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Hi I am fitting a new bath, basin and toilet and am installing isolation valves to all hot and cold water supplies. Do i also need to fit non return valves and what is the differance between single check and double check valves. Any advice would be appreciated and if I do need these non...

I am putting a new soil pipe externally and want to know does it need to go above the height of the roof with an open vent or can you put a durgo on and not have the pipe going all of the way above the roof height. A friend of mine told me that he thought durgos were only fitted internally...

I want to take a couple of rads of for decorating and have turned both valves off. The rads have TRV`s fitted and I turned them all the way in the clockwise direction to 0 marked on the valve and the same with the opposite valve. When I went to undo the rads the TRV was obviously still...

I wonder if somebody can help me. I have installed 2 new toilets upstairs and when I flush them one is fine but the other one is slow to get rid of the waste. If you just put toilet paper in and flush the paper seems to stay on the top and it takes a few flushs for it to go away. The...

Hello I need to move my toilet in the bathroom. the proposed new layout is from the new toilet a 48" pipe run a 90 degrees bend then another 70 inches to the soil stack. What fall will I need and any problems I am likely to encounter or any suggestions most welcome. Thanks

Hi I had a small leak in the ceiling and it has lifted the painted lining paper from some parts of the wall. 1. What is the best way to remove this as I do not want to do the whole wall just a couple of strips. Can I use a wallpaper steamer? 2. How is the best way to hang the new stuff...

Hi I have a immersion heater with 2 elements 1 for economy 7 at the bottom and another at the top. They are both connected to 2 switches with led lights and on off switches. The led for the bottom element does not light up however nothing has tripped at the fuseboard. The water is not getting...