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Can anyone recommend which combi boiler to go for, it is a 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom property which will be a rental so I'm not looking to go for anything too expensive. I'm currently looking at the Worcester Bosch Greenstar 2000 25kw but obviously the Worcester Bosch have the aluminium heat...

I'm going to lay some vinyl flooring in a bathroom which I have boarded with ply, is double sided tape the way to go & do I just need to put it around the edges only?

I'm attaching a bath panel & have got some 4mm screws, what size drill bit for the pilot hole should I use for the plastic panel?

I’ve got this fence that has fallen due to the recent winds, simply put how do I go about repairing it?

I’m going to add a plug onto these wires for my kitchen extractor, are these ok to go straight into the plug as they are? Just asking as the wires look like they go from the bottom into these cap looking things, do I have to remove them?

I've got an empty radiator which I'm going to add some inhibitor to before filling. I'm going to add it through the blanking plug side, what size are these blanking plugs as I want to put on an elbow where the plug was with it going up to a piece of pipe then a funnel to fill it through? Also...

I’m hanging a kitchen extractor back which has fallen off the wall. It’s come away from the bottom where the two screws & plugs have come clean out. Whoever has put it on has used brown plugs which haven’t even opened up. So checking the holes one side is completely hollow & the other hole seems...

I’m replacing an unswitched socket for a flat plate switched which I will also replace the back box to a 35mm for. I haven’t fully taken off the old one yet just unscrewed it so I can take a look at the wiring. Not the greatest pic I know but does this wiring look ok, seems to be two red & two...

For a toilet seat fitting where can I buy just a replacement rubber washer like the one at the top around the chrome bit?

Ducting out a kitchen extractor, which type of vents are best on an outside wall, louvre, flap or cowl?

I've got a kitchen extractor which I need to duct out. For the outside vent is there any specific type of silicone I should use, an outdoor one or something like that?

I’m hanging a radiator onto a dot & dab wall so I’ve used corefix fixings. I’ve got a total of 4 fixings, 2 fixings each side. 3 of these have gone in fine but when hammering in the metal core on the last one it seems to have loosened it to the point where I can just put out the whole thing...

I’m hanging a double radiator onto a dot & dab wall & will be using corefix fixings for the brackets. I’ve drilled one side where there was a hollow spot on the dot & dab & so I could see where the board ended & masonry began, it was about 45-50mm of a gap. The other side I’m drilling right into...

I’m hanging a double radiator onto a dot & dab wall. I’m going to drill through the plasterboard & knock the brown plugs through to the masonry behind for a solid fixing, would this be ok?

Which tile adhesive should I use for 60x60cm porcelain floor tiles? The floor is concrete that has an area that has been self levelled & there is a small section that has been boarded? I was thinking to use a flexible adhesive? Also which size trowel would be better for this large of a tile?

I’ve removed some tiles in the kitchen & a section of the floor is like this. I will be tiling back over this surface with the new tiles but I’m going to cut out this part that’s rotten. Been told to use ply but what exactly should I be using? Any in particular?

I recently had my wall & a patch of the ceiling plastered & waited until it was dry to mist coat. As I was applying the mist coat on the wall most of it went on fine but for the two sides (the larger patches in the pics) where it flaked off so I scraped all the loose bits off. Also when painting...

I’ve got this prv valve which is leaking & needs replacing. Do I just undo the big nuts for that SYR 016 prv valve because on my one there's a part where there's that little nut with the tape in between it & the body of the valve whereas it doesn't have that in the pics of it when searching online.

I need to remove a radiator to take tiles off behind it & then re-board, plaster & paint the wall. It has a drain valve, would it be ok to empty the radiator through that? The radiator will be taken off for about a week so after taking it off would it be ok to cap the thermostatic valve & still...

I’ve got this pipe outside which is always making a sort of hissing noise so I’ve had a look & water is constantly coming out of the copper pipe. I’ve tried turning that blue fitting but all it does is make the water come out faster & then if I turn it back to how it was it’s still coming out...