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Two of the nylon rollers and my shower door have parted company, one where the door seems to have disintegrated and a repair is impossible. This of course means that the door is barely hanging on and is difficult to move so it is time for a new cubicle. We have never been happy with the...

Howdy all, Can anyone one point me in the direction of a place I can buy some 15mm x M12 x 8mm copper tails. All I can find at the usual places are the flexible variety. thanks in advance. Mal

After years of having the garage illuminated by a halogen spot with a pir, I now have a fluorecant tube and a couple of low energy bulbs in batten fittings. The only problem is that the family are sooooo used to the lights being automatic, they now habitually leave the garage with the light...

Hey all..., I have a double socket at the rear of the garage. Wired into it is the combi boiler and plugged in is a four gang extension which heads off to the front of the garage. The four gang irritates me and I would like to replace it with some permanant sockets in which I could leave...

Hello all, I have a single strip light on the garage roof but would like to replace this with a couple of low energy bulbs and add more of the same at both ends of the garage as it has always been a dark place. I was planning on using batten fittings for the bulbs, fixed to the joists. The...

I have been replacing 25yr old microbore with 15mm copper following a leaky manifold. With help from the people here and a few weeks of practice soldering in the garage I am feeling pretty smug when I look at my handywork. Not 100% professional but it is all is pretty neat, secure and the...

I am just about to put the finishing touches to adding a couple of new radiators and was wondering it there were and trade tricks to putting on compression valves. I have heard people say use jointing paste on both the threads and the olive, and I have also seen the same said but with ptfe...

Thanks to a dripping manifold which has spurred me into action, I am finally getting around to replacing my 8mm microbore with some decent sized copper pipe. The manifold is fed by 22mm both flow and return and I was planning on teeing into the flow with more 22mm up the hall towards the...

I have read numerous posts about the fitting an external expansion vessel but would like to ask something more specific regarding my particular boiler. The Baxi in my garage (4 1/2 years old) is an instant and has caused quite a few issues with pressure when hot. The vessel has already been...