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Howdy, I've searched online suppliers but cannot find anyone who sells the blanking plate that you remove from the control panel when fitting the TimeSwitch 130 timer (the dial type one with teeth). The boiler was fitted with the TimeSwich 130 but now I intend to use a wireless control...

Good morning, I have 3 projects coming up: - laying a real wood floor (30sqm) - build a decking platform - install new skirting to 3 rooms I am wondering which type of power saw would see me right for all of these jobs. Cutting a straight line with a hand saw or jigsaw has never been my...

John/Redherring, Thanks for replies. What you suggest is ideal, however, I don't know if my neighbour would be in a position to have the roof fixed when my builder is putting my roof on. I'm sure they will want to have it fixed soon but I was hoping to find some kind of fix that I can be...

Hello y'all, Looking for a little advice..... Neighbour built single storey extension last year astride the boundary line, which I am more than happy with as we agreed I would use the new wall for the extension I am planning too. However, neighbour's extension roof is leaking and making...

Garyo/Cyclone, Thanks for taking the time to respond. Maybe I didn't make it clear in my initial post but the reason for the post was just to find out if anyone had experience of challenging Building Regs years down the line, to which Jeds cleared things up. I'm not ready (yet) to ask for...

Crystal Palace, mate.

I can't seem to find any clear guidelines to tell me what type of drawings I need to accompany planning application for a single storey extension. I have read and spoken to folks who recommend all sorts of options: Draftsman, Architect, Structural Engineer and even DIY. The extension is to...

Yes, Matty, I only received an email. Planning dept offered to send a letter but I was sarisfied with just the email.

Many thanks for that, Jeds. I need to get the work done at some point in 2010 and will post here with experiences if I think it will benefit others. Cheers

Appreciate you reading and replying, however, what I am hoping to achieve from my post was advice whether Building Control can be held responsible for passing work that is clearly substandard? I wouldn't be foolish enough to prickle folks on here easily agitated by common forum faux pas'...

Has anyone had experience of challenging Building Regs Completion? I bought a house (repossession) last year which, planning records would indicate, had a loft conversion done in 1995. Before going ahead with the purchase I asked the local (Bromley) Building Control dept to advise whether a...

Hello there and merry christmas to you all I dropped a clanger by cutting the inner clear tube/pipe of a bottle trap too short and now the trap leaks a foul stench! Can anyone advise me what the name of this tube is and whether they are freely available from a plumbers merchants, please...

The link to the screwfix flexi is for 15mm, it's 22mm that I need. Will do re shower.

The Bath mixer is a 10mm monobloc. Yes, the shower plumbing is concealed. What would you recommed......coonecting the plumbing straight to the shower mixer with a compression joint? Any idea what that fixing is that I don't know the name of? Cheers

Hello I (kind of) know what I need but am looking for help from folks here to advise me whether such flexi's exist. Bath mixer: I need a 2 flexi's - 1 monobloc end and the other end needs to screw on to a 22mm isolating ball valve. Shower thermostatic mixer: 2 flexi's needed. 1 end...

Hello everyone I've just bought a few different sized Acova Multi Column rads - all have 4 columns (the ones B&Q sell) from ebay, however I'm expecting that some wall brackets will be missing. My dilema.... I have just downloaded the fitting instructions from acova's website. These show...

Hello everyone Do folks have a preference whether to mount a toilet pan on tiles or to install the pan to the floorboards (plus the WBP layer on top of the boards) and then tile around it? I'm guessing there's a strong chance of cracking prelaid tiles if you mount the pan on it, not just...

Thanks for the advice so far. *If* the rest of the street has good water pressure, what are the obvious things I should look for that could be currently restricting flow? Obviously ensuring the stop tap is fully open. Is it possible that Thames Water haven't opened the valve attached to...

Hello everybody, I have recently bought a Victorian 3 bed (+ loft conv) house and have just started investigations in to the plumbing. Here is the set up: - Lead pipe supply from mains. - The main supply T's off: 1 branch heads straight up to the loft conv to a small plastic...

Thanks all for reposnding. Skip will have to be in situ for a week so I'm gonna take my chances and leave it topless (!!) for the first few days and make a call after that. I'm in south London so I reckon I'll have a good balance of tippers vs scoungers!!