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    Work trainers/footwear I need suggestions

    I'm going through too many trainers and boots, always the toes that come apart first, I'm on my 4th pair this year and they have lasted at best 4 weeks. I've been taking them back for a refund so I'm still on the same £35.00. I've had all manner of hiking trainers/ normal trainers etc but they...
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    Ceramic sink tap knockout

    I fitted my first white ceramic sink the other day or it may have been porcelain and it required me to use a 10mm centre punch and chip my way through for tap hole, the hole came out jagged and not in one round piece like the knockout. I didn't fancy drilling it as if the cutter slipped when...
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    Tiling forum hate plumbers

    Oohh they really hate us plumbers on there, or at least one or two do. I browse around the forum but never post up pictures as I know they will pick up on the slightest little fault and rip you down. I had to learn to tile as I couldn't find a decent tiler I could rely on and can tile to a...
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    Red and brown plugs ..radiator fixing

    This is interesting, when fixing a rad I tend to not use the supplied fixings and just use my own. I use Rawlplug Uno brand as I think you get a really good grip. Any Rawlplug nerds will find this video interesting.
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    Turn combi boiler off each time you depressurise?

    I don't do boilers but for years I've just turned them off and dropped system pressure, done my work, repressurised and turned them back on. I heard that tuning some boilers off can blow the PCB if you are unlucky, am I best to just let the pressure drop and reset them if needed like those...
    • Phil
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    • boiler combi combi boiler
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Boilers
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    Stainless steel undermounted sink coming away

    I've fitted loads of normal sinks but have been asked to fix one that's dropped about an inch, haven't seen it yet but god knows whats supporting it at the moment. My question is what is the bonder that glues it to the underside of the worktop?
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    Basin cold tap to securely take hose pipe or Hozelock fitting

    My customer requires a garden tap at the front of the house but the pipe route is a 600 mile torturous route which involves going over the staircase and along lounge skirting, there's no way. The only solution is to put a wall mounted garden tap in the downstairs toilet but I said if the...
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    Newquay house on a rock

    Anyone seen this house while on holiday? How does it get its water/gas/waste out etc? Its connected only by a bridge but couldn't see any pipes. Bridge is only a catwalk.
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    Dreaded call...water pouring through ceiling under newly fitted shower

    I can never have a normal evening, after working at least 10 hours a day for 3 weeks I had a 4pm finish today which I never ever have and just when I was sat having my early tea the phone went, recognized the number..let the stress commence.. Two and a half weeks ago I re did a leaking old...
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    Good Friday tea time call out Diy disaster

    No gas upstairs thank god!
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    Good Friday tea time call out Diy disaster

    Phone rang at 6:20pm water streaming down walls and ceiling after he's been screwing down creaky floorboards. Regular customer a couple of miles away, I had technically a couple of hours to do it before we were going out so I went over. The floor was 18mm tongue and groove OSB rubbish nailed...
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    Going to be nvq2 but still not allowed to DIY at home?

    I thought you were going to say your girlfriend wouldn't allow you to touch anything ha ha ha.
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    How desperate have you been for a basic part on a job and what have you done to get round it?

    Just got in from fitting an electric shower (yes its Sunday at 9:00pm) and would have given my arms and legs for 12" of 6mm cable, even thought about driving home and pulling it out of the walls I managed in the end by chopping some of the plastic out. In the past I've been so desperate for...
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    Toilet not leaking, something else.

    He wee's all over the carpet around the toilet and is convinced its the toilet leaking for the foul yellow soup all over the carpet. I told him if the bowl is cracked it would be more or less a continous leak and it would be 99% fresh water but he wasnt having any of it and insists on a new...
    • Phil
    • Thread
    • leaking toilet
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Boilers
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    Boost entire gravity hot at cylinder

    As part of an upcoming bathroom job my customer has bought a Stuart Turner monsoon 2.0 bar single pump to boost the gravity hot for the taps.I've fitted loads of shower pumps but never one for taps, I've downloaded the instructions and on one of the diagrams it more or less shows the pump fitted...
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    What on earth is this and why doesn't it work?

    While a was doing something else a customer asked me why she has no hot water. She has just moved in and there is no gas all electric. This thing is the 'boiler' ...
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    Makita 4.0 combi drill Screwfix £119.99

    http://www.NoLinkingToThis/p/makita-dhp456smij-18v-4-0ah-li-ion-lxt-cordless-combi-drill/6948h I can't afford not to buy it.
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    Thats the last time I sit on a customers toilet

    Did a simple little tap washer swap with old lady watching me, I'd finished and left the bathroom and she said "so its definatly not still dripping" so I went back in (big mistake) and dabbed the spout with my fingers while I stupidly sat on the toilet with the lid closed and the stupid thing...
    • Phil
    • Thread
    • toilet
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Boilers
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    Which Saniflo, for washing machine and sink?

    We need a pump to get the waste water up to worktop level from sink trap...no toilet, just utility sink and washing machine. I know nothing about waste water pumps, which is the best one guys?
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    Fluidmaster short flush problems

    So you fit a brand new Fluidmaster flush valve and when you press for short flush, it just doesn't work whatever the slider position. Well...The problem can easily be sorted by adjusting the cable tension, remove the flush valve and remove the single screw on the housing (button end) and adjust...
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