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Hi, Needing a steer please. Hose and taps on external wall side bath hose leaking, badly, taps ok but hose needs replacing. Side taps and hose integrated, they look good but inaccessible to service/repair. So what's the best route, bath out, replace with new bath with end taps, knock hole in...

Hi, I wonder if someone could give me some ideas how to solve our fan requirement. Have a fan which, when the flats were built (60's or 70's), was wired to the light switch and then wires buried into the concrete ceiling. So turn light on, fan comes on. Light off, fan goes off. But this is not...

Hi, Bit of advice please I might be overthinking it maybe I'm right in my worries. I have 2x 13a appliances, induction hob and a oven, plug and go, they both have 13a plugs. But I'm unsure where is the best place to locate the socket to plug these into. Above the oven but under the hob would...

Hi, Not a new topic, capping off gas pipes but this one is me asking what my options are. My flat, haven't had gas supply for maybe 30 years now but I have this old pipe jutting out behind where my cooker goes. It's a pain, it juts out over 3 inches so I'd like to cut it back and re cap it...

Hi, I've had to replace all copper pipes into the soil stack, all corroded and leaking. The last one finished today thank God but it was the worst, no flow, I couldn't push my finger through what was originally a 40mm hole. The build up has been solid black, I've literally had to hack it off to...

Hi, I have 1 elbow fitting to be replaced. I've got a hep20 push fit elbow but no metal inserts... only plastic (JG super seal) Are these ok to use, mains pressure shower. I've only ever used steel ones but I'm a bit stuck. Thanks, Pg

Hi, I had a copper 35mm (it may be 36mm) outside diameter pipe running into a stack which was corroded. I'm on the ground floor flat so get it all. I've got it out, cut back and refitted but I'd really like to change to plastic pipe to avoid future corrosion. Bit it's an odd size. I've been...

Hi, I'd like to understand what's happening later when electrician visits. Have replaced storage heaters with panel heaters and asked energy company too put us over to normal tariff, not economy 7. The panel heater circuits are dead during the day. It seems the storage heaters run on a timer...

Hi, I've got a 40mm copper pipe washing up waste that runs into a stack behind the wall. The pipe moves so it must be loose at the join which inevitably will leak. At the other end, the join to the stack, access is non existent so unless I take out the wall, which in really reluctant to do, I...

Hi There's a few posts on noisy pipes. In our flat the pressure was low but all was quiet, turned up the stop cock, pressure great but lot of noise when it refills. There toilet cistern is out/not fitted so that only leaves the immersion. My q is are all these valves interchangeable, will any...

Hi, This was an unexpected joy, fitted new sink waste, simple enough. Sink had been out of action for couple weeks due to other jobs. Ground floor flat. The sink waste goes to a iron pipe into a cast iron stack. First test, bucket load of water from behind cupboard. There is a hole just at the...

Hi, There's an electric heater in our bathroom with cable running to it from a fused spur. We don't have a shaver socket for toothbrushe etc Would running 2 wires out from the spur, 1 to heater and another one to an MCB then to shaver socket be acceptable? Many thanks

Hi, I must move a 45amp cooker socket switch with socket. I plan to fit 13A oven, a 13A hob and then have 1 socket (for washing machine) = 3 sockets max 39A. How is it possible to split the 45A to 3 cables, gives me more flexibility but unsure how to approach correctly. Many thanks, Kevin

Hi, got this ugly thing on the wall needs to be moved. My Q, would anyone familiar with these know if there are 2 sets of wires to each switch inside. We would hope to have a cooker switch separate and underneath the worktop have a plug switch for washing machine. I could have new equivalent...

Hi, There was a wiki on this but it's gone so I need to ask for some help. I have an old Honeywell mechanical thermostat, 4 wires = earth, yellow switched live, blue neutral and a red live. I want to replace it. My replacement (dipping my toe in something newer) has a live and neutral input + 2...

Hi, had some great help so far and had my mind set on a viessmann 200W 35kw boiler, the range is a bit confusing but with weather comp etc and latest B model it comes in a nigh on £1650 with flue. An intergas combi compact eco rf 36 comes in at around £1200 all in (with flue) Both seem to be...

Hi, I am soon to change my heat only system to combi, a viessmann 200 35kw Combi and I have a few layman questions to ask, I'm interested to know as I think its quite clever to be honest but wary of some pitfall. 1. There is a lot of talk of saving space which is great but what about parts like...

Hi, Looking at the viessmann system boilers available, the Viessmann Vitodens 100-W System Boiler 30 but for just under £200 more I could have the 200-W version. Its hard to make out what the main differences are though, weather compensation sounds useful but this is just a replacement boiler...

Hi, my boiler groans worse than my old woman and I have no idea what it is. Its not all the time and doesn't appear to be at any particular time, bit random. The guy who services my boiler had no idea, I sent the MP3 file (link below to the file) to Baxi technical (its a Baxi Solo HE...

Hi, My cooker is plugged into a wall socket, a normal 13 amp plug. Its been like that since the dawn of time. It is quite inaccessible. Looking in the loft that single socket is on a heavy duty cable so it looks like it was wired up for the job. Nothing else on the circuit, just that one...