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Plumbing Gas and Corgi

I'd like to change the 3 way valve on the central heating as the radiators are getting hot when just the hot water...
4 comments posted 21yrs
posted by mark.nalder_TRAPTHESPAM_
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by mark.nalder_TRAPTHESPAM_

Prefinished floor too shiny

I've just finished laying an oak floor with prefinished boards. It looks good, but it reflects so much light that f...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by Liz
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by Liz

MDF bath panel with plinth

How do you fit the bath panel and plinth it said it was adjustable but all you get is the panel and plinth nothing to sc...
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posted by Jo
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by Jo

new electrics regulations

Read at our local DIY store that any major electrical work (i.e. re-wire) must either be carried out by electrician or...
8 comments posted 21yrs
posted by mark.nalder_TRAPTHESPAM_
8 comments posted 21yrs posted by mark.nalder_TRAPTHESPAM_

Water pump

Hello I don't suppose this is strictly on topic, but I wonder if there is anyone here who knows about water pumps....
5 comments posted 21yrs
posted by barneyxyzNOSPAM
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by barneyxyzNOSPAM

Toilet leaks at soil pipe exit

Hello My toilet leaks at the soil pipe exit.. It is a new toilet and I have used a WC connector pipe from B&Q that has...
6 comments posted 21yrs
posted by kik*mustdelete*ram
6 comments posted 21yrs posted by kik*mustdelete*ram

100 year old house ceiling cracks

Hi On the first floor 1 room has cracks showing under the woodchip paper. once i get the paper off (Big job i know) wha...
5 comments posted 21yrs
posted by usenet
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by usenet

Gas boiler question

Got up this morning , and no hot water, got one of those Thames Main gas water heaters. Pilot light is lit but when wate...
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posted by A_Kurten_nospam_
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by A_Kurten_nospam_

newbie q re non-functioning cold water tap

The cold water tap on my bath has stopped working. It was fine, then one evening I turned it on and there was a very sm...
16 comments posted 21yrs
posted by hedgehog
16 comments posted 21yrs posted by hedgehog

Bricking

I'm thinking of bricking up a doorway in a storeshed, the shed has two exit's/entrance's and is the subject...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by JasonGreenwood1
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by JasonGreenwood1

Rim latches

Can anyone recommend a good cheap source of either new or reclaimed rim latches. Thanks Tosh
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by tosh
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by tosh

dwarf wall question???

im building a pvc conservatory but in needs a dwarf wall....any one know if instead of a dwarf wall i can make it from t...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by honda.cr125
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by honda.cr125

circular tip soldering irons

Some time ago I saw a soldering iron designed for pipework. It had a circular clamp tip. It went around the whole pipe...
5 comments posted 21yrs
posted by me
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by me

Fan venting into loft - ok?

Hi, I work from home and my office, in a bedroom upstairs, seems to be full of computers and other such bits. All this...
4 comments posted 21yrs
posted by jrf1
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by jrf1