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I bought a 2 channel hive and asked him to install, he took the cover off the wiring centre and saw this and then said it was beyond him and left - anyway, I want to do it myself and wondered if anyone can confirm what I do with the two wires going to Bus sockets (as its a vaillant Ecotec 837...

Hi everyone, is there such a thing as a small size touch up paint for me to paint a dozen bricks or so as they have had old screws and such like taken out and then mortared over (badly :-) by me so they stand out as the mortar is much paler than the surrounding browny red bricks. Ive found a few...

Ive taken off our old 750mm wide traditional rad and want to put a new modern vertical rad in its place. My question is that the new vertical rad is only 500mm wide. The floor is concrete so cant have the boards up to redo pipework. Is it possible to deal with this distance with valve extensions...

Hopefully one of you kind experts can help me please I have the above MA1 actuator on my system and it works well apart from it will not stay on the MID point when HW and CH are requested at the same time (it just defaults to hot water only in this instance). If just CH or just HW are...

I know theres no advertising on here etc but my question is I need about 15 internal doors replacing with new doors and wondered if I could get them all done in one day by a team (3/4 doors each for4 guys???) what do you reckon - possible ? anyone know where I could ask? cheers

Hi guys can anyone confirm please if this is normal I had a new boiler and accessories installed a yaer ago and all has been working fine both hot water and heating APART FROM ONE THING The Drayton MA1 valve only ever seems to be in H or W mode and I cant seem to get it to offer both ie/...

only joking with the title - any help appreciated here is the situation we have a bog standard old style gravity fed system with tank in loft and cylinder in airing cupboard in hall etc Everything works fine with both hot water and radiators all year until it gets VERY cold (like now)...

Help !!!! hot water has been working perfectly all summer and I have just flicked the switch to include central heating as its getting chilly now and the hot water is now not as hot as it was yesterday and before ??? It is a traditional gravity fed (tank in the loft and cylinder in the airing...

Hi gents, I know that generally CERAMIC tiles dont need sealing as 90% of them are glazed etc. I have bought some ceramic tiles but they are called sandstone eefct and feel gritty to the touch like real stone. Do they need sealing or will they still be fine as they are ceramic ??? Thanks in...

I'm sure someone will know what Im on about - recently bought a new wc, however, all of the WCs at the store had screw holes going horizontally into the unit rather than down as you would expect so that you could simply screw straight down into the floorboards to fix it. Im guessing there is...

Hi gents, hopefully someone can point me in the right direction here. I have a flexi 4" standard waste attached to our soilstack by a plumber months ago all ready for me to fit new toilet etc when I eventually bought one (now I have it and am trying to fit it) He said it would be easy and I...

Hi gents can anyone reassure me before I lightit up. We moved into a new house a few months back and now its getting colder I wanted to check out the gas fire in the lounge. I removed all the coals intending to give it a hoover out first and then replace them and turn it on. BUT I have seen a...

hi gents, can anyone help me I want to tee off existing 22mm hot water supply for new bath but the pipe is clamped and Im worried that I wont be able to get the 22mm copper tee in place whilst existing pipework stays in situ Im sure this is a standard problem that you plumbers come across...

Hi gents, just wondered if anyone can help me find what I'm looking for - Im sure you'll find it an easy question. If I explain in simple terms then you can hit me with the trade terminology, and any links would be even better :D I have 22mm tap connectors on my new bath that Im installing...

Hopefully the answer is yes but do you have any suggestions for the actual; fitting I would need cheers in advance guys

I need to run 32mm waste from one side of the room to the other to get to existing waste and there is no way we can reroute etc etc som my question is; is there a better place to notch (ie nearer the supporting wall or is in the middle better) also is a hole through the middle better...

Hi gents - we've just moved to a new house and my daughters room is the one above our garage. The garage has a new looking plasterboard ceiling, but the floor in the bedroom above is very cold (noticeably colder than other rooms in the house) I'm happy to pull down the plasterboard ceiling in...

sure they used to do em in B&Q yonks ago but cant find any mention on the net anywhere

needs to be mdf or melamine panel or even plasterboard any ideas cheers

Will it stick etc ??? Hi guys basically I have bought a house with a fully tiled bathroom, its quite big so can afford to allow it to creep smaller by overboarding the walls. I really want to dot n dab it as it'll be quicker, and less messy than hacking all the minging tiles off first. btw...