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I have a plastic 1500lt heating oil tank, its 15 years old and is probably near the end of its life. Because it is within 10m of a stream I will need a bunded tank as a replacement. At the moment its just gravity fed, if I put in a bunded one does it need a fuel pump of some sort?

I have just fitted a dual flush toilet to in one of my tennants houses, however a small pipe called a refill pipe that should go from the, "refill hole of fill valve to top of overflow pipe" is missing. It dosen't help that the instructions seem to have been written by a ****ed chinaman who...

Beware if you are cold called by a company called Optimum Calls. They will offer a good headline rate but omit to mention 0845 charges etc. The real stinger comes when they mention the contract as 60 months, on the recording of this conversation it will sound perfectly clear, however on the...

Following a plumbing inspection by wessex water I am no longer allowed to use a hose in my farmyard even with a one way valve fitted to the tap. Would the easiest way be to fit a header tank and booster pump? I can't manage without a hose and don't want the expense of a borehole. It won't get...

My parents in laws boiler has been condemmed as the flue is loose, the boiler is 20years old and it was pumping out carbon monoxide. British Gas quoted £7000 for a new boiler and to fix a new flue. Its an old part thatched cottage so the walls are quite thick and the flue goes up 10 feet or so...

I've got a woodburner but it doesn't have a back boiler, rather than spending 000's on a new one could I put a small radiator behind the burner then pipe it to a couple of other radiators? Would it work/blow up/boil dry? Would it need a circulation pump or would it work on convection? Thanks

Hi Can anyone give me a rough estimate of the cost of replacing my slate roof per sq/m? It will need new slates and battens as the slates are delaminating and the nails are rusted.

Hi I am in the process of laying an engineered oak floor, the existing floor is old pine boards, I have lifted a few to see what is underneath, it appears to be concrete laid over slates. The concrete is covered in bitumen and there are wooden joists set into the concrete which the floor boards...

I am putting in a quote to repair the fitting/changing rooom doors in a clothes shop, I need to get some locks that can be locked with a lever on the inside and with a simple key/allen key on the outside by the staff, but don't know wher to get them, can anyone help?

Hi Everyone I have started to do more and more handyman jobs as an extra to my main job of farming, its got to the point where I think I out to have some form of public liability insurance. Can any of you reccomend an insurer or give an idea of premiums, thanks, happy christmas

I need to put some lead flashing on a porch that continually leaks when it rains, at the moment it just has a cement fillet, will I need to use a lime mortar to bed the lead in as the main house walls are made of cob?

I have a friend who works for an outward bound/schools organisation,part of the brief is to teach basic electric to post A level students:- How to wire a plug, pendant light, changing fuses, recognising a consumer unit and knowing how to turn off and or isolate circuits. The demo board is...

The slates on my roof are slipping and are probably about 100years old by now so the whole lot needs replacing, its not listed so I was wondering if the metal plastic coated tile sheets would be an adequate replacement, as they look easier and quicker to fix. Does metal sheet = condensation or...

I need to run some cable underground for an automatic gate opener, it needs to be 2.5mm supply then 1.5mm between the gates, do I need armoured cable or can I run it through plastic/galvanised conduit, it will also need a couple extra 12v cables for the gate stop photo cells so the bundle might...