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Hi, I've come across a uPVC French door with a broken finger bolt at the top. The bolt can be thrown using the remaining peg to secure it but I'd like to replace it for them with an exact match if still available. I've searched t'interweb for 'Finger Bolt AUSI" but just keep getting flipping...

Hi, Changing the kitchen appliances around and need to check what I need to do and what to ask for if I end up getting a sparky in. Current setup: Cooker switch wired from separate 32amp breaker at board. Runs into back of isolator switch (with 13amp plug outlet) and then spurred down to a...

Hi, Moved into the house in 2005 but this window change was ordered by previous owner in 2000. They had a patio door removed and bricked up the lower 800mm across the 1850mm wide opening topped with UPVC window above that. In 2007 I found that there was a 40mm gap above the header with...

Hi, I have ordered a bath with a curved front but haven't ordered the plastic panel as the reviews were bad. I intend to make my own out of some form of flexible timber and then cover with Mosaic tiles (300mmx300mm sheets with 12x12 tiles per sheet, glass and stainless random mix) I need...

Hi, I'm decorating the hall and sweating my bits off because I can't control the rad unless I steal a TRV head from the spare bedroom. The spare one is a "Concerto" head unit but appears to be a 28mm thread to hold it on. I have a new spare Drayton III TRV but this is 30mm for the head...

Guys & Gals, If you live in North Kent this is the sort of thing going on here at the moment. They've already had the copper earth strips off the telegraph poles and have now started on my house!! Any suggestions for repairing the fascia without having to use lead again, which they'll...

Here is a theory. If I use my car for short journeys the fuel gauge shows usage quite normally. If however, I use my car for long journeys (i.e Kent to Cornwall) the fuel gauge is for example only 1/4 full when I get there. Next morning I go to use the car again and the fuel gauge says less...

Hi, I have purchased a monobloc tap that will be fitted to a HP cold (rising main) and LP hot (gravity) arrangement. According to the installation instruction I need to fit a non-return valve and flow restrictor setup. Presumably I need non-return valves on both feeds and the flow...

I've just spent the day trying to change the rear discs and pads on a 2001 1.6vvti Corolla 5door. The discs are not a problem but the new pads are. The brakes are a sliding caliper design with single piston. The handbrake works on the piston (not the handrake in seperate drum as per some...

Hi, I need to replace the section of c/h piping from the floor void into the radiator valves. It is currently 15mm copper tube and I would like to convert this to the chromed variety so that it matches the decor of the room and the TRVs. (13 year old son into shiny stuff and I hate it when the...

100mm, 127mm & 135mm coving - where is this measurement taken? Is is the length of the curve from edge to edge? Is it the vertical depth of the bottom edge from the ceiling? Any clues gratefully received.

Hi, New to this forum so please be gentle. I have recently moved house and am starting to uncover a combination of overzealous DIY and dodgy builder type mistakes. Latest one is where a new lavatory has been joined to the original soil stack. The house is approx 1964 build and has the...