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Good afternoon. I've recently had some 40mm insulated plasterboard fitted on to solid brick and need to hang some items like shelves and a mirror. Do I need special fixings for these, or, use regular plasterboard fixing or deep fixings to get through the top coat, plasterboard and insulation...

Good Afternoon, I am currently getting quotes for re-plumbing my house. If there is anyone on here in the Eltham and Greenwich area, I'd like to hear from you. I have only 1 quote so far for labour only. I'm have a 3 bed house build in 1914. I'm looking to have an old system decommissioned and...

Hi Guys, I was speaking to an architect about my 105 Yr old house and we are looking to insulate as much as possible. He told me about a product called spacetherm from Proctor (https://www.proctorgroup.com/products/spacetherm )as plasterboard with a thermal backing to go onto my brick and...

Hi, I've purchased a 1915 house and look at insulation. I've already started to replace the loft insulation but I was wondering about spray foam insulation on the inside of the roof but not sure what needs to be done first. I've attached a couple of pictures showing the make up of it, not...

Good morning, I’ve recently purchased an 1915 house that’s been untouched for years. We have a cold water tank and a heater tank in the loft and I’m worried about it freezing. what is needed to convert it into a mains pressure system and what would be rough costs? We are going to be building...

Hi all, Hope you are enjoying this bank holiday weekend! I have just purchased a house built in 1915 and have seen that all the sockets are in the skirting boards. How high do they need to be installed to meet building regs please? I've read 450mm but wanted to confirm. Many Thanks Mark

Hi Guys, I'm looking at using up some of my holidays and have just purchased a 1915 house. I've been an electricians assistant years ago and have a basic understanding of electrical work but I would like to take a course and get acreddited to re-wire the house. I was going to try to find an...

Hi All, I'm hoping you could help me out. I'm having an issue with a plumbing insurance company. We have had a leak for a couple of months now, they have been out and replaced a TPRV as the leak was coming from the tundish. we have now realised that the expansion vessel is broken and the...

Hi guys. I have a part of my heating system that is like to identify. It's constantly dripping at the moment and not sure if I have a problem. Many thanks Mark

Hi Guys, I live in a coach house style building that is contructed on steel i-beams and a floating concrete floor. For a while we have noticed issues with doors not shutting and gaps from the floor to skirting. Today I used my laser level with a tripod to check and I've seen nearly a inch sag...

Hi all, I have a 20 year old food extractor in my sink and it needs replacing but I don't use it, the sink just fills with water and I have to turn it on to empty it. It is a case unscrewing the fittings and replacing with a sink one, along with removing the wiring? I know it sounds a stupid...

Good afternoon, I'm wiring up some led tape under my kitchen cabinets and was wondering what type of wire was ok to use from the transformer to the led tape. Many thanks Mark

Good evening, I'm having an issue with my downlights and have one that I think is blown. I'm not sure how people wire in lights when there are multiple. These ones are low voltage and I think this is the last in the chain, with this, I have a few questions. Do you guys normal wrap the ends in...

Hi All, This one fits between a few different topics so I thought I would start here. I have a set of gates with Hindi rams that have been forced. I'm wondering whether to replace the entire kit or maybe just rams. so, I have a few questions. Does anyone know which manufacturer is best, do...

Hi All, Wonder if you can give me some advise. I'm in the middle of replacing the floor in the downstairs toilet. I started by lifting the old floor and fixing the squeaky floorboards and found this: How should I deal with this? I was thinking about using a waterproof...

Hi, I've just bought some of these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400516385781 and will be using them to power some 3 ft tubes. I was wondering what gauge of wire I should use and whether to wire them in series. I have some 18 guage solid core, would that be ok or too small? Cheers Mark

Hi All, I'm just in the stages of replacing a ceiling light and have seen there is only 2 cores running to the light from the switch. The light is metallic, do I need to have an earth or will or be OK with out it. Thanks Mark

Hi all, I bought a bar shower fix kit from Screwfix the other day. http://www.screwfix.com/p/h-c-contemporary-bar-valve-fixing-kit-chrome-effect/76919 I was wondering if I was ok to use plastic pipe with inserts right upto the top or does it need to be copper for strength? Sorry for...

Hi All, I have an issue of a leaky show and when the tiles have become loose I've removed them an noticed mold both on top and behind the plaster as the plasterboard used was not the mold resistant kind. The next battens are quite far away so was wondering: 1, I will replace the...

Hi All. I've just moved into my new house and have been having problems with the kitchen sink drain in the kitchen which is part of an extension that was added. The sink was not draining properly, so I used a drain cleaner to see if that sorted out the problem. It didn't and the drain...