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Apologies if this has been answered elsewhere - I didn;t find it in my searches. I've just installed a thermostatic shower for a friend, and am inevitably having trouble. There is very poor flow. They previously had two Mira showers which worked acceptably well, so it's strange that this one...

Hi guys - another potentially dumb question :D I've run hot & cold pipes out into an unheated but fully enclosed area of the house (a leanto). I've used grey plastic pipe and plastic fittings cos they're idiot proof and I'm an idiot. Do these require lagging?

Tearing my hair out with this one, can't make sense of it so need your help please ! Modern wash hand basin from Wickes. Hemispherical basin that sits on a wooden table. Tall mixer tap sits behind it, also on the same table. Pop up waste fits onto chrome bottle trap below the surface of the...

Need your help yet again please folks. Replacing a bath. Bathroom is above the kitchen, which has been extended. Both kitchen and bathroom are at the back of the house. The pitched roof for the extension extends from the outside wall of the bathroom. The existing waste pipe was 32mm...

Need your help please guys. Friend of mine has a mixer shower that he bought 2-3 years ago, make unknown. About 12 months ago it stopped cutting off the hot water when he turned off the shower. I've popped round to check it out, and I suspect it can be fixed, hence my plea to you guys ! I...

Hi - need your help please. I've done a search and not found the answer. Someone (civil engineer) recently told me that I must have an extractor fan in my bathroom. Is this correct ? Many thanks....

Hi - need your help please! Up and over panel garage door, standard locking mechanism (I've no idea what it may be referred to as, sorry). Garage door lock and release mechanism was replaced recently. The cable from the back of the lock appears to have come away, and no longer moves the two...

Hi - I need your help please guys.... Renovating a 1970s house; I've had the boiler serviced, all well and good, and now need to update the timer and the valves. 2 questions: 1) Can I get TRVs for microbore? 2) Is it reasonably straightforward to replace a Randall 4033 programmer (huge...

Hi guys - need your help please. Installing a kitchen in a seaside bungalow, I'm testing the fused spur I've installed. EFLI of around 740 ohms. Golly, thinks I. Inspection of the board shows me a PME system (made simple for dimwits like me by putting a sticker on stating "PME"). Further...

The buff/yellow rectangle on the wall is where the wall cupboard was fitted. The plinth was trimmed to fit over the socket plate.

Hi guys - me again, in need of your help please. Renovating a terraced house. Ripped out the steel bath, to find that the waste is lead pipe. Unfortunately the pipe runs through a gable end pitched roof, and thence to a hopper, so it's a bit involved to simply rip out the lead pipe and...

Potentially dumb question, so apologies..... Ma in law got me to lay some 15inch stone tiles on her kitchen floor. Idiot here made a good enough job of it to encourage her to buy more for the bathroom and hall (this is a bungalow). Hall is currently carpeted, so I've tiled up to the carpet...

Need your help please guys. Customer has bought some 2inch mosaic stone tiles from the dreaded B&Q, for laying in downstairs cloakroom. I've laid large stone tiles before but never mosaics. Generically are the mosaics strong enough to support the toilet pan, or should I tile round? Also...

Hi Guys, Need a few recommendations as to the best places to go for the Public Liability Insurance please...Just to give me somewhere to start. As always, your help very much appreciated.

Hi, Need advice and guidance please. Newish to electrics, have done C&G 2381, 2377 and just doing 2391 so I understand some of the basics. Getting Part P reg'd soon hopefully, so I'm now looking for some relevant test equipment. I know there's an existing thread on this, but it's...

Hi - need your help again please guys. Plan to replace a window with a set of doors. The "plan" is to use the existing lintel, use an angle grinder to cut through the bricks and fir the frame, doors etc.. I've got sealant, DPC, fixings and a reasonable angle grinder. I've fitted patio doors...

Hi - need your help please. I'm renovating a 1960s house. I have discovered (now that I've got the carpets down :evil: ) that there is this wierd plastic thing on the wall. It is about 3 ins (sorry, 75mm) square, has an oval hole in it (like it could be a thermostat or something similar). On...

Hi, I need to re-instate the wiring for the central heating system, having an Ideal Concord WRS boiler (I know, installed by Noah). Timer was a very old type apparently (now removed) so I'll be wiring up a new one of those too. So, the configuration is: Fused switched spur off ring main 2...

Potentially dumb question: Ignoring whether it is desirable or not, is it permissible under Building Regs to chase or bury hot & cold pipes in the wall? I'm thinking probably 15mm copper, but maybe also flexi. Your help, as always, greatly appreciated.

Hi, Mother-in-law has a flower bed that backs on to her back garage wall. Problem is that this flower bed is about 4 ft deep (a metre and a bit in new money), 8ft wide and is now seeping water into the brickwork. I appreciate damage has already been done, but as a damage limitation exercise...