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My son has a G/F 1 bed flat in a 1930’s conversion. He has a stud wall that separates the front door from the kitchen creating a small entrance lobby. On one side is a door leading to a bathroom extension. This makes the kitchen quite small and he would like to remove all or part of the stud...

Abacus Easy-Plan wall hung cistern is leaking and has been for some time. All boxed in with plywood, tiles were all cracked so now removed. Plywood box and flooring wet and covered in mildew. I can’t see how to remove the toilet bowl, it is very loose but can’t see how to remove it, no holes...

I need to replace a thermostatic bar shower valve with inlets at 160mm centers. Online I can only find them with 150mm centers. Does anyone still make them?

I just bought a wall mounted patio heater on Amazon advertised as 800w. When it arrived I found it had no rating plate on it. The instruction booklet said 110/230v 800/1500w so I read that as 800@110 and 1500@240. I decided to return the item and although I have been offered a no quibble...

Hi All I have a room attached to my single garage around 9’ x 9’ that I would like to use as a garden room/bar. It is single skin concrete block with a decent felt roof. The inside of the walls gets quite wet when there is a lot of rain so I would like to make it damp proof and insulated...

I’ve bought some ip57 outdoor mains voltage festoon lights. They are made with two core flex with a plug on one end and a connector on the other end to join another set if required, this has a screw on lid to make it water proof. I would like to cut the run in half and use two separate runs...

It’s like there’s a poltergeist slowly turning the temperature control towards hot until it gets too hot. The flow control seams fine. The install is negative head fed by a 4 bar whole house pump and flow is good. TIA.

I have a good length of armoured cable left over from building a new garage a few years ago. I would like to use it to install a 300w pond pump in my garden. Firstly, I will not be doing this job myself but would like an idea of what’s possible before I start. I can take the supply from my...

I have a yellow Balau deck just over 4m x 4m. Every spring i pressure wash and oil using something like Ronseal clear deck oil and it looks lovely for a few weeks before going silver and then covered in algae (it is north-east facing). Having done a bit of research I suspect I may not have...

I have just refitted the control board having had it repaired together with new motor brushes and drum dampers. Now Ive got a blinking "check inlet" light despite the fact I can hear it filling with water. After a while the machine just drains. I am wondering if I might have dislodged...

Having established my 3port valve was faulty, I removed the motor unit from the valve and could hear something rattling inside it. I refitted it and used the manual lever to select the mid position and as I did I saw and heard a spark come from inside. Now everything is dead. Nothing tripped...

My hot water was way too hot at the tap so I just replaced the cylinder thermostat. While I was at it, I removed the actuator from the mid position valve (Drayton) and tried turning it with some pliers. It seemed very stiff and with only around 45 degrees of movement (not sure if this is...

My Parents have a problem that several electricians have not been able to fix. Two or three times a year the RCD trips and turns the power off, usually when they are on holiday and the freezer defrosts. Now they are worried about going away. After lots of checking and testing, I think there...

I can't work out how to remove a drawer beneath a basin, I wondered if the runner mechanism (pictured) might be the answer? Thanks in advance.

Hi My sandstone patio is about 6 years old and all the grouting has gone. I want to re-point it and I am tempted to use regular sand/cement mortar for the job. However, I have just watched the video for Aspects Easyjoint and it does look easy. My main concern is will it stand a yearly...

Having just fitted a new trap to a basin, I decided to tackle another problem that has been bugging me for a while. With the plug in, the basin empties itself fairly rapidly. I took the waste out and notice there is no washer between the top flange and the inside of the basin - just a bit of...

I have a compact ensuite shower room, it has a shower, a small basin and a toilet. When I empty the basin, it sucks the water out of the shower trap. (it doesn't happen if I just run water in the basin). The run of waste pipe starts at the Shower, the basin T's into it after about 500mm and...

I have had two quotes for the supply of a vinyl floor over the top of glazed porcelain tiles on a suspended floor. One quote includes self levelling with F.Balls 300, the other specifies Ardex FA20. Is there much difference between these products? Cheers

I had one loose tile in my bathroom which I have removed. It was in a corner above the bath and I suspect water got behind it and caused the adhesive to let go, possibly because I think the grout gap in the corner is too small. Or it could be because the adhesive had started to go off before...

I have an electric shower in the guest bedroom which produces a pretty poor flow rate at the desired temperature. Could this be because it is old? Although I have a water softener, the shower predates it and was already fitted before I bought the house 9 years ago. I wonder if the performance...