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Can anyone recommend a supplier of brackets for round poles suitable for a climbing frame / swing etc. All the ones I've seen so far are really expensive. eg: http://www.blacksheepplay.co.uk/climbing-frame-components-hardware/126-swing-corner-bracket-right-round-100mm-100mm.html...

We have a sofabed which has been stored and the springs which tension the bed base have gone rusty. They're on three sides of the bed base - see image below. I want to replace them. Any idea where I can buy some more? They're very strong, about 75mm long, and I need 34 of them.

I have a radiator with BSP parallel threads. I want to fit BSP-male to 15mm couplers and use a shaped piece of 15mm pipe to connect to the radiator valves rather than using standard tails. I've bought some straight couplers from Screwfix (item 67110). I expected these to some with rubber or...

Does anyone know whether the threads in ProRad radiators are BSP tapered or BSP straight with a flange seal? The ProRad spec just says 1/2" BSP.

I need to find two new radiators to fit onto existing pipes which are fixed in a tiled / concrete floor. There's very little pipe movement available - a few mm at most. I don't want to force them to move too much, as damaging them in the floor would be a disaster! One is 35mm from pipe...

I want to replace two radiators in our kitchen with a couple of bog-standard replacements, but cannot seem to find the same sizes. Height is fine. The old ones are 1350mm and 1085mm wide. The closest I can seem to buy are 1300 or 1400, 1000 or 1100. If I go for the under-size options, How do...

We have an old fashioned CH setup - heater tank in the loft, not a high pressure or sealed system. For some reason one radiator keeps collecting air. There's no water leaks. Where is the air coming from? Ant

Hi all, I have a crabtree starbreaker consumer unit which brand new about 3 yrs ago, just before the wiring regs changed. The rest of the wiring is a mix of original 1971, or added when the consumer unit was put in. I now want some work done on the kitchen electrics, so need to upgrade the...

I'm replacing an old CH header tank with a 4 gallon Polytank from Screwfix. This is for an open vented CH system. The old tank has mains feed, outlet, vent pipe and overflow (and no lid). The new polytank comes with connections for the mains feed, outlet, and overflow, but nothing for the...

Hi all, I'm refitting old skirtings after having the walls re-skimmed. Its plaster on blockwork all the way around - no dry lining or plasterboards. I don't fancy glueing them because the walls aren't perfectly straight and the plaster at the bottom of the wall may be a bit clumbly. The...

I need a replacement hot water thermostat but I appear to have an unusual one. Anyone know where to get one of these from? Here's a photo:

Hi guys, I have a Stihl MS180 chainsaw and the chain oil isn't getting from the tank to the chain. I guess there's a blockage somewhere. How do I get into it? Is there an oil pump? How do I get at it? All suggestions gratefully accepted. Ant

I've got two flexi pipes with a monobloc tap - see picture below. What goes on the other end of these fittings? I need to get them onto 15mm copper. A link to a screwfix item or similar would be fantastic. All help appreciated. Ant

I have an old kitchen tap (~1980s at a guess) which I want to reuse on a sink in my garage. It is a single hole mixer tap and has two copper tail pipes on it. One of the pipes is very loose and I doubt it will be water tight. It turns freely about 1/2 a turn or so but then becomes stiff...

Following on from my recent post about how to fit a panel - next question: What do I cut it with? It's 18mm thick, "wood effect". Chipboard inside (I guess - the vanity unit was) and plastic veneer type coating. Options I have available to me: 1) Circular saw - but I suspect it'll be a...

We have an optima based wired alarm, fitted by myself just over 2 years ago. The controllers, door sensors, phone dialer and siren are all fine. The PIRs are giving me major grief with false alarms. We go months without a problem, then a sunny day arrives and we get another false alarm...

Hi all, Having trouble fitting a bath panel. IT's wooden, and ideally I want to put it under the lip of the bath. Trouble is the vanity unit is too close so I can't get a steep enough angle to lean it and tuck it up under the bath. I have considered fitting it outside of the lip of the...

Got a new Armitage Shanks Sandringham bath, an Aquis wooden bath panel, and I need to build a shelf the width of the bath and about 100mm deep at the end of the bath. I then need to tile the shelf and fit the panel. No instructions with the panel, and the bath says refer to panel fitting...

Hi, Two potential works to our bungalow. Can you tell me whether either will require planning permission, or have to be notified for building regs? 1) Move the back door. This is currently on the side of the utility room, and we want to move it to the end of the room. Similar distance...

I want to use BAL Arcybase to level out our bathroom floor. It's fairly flat to start with, and the Arcybase will be 2mm to 4mm in thickness. There two or three different areas where old adhesive has been removed, where the bath used to be, and where the concrete has been damaged over the...