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Hi Guys Can someone shed a little light please, I’m going to replace the pump head on my central heating boiler and I’m not sure about a few things. 1/ Is item one in the photo used to increase and decrease the pump speed? 2/ If it is, am I correct in assuming turning the screw in the...

Hi guys I've got an internal door frame which is the type without a rabbet joint, in other words the slamming strips will be nailed to the frame, does anyone have any idea how much clearance should be allowed between these strips and the door stiles and top rail to allow for painting...

Hi I've just dry lined the downstairs loo, dot and dab, can anyone tell me will I need to have the wall skimmed before tilling or can I simply tile straight onto the plasterboard. Any help much appreciated

Hi Can anyone offer some advice on fitting a shower mixer bar, I have put a 19mm thick plywood pad between the studwork to fix the mixer to, or so I thought but the amount of thread protruding is only 20mm as shown on the attached pictures, obviously I don’t just want to dangle the mixer on...

Hi Can anyone advise me on a TV booster I have installed, it has 6 TV outlets plus a Full Outlet. The problem I have, is for some reason 2 of the outlets don’t appear to be working as a result I don’t get a TV picture when plugged into them. I only need 5 outlets to work so would it be...

Hi Can anyone give me a little information about radiators? Which is the best side to fit the air vent screw, the flow and return pipes connect to the lower tapings each side of the radiator? Also if I want to take a radiator off the wall, I would normally close the lock shield...

Hi I’ve been looking at some Quinn radiators at Wickes, the side and top panel kits come separately, can anyone advise on how fiddly they are to fit and do they stay in place as well as the factory fitted ones. Many thanks Clive

Hi Guys Can anyone offer some advice on radiator valves and boilers, First of all can I state I shall not be installing the boiler myself, but may decide to buy it depending on what price Mr. Gasman can get me one for. I shall be installing the radiators and pipework to them myself...

Hi Can anyone help please. First of all can I say I am fully aware of part P of the Building Regs and it’s constraints. My house does have a main 10mm bonding conductor from the consumer unit onto the gas service pipe and then looped across onto the rising main water pipe with no break...

Hi can anyone help, I want to replace an existing Yorkshire tee piece with a new one, the existing one is in a horizontal mains water pipe. The reason I think I will need to replace the tee is because the one leg of the tee has a very short stub of pipe and compression stop end on it, if I...

Hi Can anyone enlighten me, what is the difference between consumer units to the 17th Edition and those to the 16th. I ask because I have just been looking at some in a catalogue which says it has Dual RCD and I don't know what the second RCD would be for. I understand ring mains and...

Hi can anyone help me, and before anyone says yes I will have the wiring checked before switching on, but want to get as much of it correct myself before doing so. In the utility room there is a double power point and two double poled isolating switches above a work surface all of which are...

Hi can anyone help, I understand you can find websites on how to make bombs, I must be hopeless because I can’t even manage to find a website on how to install a double glazed unit into a pvc window frame and also into a wooden frame. Single glazing I’ve done just get the old mastic gun out...

I intend to fit six IP65 12V light fittings in my bathroom, the wattage of each lamp will be 50W. Could anyone advise on what size transformer I will need to drive them, or will each lamp need to be on it’s own transformer, also what size cable will I require on the low voltage side and...

Am I ok to use 6mm cable for an electric oven, I assume diversity will not come into it as the hob is gas. The maximum wattage is 5200, the cable run is 7 metres from the consumer unit and bunched with about three other cables through holes drilled in the floor joists and not in contact...

Personally I’d bury it in the wall, no not a body, but can anyone advise does it conform to the IEE Regs these days to run a cable in plastic mini trunking with a snap on lid from the ceiling in a bathroom into a shower enclosure mounted over a bath. Mastic has been used to form a seal where...