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Hi all, had main roof done recently, some issues (broken tiles, starter kits missing etc) but they came back and fixed them. I'm looking at doing a much smaller low level garage roof myself to save money having paid over the odds for this, there are a few shortcuts I'm sure they took, can you...

Any suggestions on how to return this underground pipe to its correct shape so I can replace this split coupling that has been leaking? Hot water? Just leave it and use plumbers putty? Some kind of insert? 110mm soil pipe Thanks

Hi, found that a drainage channel which links into a shared kitchen drain has cracked and is not taking water where it should go. It seems to be a concrete cast channel which is in 2 x 1m sections. 80mm deep, 85mm wide. It's also dropped in the middle, any water bubbles through a hole, going...

Kitchen sink has been a bit smelly and started to leak from the silentrap part of the trap. I cleaned the trap and waste pipe and tried it out, same thing. Checked the pipe on the other side as there's a rinser, it was clogged so u cleaned that up too, still leaks. luckily I had bought a spare...

my airing cupboard is now empty, having switched to a combi boiler. i want to keep using it as an airing cupboard so had planned to add a small electric wall heater to help dry / keep stuff dry. something like this (on a timer or thermostat)...

Hi, we had a vented boiler converted to combi, this included upgrading a previously internal pipe to 22mm externally. The old pipe served only the boiler as we no longer have a gas oven, hob or fire. I told the fitter he didn't need to keep the old pipe live from the meter. I'm surprised that...

had a boiler changed yesterday, vented to combi, so the immersion supply is now looking for a use. the fitter left the mcb off, this morning I wanted to check that the supply was still connected to the immersion switch by checking the the red light. switched the mcb on, went to the old...

hi, downstairs loo is blocked, no amount of plunger use has unblocked it (similar to this one) https://www.screwfix.com/p/professional-power-plunger/90321 . additionally, i've used some trade only unblocker which also hasn't done anything. It does empty, but takes around half an hour to do...

anyone come across this? we had a "safedoors" composite door fitted last week, perfect initially but within a few hours we couldn't lock/unlock without difficulty, having to push it back into the frame to allow it at all. the company that fitted came and had a look, it wasn't as bad by that...

My loft has a box beam running the length of both of the eves of the house, attached on top of the joists at the bottom. We had a bathroom refurbished recently and for one of the spotlights they used a hole saw to go through the beam, for the otgot spot in the same position further along the...

Getting a sparky to install an inline fan for our ensuite, given it's next to the bed we want either a pull switch only arrangement or a timer but with a pull switch we can use to switch off at night. No RCD on light circuit. Isolator apparently has to go in loft. Now I expected the pull switch...

Due to already spongy floor patches throughout and a leaking dishwasher it looks like I need to replace approx 6sqm of t&g chipboard which feels like it's going through. The replacement will abutt 19mm chipboard but I plan to use ply and can only get 18mm ply, would you add shims only directly...

Water damage to some click laminate kitchen tiles so I'm replacing with sheet vinyl ontop of Hb. The floor has an underlay which is was going to take off but I'm wondering if it's worth leaving and screwing the hb on top. Would that be worthwhile or a bad idea? Thanks

There are a number of houses the same as mine on and around the same street, a "type c". I noticed that my neighbours house doesn't have a piece of what I thought was wood, undernearth the arch of the porch. "great" I thought, "I can removed it and it's one less thing to paint". only thing...

1980s house, verges cracked and falling out, a few slips from the ridge (neighbours is same age and in worse condition). I've decided to get them raked out and re-pointed/bedded. Tried a few local tradesmen based on recommendation and out of the local town booklet. One no show One...

Bought one of these a couple of years ago as they were supposed to be one of the few "good" makes, however the door handle recently broke. I have a replacement, but as you can see from the photo, it seems to have the same flaw as the original. The old handle is on top, you can see where I...

My parents have switched from BG to eon, they have been to take the initial readings. Its their own home, not rented. Eon have written several times saying they have to come and do a gas safety check, my old man is convinced they are trying to push them onto a smart meter. They are now...

does anyone have any tips on repairing or replacing the heating element from a lay-z-spa pump? I have an old one that trips the RCD when the heating element is powered, they seem impossible to get spares for. thanks

A soft spot has developed in a 19mm t&g chipboard floor, probably because of heating pipes underneath. I've placed a 3.6mm piece of plywood I happened to have on top temporarily until I get hold of replacement t&g. It seems that nobody does 19mm anymore, I can get either 18 or 22 mm, which will...

I've seen on here many times that conversion of a wet verge to a dry system is a no-no, however I've had a company do a quote for my roof and this is what they have suggested. I want to double check, as they aren't simply talking about capping the wet verge but converting it instead, the same...