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Hi All, Here again, in process of fitting new suite and sink and toilet fitted and plumbed in. Last couple of days the bathroom has a bad drain smell, really struggled tracking it down, but my conclusion is the smell is seeping through the water inside the bottom of the toilet?? The back...

Hi All, Been a while since i posted on here. I have moved to a new house and i am in the process of fitting a new en-suite. Currently there is a supajet recessed pump fitted in situ in the wall, quite neat i guess but not pretty!! I want to install a new shower pump in the airing...

Dear all, I am about to install a new chimney style hood and after removing the old integrated hood have realised that the existing hole is not central :( I have two options: 1. Try and get a slight dog-leg on the flexi pipe by digging away some of the intenal wall and plasteing over...

Hi all, I am thinking about putting in a garden office, however i have seen different solutions for getting electrics to it. The house CU is at the front and its a terraced house, it would be very troublesome to chase a new feed/ring into the shed. I did see on here someone posted a...

Hello all. I have a problem connecting my chrome trap waste pipe to existing pipework, i was hoping it would fit into 32mm pushfit, but it appears to tight, i have managed to get it really almost in, but wont slot right the way through, problem is i have now tiles around this area so access...

I currently have artex in our house, i want to get it skimmed smooth and get coving put up all around. I also want to add downlighters. What is the best method/process i should follow? Get all the wiring in and then get the plasterer to skim then cut holes for lights? Downstairs is not a...

I have had a quick search through the forums for an answer to this and the only thing i have come across is kahrs to a flexible parquet trim, however this does not come in white to match my current scotia. Does anyone know of a manufacturer that does a rubber or similar pultrusion that has...

I have just finished fitting my kitchen and installed new cooker extractor/free standing chimney thing. Put new wiring in via switched circuit from main ring kitchen circuit, not fused at the moment but intend on changing this. My main concern is that the cable coming from the fan and...

As title above suggest came home to find the program panel for boiler not lit up,, 1st thing i did was check fuse.... changed fuse and switched back on..."BANG!!" blew it again :( pulled all wiring sockets off of the wall as these had been off recently for tiling etc, nothing visibly wrong, i...

Well after reading all posts here regarding fixed connections etc. I now feel that i should get someone in to do the job.... i.e. corgi registered. This really bugs me as i am almost possitive i could do the work myself. (Competently!) Presently have free standing cooker, looking to remove...

Wonder if someone could help me reduce my new shower pumps noise coming from airing cupboard. I have several/multiple options i am intending on putting in place if people could comment as to their suitability that would be great: Salamander CT50 pump. Already mounting on paving slab...

See attached image, not sure what connection i have on my hot water cylinder, i have bought a 22mm surrey flange assuming it was a female tank, but now looking at it again i am not so sure? Anyone got a definite answer. The pipe connecting hot water is held in with compression fitting? [/img]

I am just wondering why you need to have an independant water supply to shower pump. At the moment, the cold water tank only seems to feed the immersion heater? Can i not simply T-off of this and pipe onto the shower pump. I just want to know the consequences of this as draining the cold...

As some of you are aware whilst removing wallpaper, the layer of liner underneath came away with way too much ease in my opinion. So i now have bilters from re-plastering using Gybroc Easi-Fill, did quite a good job i think..... Just needs a light sanding now. However here is my...

As subject suggests i was wondering as a temporary quick fix how ok to tiles look when they are painted? We have just moved into a new house and finances are tight to say the least and was wondering as an interim before i get around to re-vamping the bathroom can i paint the tiles and if so...

Well just replaced manual mixer on a new house we just moved as the old one was completely knackered. Anyway after installing new mixer we realised flow is not sufficient to enjoy a nice shower. I have an immersion heater in airing cupboard next to bathroom and cold water tank in the loft...

Well from my last post some of you may realise removed wall paper only to find plasterboard, well I have now found the missing link. The house was built using plasterboard, it was skimmed plastered IWO joints and screw holes, and corners remaining was left as plasterboard. They then must...

As the above says just removed wallpaper in new house, as i was removing it realised that the paint below started to lift to reveal plasterboard, not all areas, it appears that the walls have some plaster on them, maybe on joints, here the paint has stayed put without any problems. My...