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Shower Malfuction!
Hi All, I have a Triton Aquatronic electric shower, about 3 years old. Tonight water is coming out of a plastic pipe just behind the main outlet. The plastic pipe looks as though it goes straight into...
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electric sockets
Edwardian house, 3 pin electric sockets installed ages ago. I want to install new ones and understand there is a min distance from floor. Can anyone advise? Thanks Colin
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Is this OK?
I have today changed an outside light (normal on/off type - not security type). One of the neutral wires was not long enough to reach the choccy block connector supplied with the fitting so I extended...
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Close coupled suite
Should the cistern be fixed to the wall in all cases ?? A local plumber fitted the suite abt 18 months ago and now I find a leak has developed between the pan and cistern due to the movement of the...
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Tumble Dryer Vent ?
How easy is it to fit one of those vents that go thru the house wall to the outside? sick to death keeping the back door open now that winters approaching, too far for tube to reach the window. TIA...
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Replacing grout on bathroom tiles
The grout on our bathroom tiles is mouldy and the old tricks like toothpaste and grout cleaners barely work. We asked a tiler to replace the grout but he said the tiles were too close together and he...
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RepairTo manhole walll
When I had driveway tarred 20+ years ago and to bring house drain manhole cover up to new surface level the contractor just laid a layer of bricks loosely on top of existing.....no mortar ,and laid...
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Imersion heater problem
Only the top eight inches of the tank gets hot.... the rest of the tank is cold to the touch... running the tap only gets about two gallons of hot water. Anyone know what the problem could be?
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16 years ago
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Applying silicon bath sealer (No.2 and No.3)
Hi, further to the previous post re various tools for a good finish: (1) What do you folks recommend regarding weighing the bath down, so the gap is not opened when full with a body in? This is only...
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16 years ago
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Heating a bathtub and bathroom
I am redoing the bathroom and I want to heat a steel bathtub so that the water does not grow cold in the bath. I also obviously want to heat the room! I was thinking about putting a radiator next to...
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kitchen floor
tiles or laminated wood? since there obviously will be a washing machine and cooker, not to mention potentially a lot of water on the floor
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16 years ago
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boarding up the loft
what is the type of wood to use to as floorboard the loft, i need to be able to walk on it as to not to fall through the ceiling, i have been told that mdf is suitable, but that i was told now, it...
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Question about Electrical wiring
Hi all A friend of mine has had her house rewired and the electrician plastered over the cables. She thinks that the cables should be covered by conduit. But the electrician said the conduit is not...
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Garage Wall crack
I have a crack in my concrete block garage wall .It starts where Brickie when building the wall 20 years ago fitted a vent in the line of second block from the block above the vent was left without...
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Best place for inexepensive 10mm compression fittings and tube
Hi, Look, I have tried, for hours, honest! But I need some 10 mm compression fittings (just bends, couplers and equal ts) and 10mm valves (like Screwfix item at 5.59GBP, each) and a 25m roll of 10mm...
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