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The main water pipe coming into our house is lead which then changes over top copper shortly after entering the house. The water flow is around 12 litre per minute which has been OK for the 15 years we've lived here but we're now looking to add another bathroom with shower in the loft. I've...

Hi, I’m after a bit of advice on the easiest way to replace a basin trap. The trap is one of the flexible corrugated things and must be filling up with gunk as I struggle to get rid of the smell coming from it. It connects to the 32mm waste pipe using a solvent weld coupler. The waste pipe...

Hi, The internal expansion vessel on my WB Greenstar 30si has failed (water coming out of the valve) so I need to replace it. The boiler is fitted high on the wall so there's not enough clearance to pull the vessel from the back which would mean taking the boiler off the wall. The boilers over...

Hi, We have a lean to type porch on the side of our house. when we bought the house, part of the wall was tiled but the OH wanted it painted. The tiles were well stuck to the render so I pva'd them and skimmed over. Bit of a bodge but it's been fine for about 10 years. The OH has now decided...

Hi, I had a new boiler installed back in 2011 and some radiators replaced at the same time. The house is a 3 bed semi built onto a slope so the boiler is in the cellar and two floors of rooms above. The CH flow and return form the boiler are 22mm for the first few metres before splitting off...

Hi, I had a WB Greenstar 30si installed in 2010. It's been serviced regularly but I don't think it's ever been stripped down and cleaned. Over the past couple of weeks, we've had an intermittent problem that's getting more regular. I'd get up in a morning and the thermostat is requesting heat...

I'm currently renovating a house. I've had it rewired and a few months ago, I plastered the chased / around the sockets using bonding and multifinish. In one of the rooms, I've had some bright yellow stains coming through the wall in patches. I've not painted yet so I can try using stain block...

Hi, I’ve fitted a couple of mcalpine anti syphon traps in the bathroom. The aav bit has a blue plastic stopper inside when i remove the cap - do i leave this in place or remove it? Cheers

Hi, My son's bedroom suffers from condensation on the walls behind his bed. The house his a 1920's semi and has virtually no cavity and we've been advised it's not worth filling. His bedroom is at the corner so has two external walls - one north facing and the other west. His bed his on the...

I've had to lift a paving slab at the front ofy house today for a gas meter move. This brought all the mortar from around the soil pipe leaving a massive gap. Under the gap is hollow (theres a cellar there) so dont know how they originally filled this big gap. Can anyone suggest how i'd go about...

Hi, I'm renovating an old one bed back to back. My plan is to turn the bathroom into a second bedroom and split the current bedroom to create a bathroom as the room is massive. The new bathroom will have no external walls so I've got a bit of a challenge with running the soil pipe to the front...

Hi, I'm renovating a back to back terrace and want to move the bathroom to create an extra bedroom. This means the new bathroom will be at the back of the house. I plan to run the soil pipe from the back of the house (about 4.5 metre) between the joists, out of the front, 90 degree bend then...

Hi, One of my towel rad valves has started dripping from the nut at the top of the spindle (i've circled it on the attached picture). If I close the valve the dripping stops. Is there a simple fix for this so I can avoid replacing the valve? Thanks in advance, Rob.

Hi, I have a greenstar 30si boiler and have noticed that a small amount of water is dripping from the clear container in the picture attached. Does anyone know what this part is and how i'd fix it please?

Hi, I'm about to lay a laminate floor in my mums flat an I'm a bit unsure about what direction to lay it in. I know it should lay in the direction of the incoming light which means I can lay the kitchen and living room in the same direction. This would mean the the floor would be going across...

Hi, We currently have a garage attached to the rear of our house where the flat roof is used as a large balcony. Behind this, we have a garden. The height from garden to garage roof is just over 2 metres. I am looking to get a wooden staircase installed from the garden to the balcony...

I fitted an infinite prime wireless alarm in our house about 5 years ago. The external bell box is playing up so I need to replace that along with some batteries in the PIR's. The alarm has the gsm module fitted so it calls if the alarm is activated etc. I'm undecided whether to spend the...

Hi, I am planning a new kitchen and things are going to be moving from their old positions. The 1.5 bowl sink and dishwasher are going to be on a peninsular so I'm planning on running the waste down to the cellar below which will then run to the washing machine which is in the cellar...

Hi, I'm looking to buy a plinth heater that runs off the central heating but also want a thermostat so the kitchen doesn't get too hot when the rest of the heating is on. I'm thinking of getting the smiths ss7 plinth heater but the mrs won't like the stats you can buy that smiths make (old...

Hi, We've had our old pine doors chemically stripped. I've sanded them up and applied osmo door oil to one of the doors over the weekend. The oil has really darkened the wood a lot. Does anyone know if the doors will lighten up again as the oil dries? I applied the first coat yesterday...