Are bath tap showers as powerful as electric showers?
Bathroom Fitting
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I have thought about having bath tap shower put in and electric shower taken out. Are they powerful as a electric shower? My combination boiler is at the same level as the shower.
How to stop screed floor paint getting marked?
Painting & Decorating
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I’m having an issue with the floor in my cafe. It’s a screed floor, which has been down for 12 months. The landlords decorator then applied Polycote Flortex PU Twin Pack before 2 coats of Armstead TR floor paint. As we are currently closed due to Covid-19, we decided to …
washing powder blocked toilet?
Plumbing
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kids have thrown a 2 kilo box of washing powder down the toilet and its blocked how can i fix this
Dripping tap which I can't get into
Plumbing
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Hi there. I have a dripping tap in my bathroom basin. It has one tap but a separate handle on either side for hot and cold (placed horizontally so the unit looks like a T shape). I need to get into the 2 handles to replace the washers to stop …
New built house – ridge tile blown off – ridge batten proble
Roofing
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Our house (end of terrace) was newly built. In the 13th month, ridge tiles2 & 3 (together with the ridge unions) were blown off, and tile 1 was hanging off. We checked from the loft and found that the ridge batten was a bit weird. Some part (about ¼) seemed …
Why does my shower drain slowly then suddenly clear up, despite using a spring unblocker?
Guttering, Fascias & Soffits
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We have a shower with a 6m long shallow drainage pipe run with a couple of right angle bends before it reaches the soil pipe. The layout and shallow fall are unavoidable. Inevitably the drainage pipe clogs sometimes and we use an old fashioned spring unblocker to clear it. But …
Moving hot water tank
Plumbing
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I want to move the ground floor hot water tank from one side of an external wall to the other (new extension). I think this just entails turning horizontal feeds to tank through 180 degrees and leaving all other pipework in situ (its against the wall). Husband says it's impossible. …
Is there any way to tell how much space there is behind electric fire?
Roofing
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I want a new gas fire fitted, but not sure how much room there is behind existing electrical fire. Can you advise please.
Thermostatic valves
Plumbing
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Along with a new boiler installation 2weeks ago had thermostatic valves put on my radiators for the first time. Called back installer twice.once for leaking trv and then again for another trv not working due to it being loose. Over Christmas unable to call out plumber as shop was closed …
Can Gas Safe Engineer connect 3 double gas hobs?
Heating & Gas
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Am I allowed to pay a Gas safe engineer to connect 3 separate double gas hobs in my kitchen instead of one large 5/6 burner gas hob? Due to the way I cook with large pots this would be much more suitable for me. My oven is electric and so …