New Boiler & Radiators. Do I need to replace the pipework?
Heating & Gas
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Hi. I am looking at getting a new boiler and all new replacement radiators. I believe the boiler is 20 years old and the radiators a mix of older and slightly newer. I have 2 quotes, one is £1300 more expensive and includes all the pipework in the house being …
Stop cock
Plumbing
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What is a freezing kit
Rerouting plumbing
Plumbing
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850 views
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Hello, I have a bathroom sink that is plumbed into the floor. I have my eye on a metal sink basin that requires plumbing into the wall. Is it possible to reroute the plumbing? If yes, is this very costly? Thank you.
Do I need to prime a newly plastered ceiling patch before painting?
Painting & Decorating
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I've recently had a water leak in my shower upstairs which damaged my ceiling downstairs I've had the area cut out reboarded and replasterd please could u tell me if I need to prime the newly plastered patch before I paint the whole ceiling and if so please could u …
Textured ceiling
Plastering & Rendering
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Hello, I have to remove a 2'x4' section of drywall ceiling that has textured plaster. Once remove I'm going to replace the drywall, put 2 coats of plaster and reproduce the same textured plaster design. It looks like a round ~8inch dip that was done with a mope/sponge. I would …
Handrail
Carpentry & Joinery
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Hi. I have a pig ear handrail mounted to the wall that is coming away from wall. I am unsure how it was originally mounted on wall. Any idea how I could repair this or would I have to replace whole thing ?
avoid wasting felt when felting garage roof
Building
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m y garage roof is 5.130mm long and rolls of felt are 10 m long which means i am losing over 4 metres on each roll. how can i avoid that many thanks
Bathroom Fitter Deposit
Bathroom Fitting
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Our bathroom fitter is requesting a deposit prior to work start date on 13 September 2021. He is not supplying any of the bathroom furniture. Should we be paying him a deposit?
Is lighting fire in redundant back boiler safe?
Roofing
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I've got an old back boiler solid fuel but it is redundant now for many years but I still light the fire is this safe done it for 7 or more years.
Downspout into soil waste pipe?
Guttering, Fascias & Soffits
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Is it illegal to plumb a downspout into a soil waste pipe?