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Hi I'm fitting a new steel bath, but need some advice on how best to secure it, i.e. make it less wobbly :) 1. It has *one* welded-on 'lug' on each side (at opposite end from taps), as shown in the first picture here. Assuming these are typically found on steel baths, is the one at the...

Hi I did ask a similar question before MOD 2 and it was moved to electrics

Hi As (almost) the final part of my bathroom make-over, I'm ready to install the new w/c. However, when I slide the pan's outlet into the rubber seal on the soil pipe, the pan sits out too far from the wall (well actually, it's the cistern that's too far out, but you know what I mean). My...

Hi I'm wanting to have a new electric shower installed - there's no shower in that bathroom at the moment. I know I'll need an electrician to run new cable from the consumer unit to the bathroom, but can anyone tell me if the spare socket in this picture will be ok for this purpose? The...

Hi Whilst replacing my bathroom suite, I noticed that the pipes feeding my basin (correctly) have earth bonding, however there doesn't seem to be any earthing on the pipes going to the bath. Is this normal? I can't think of any reason why a bath would be any different from a basin in this...

Hi My water is currently off as I'm doing up my bathroom. While I'm at it, I'm thinking about replacing the broken gate valve in my airing cupboard (I have bought the correct 22mm replacement valve already). However, before I proceed, I'm a bit nervous about it as when I started to...

Hi I'm draining down my open CH system, and have opened the bleed valves upstairs first. I tried opening the downstairs bleeds but there is still a bit of water coming out. The small F+E tank in the loft has had its ballcock tied up. It seems to be taking ages (45 mins so far) - is...

Hi I'm about to remove a 'standard' rad and replace it with a towel heater. I've not done this before so the job may take me a little while, so can anyone advise me how best to close off the water supply to this rad while I fit the new radiator in place? I also need to do some tiling behind...

Hi Sorry this post is quite long, but there are a few questions I need answers to!! - I want to install a mixer shower above my bath (there is no shower there at the moment), but I need some advice on how to do it. I've got a hot water cylinder on the same floor. My plan - as in the...

Hi I'm fitting a (central heating) heated towel rail and have been looking for suitable valves. However, almost all of them I have seen are 15mm, whereas the pipes to my existing radiator are 10mm. Do I need to find (apparently rare) 10mm valves or is there such a thing as a 10mm-to-15mm...

Hi I'm replacing a radiator in an upstairs bathroom. There is not currently a thermostat / valve to regulate flow on it at all, just identical 'lockshield valves' with plastic caps on each end. This means the temparature/flow cannot be changed like on my other radiators. Is there a...