. However after...

Hi all, I had a leak from an existing bath which was clearly bodged on install and wanted some advise on the best options to replace. Coming out from the bath drain is a 32mm connection which then needs to end up into a swept 50mm waste pipe. I'm thinking maybe a normal bath waste then a...

As part of a bathroom refurbishment I had to rip up some water damaged T&G chipboard floors and replaced with new MR boards. During this process I damaged the adjoining 'groove' therefore leveling a chunk/dip running the length of the board. Ahead of fitting the vinyl flooring I want to...

I am looking to splice into an existing lighting circuit for a new outside light. I have run the cable from the new switch up to where I am looking to splice into the existing circuit. However the ceiling rose being fed by 3 cables - is there an easy way to check which of the 3 I can splice...

Hi, I have a upvc French door install and have watched many videos and threads on the topic. However my french door has a seperate trickle vent head which is a seperate item from the frame and sill. How do you fix this and in what order? Do you fix to the opening like the sill then fit the...

I have installed a laminate worktop in our new kitchen and have a matching laminate upstand to install. However across the 2.6m length unfortuantly thr worktop is out by roughly 3-4mm and the upstand isn't completely flat and is out in thr wrong direction causing a 6-8mm gap at one end. What is...

Hi all, Seems like a simple question in my head but can't find a clear answer online. Basically my new kitchen sink comes with a basin waste which is 32mm as it's a square one I can't easily replace it with a 40mm one. I already have my mcalpine trap which is 40mm is there a coupler that...

Hi all, Firstly a bit of background, we are renovating our house and had a new distribution board going from the old Wylex type to a new RCD protected one. All was fine for a few weeks with the new electrics until the plasterer came. Because the sockets were pre-existing the plasterer just...

Hi all, I have a soul stack pipe in the bathroom with an i/d of bang on 110mm with a rubber seal. I bought a mcalpine 90* pan connector which said it was for 110mm soil pipes. However it is extremely loose, the o/d including the ribs is only just 110mm meaning it doesn't seal. What's the...

Had another tread which described other issues. However I have now condensed the issues into one strange one, which I can't find any other examples of online! Essentially with the heating on and hot water off if the hot water cylinder thermostat is turned up the heating will stay on full power...

Hi all, Recently had boiler fixed, new fan, in our new house. Tonight I noticed it was very hot even with thermostat down low, checked and the boiler was still on. This is with the heating set to on but hot water off. I then went up to the hot water tank and turned the tank stat down to...

Morning Have read lots of posts but can't find one that's exactly my situation. Essentially in my en-suite where we are replacing the shower cubicle 2 of the 3 walls are blockwork rendered then skimmed and one wal is plasterboard. When getting the tiles off the backing thistle plaster has...

Morning all, I have recently moved into a new house and have been trying to get the hot water and heating working with no success. Below are my findings so far: 1983 house with Y plan heating system upgrading in 2010 to a Worster boiler. Boiler when powered on has solid blue light (therefore...