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Hello my plumbing is in good condition resonable combi boiler pressure reducing valve to bathroom to put mains pressure down to 3bar shower fairly new anyway shower has bursts of cold we put up with it because you can sense when it's about to happen so just move away and within 10 second...

Hello I am staying at my mothers for a few days. I am reasonably competent but need some quick confirmations. I noticed when the mixer taps in kitchen and bathroom are turned off there is a 'kick back' in pipes. My worry is that this will eventually cause some damage/leak somewhere I know...

Hello I have a Peugot 306 1.4 1994 Has only done 40000 It had two problems - coolant system Ive solved by replacing thermostat It needs a new clutch - still bites but does slip a bit if I over accelerate. I dont have the skill to do the job myself How much should I expect to pay. I only...

Hello I fitted a mixer tap to a sink with vanity unit I made sure taps were tight before installing sink however they seem to have worked loose (maybe partly because of the swinging arm nature of the tap). Anyway I find the underneath very difficult to get to .. it's the type with a horse shoe...

Hello My mother (who I do not live near) has had trouble with a tap in a relatively new bathroom. She is being advised to replace the tap for over £100 - just price of tap, not labour. I am frustrated that I don't live nearby to check myself and I don't know where the leak is (dripping or in...

Hello I am fitting a bathroom sold to me by one of the big places. We have opted for rectangular tiles to be fitted in brickwork pattern. Designer just said to use half one end and the other half of same tile at other end (ie no wastage). Anyway the tiles are bevelled in on all four edges (so...

Hello I have just installed a bath using all their fittings (including plastics Ts and elbows, plastic inserts and barrier pipe 15mm) When buying some spare inserts in town a man in the shop has worried me showing me speedfit range and saying for plastic into plastic insert must have the two...

My old bath is served by a 22mm hot water pipe (historically fed from a gravity system I think). Anyway it is now served by a combi in the next room (downstairs kitchen) and hot water from combi is 15mm which then connects to the 22mm pipe in bathroom. I am thinking of replacing all of the water...

Hello this evening I allowed a mate to plug in his laptop in my house. It didnt work. He then revealed he had spilled water over his laptop earlier! (in his house). My socket was slightly 'crackly' sounding when using socket switch. I have replaced it. On dismantling the old socket (for...

sorry to be thick [and I have searched for this honest] I have some panels from B and Q Everything is going fine so far except for the fact the instructions dont show the profile clearly enough. I was thinking of laying them so that the receiving panel contains the lowest third jutting out and...

Hello (I have read other similar topics but I thought I should include my own details and reasons for asking) I intend doing the following in my loft and hope it's ok: Fix new timber at right angles and on top of present joists before fixing loft boards. The reasons for doing this are: 1. to...

Hello Ive bought a set of regis theromstatic valves from B and Q and the two tails are slightly different: One screws in further and does not have a contour that keeps nut on (ie the nut slides on and off) The other does not screw in (to rad) as far because of design of end of thread and also...

Hello I am about to reverse door cant find manual in house or online Any tips before I start damaging plastic fittings.. eg it's not obvious how to get either pin out...do I have to remove top cover? Ps plastic fitting along bottom (with 'knockouts) and hole in top of non hinge side...

hello I have an indesit electric hob (bought from homebase) It has been wired into a cooker point the cable from consumer unit to cooker switch cooker point is standard 6mmsquared ---what surprised me was the thinness of the cable supplied (attached to hob) it was flexible as opposed to...

Hello friends from 4 months ago..I promised I would get back to you all on the price. If you remember I was a little 'shocked' [no pun intended] by the suggestion that a quote would be £300+...this then provoked a fair amount of anger..the original topic is here but it is...

hello I have an ex council semidetched house built in 1950 or 60. walls are brick with cavities and some of the outside walls have painted 'spar'. Anyway I understand the need for ventilation but am wondering if the vents need to be as large as they are (about 12inches by 9inches at a quick...

I have the new unit ready. The old one has to go...it consists of the old push in pull out fuses and also has no plastic casing just metal (it was like that when i bought the house). I have experience of adding / removing circuits to a consumer unit. Outside the house there is a plastic box...

If you 'chase in' a surface mounted cable, are you allowed to bury a plastic backbox thus creating a flush fitting (or must it be a metal back box). My question is partly curiosity and partly for use in the future as different parts of this house get improved / plastered / decorated. Thanks I...

Hello my plumbing is reasonable. I am about to remove part of a supply for a friend and can easily cap pipe as close as possible to a T junction. It is rarely mentioned but my question is...how great is the risk of stagnent water in a length of pipe which is capped and never run off periodically...

I have moved into a house with a large conservatory at back with a concrete floor - not very smooth but seems sound and dry. I dont have enough clearance with doors to build a joist structure so I intend screwing down 1cm thick plyboard and then putting lino over this.... is 1cm thick enough...