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Just fitted a large and heavy stone shower tray onto a mortar bed. I forgot to run silicon sealant around the edges, before tanking with liquid latex and adhesive repair tape from Aquaseal. The tape overlaps onto the shower tray, making a waterproof seal all around it. Do I now need to cut the...

I have just replaced two ceiling chandeliers with LED ones. Each has 24 bulbs @ 4W each. Both are driven from two 2-gang 3-way dimmer switches, which also drive some wall sconces (6 bulbs @4W each). So, in total each 3-way dimmer switch is driving 54 LED bulbs (all 240v), totalling around...

Rads getting hot when just CH is on. Always been this way. Think I may be getting reverse flow. S config. Trad non-combi boiler. Header tank. Boiler is a Stelrad Mexico. Pipes run boiler to pump to t piece that splits to hw 2-way zone valve to hw tank one way; and ch 2-way zone valve...

I have a problem where the wall-lights in just two downstairs rooms have burnt and melted. I have no problems in other rooms. Living room and hallway - all the light fittings have burnt. They are BTC Hector wall-lights, which take 40w golfballs, and have a porcelain shade that is held in...

I have a power-shower that works very well. Except, when I switch on the water, nothing comes out of the shower and the pump doesn't make a sound. I then have to lift the shower head off its hook and shakeit around for a moment; whereupon suddenly the pump kicks in and the shower works like a...

I have a new shower and pump, installed by a building firm. I tried it for the first time, and discovered that the shower gives cold water but no hot. I suspect this is down to an air lock in the hot water pipe leading to the pump/shower. At its highest point, this pipe has a valve, tall with...

A dumb question I suppose, but I would really welcome any advice. I am fitting a new shower hose to a new shower water outlet in a new bathroom. The hose terminates in a male screw fitting of half an inch diameter. The water outlet is a female screw fitting to match. Fine so far. When I...

A building firm did the first fix for my bathroom. SInce then, we've had the room tiled and painted. One of the final acts was to wire up the extractor fan, one of the standard run-one types. Here I've hit a problem. The cable installed by the building firm is only two core and earth...