moving

We love our flat but need more (reconfigure the) space with a growing family. Moving in London is not an option as 3 bed houses with a large kitchen are £100-200k more in our area. The kitchen is too small and a space that only cooking is possible in. The only other communal space is a large...

I am thinking of moving the washing machine and tumble dryer to the cellar to create space in the kitchen. The cellar ceiling is abou 2 ft above ground level - there is a window. Now there is a water pipe so getting a connection for that shouldn't be an issue. The cellar runs below the...

hi.i'm repositioning radiator in bathroom but there's no isolating valve on pipework..after i've turned electric off to the boiler and drained down the system will i still be able to have a shower,fill the kettle while the radiator is re-plumbed in the new position.thanks

I have two separate 4" drain pipes that my fixtures connect to, and I want to move 2 fixtures to the other pipe. Here is a diagram of the situation. Everything is in the crawlspace, and everything is vertical except for the 2 drain pipes, and the line I want to move. Will this work? If so...

Hi plumbers. I just have a few questions about moving to another state as a plumber and pursuing journeyman’s licenses. Here’s some background on me first, then the Q’s. I’m 23 years old, currently living in Florida with my parents and really want to move to New Hampshire... really want to move...

Does anyone know if it is difficult to remove a central heating timing switch QE2 from a first floor airing cupboard to a ground floor next to a Condensing boiler Glow Worm Flexicom HX24 ?

Hi, I have a Glow Worm Flexicom 24hx Condensing boiler and I would like to move my existing Towerchron QE2 timer / controller which is currently in an airing cupboard on the first floor, moving it down next to the boiler on the ground floor. Would it be difficult to move the timer controller...

next week I will be doing a kitchen where the gas meter has to be moved a couple of feet. I have MET 1 but I’ve never had to move a meter before so I’m looking for advice. Please correct me if I’m wrong but what I’m thinking is.. Disconnect Anaconda from ECV. Attach new fitting to ECV ( is a...

I live in a flat and wish to move the kitchen from one wall to another to make far better use of the space (essentially 90 degrees and up a bit - phot attached). Assuming of course that this is allowed within the lease, I was wondering if this sounds physically possible and a likely idea of the...

Hello, I’d like to move the radiator’s pipes into the wall, so that they come out of it horizontally and above the skirting I am also likely to fit a wider (but single panel) radiator to better match the width of the window I think it’s better not to have any fitting inside the wall so I might...

Im going to be removing an old sink from one wall and re positioning the new sink on an adjacent wall At the moment the hot and cold supplies come in through the wall and branch right for the existing sink. I need to modify these so that they come in and head straight to the direction of...

Hi all, I am looking at buying a 1st floor flat which has 2 bedrooms ( In Ipswich). The second bedroom only has enough room to fit a single bed and wardrobe in so thinking of ways where I can increase the size of the room. One of the options is to move the bathroom which is between the small...

How do you lot move oil boilers around I've got to fit a combi next week and not looking forward to shifting it. I've got a sack truck up to 200kg but it never used to feel too sturdy under a heat only let alone 160kg of combi boiler. Naturally everytime I get an oil boiler I strip all the...

Hi guys, Just moved into a house with a 3rd bedroom being a loft conversion on the top floor. I currently have F&E system consisting of: Boiler - Ground floor. Heating/Hot water tank on 1st floor along with main bathroom. Cold Water tank / Central Heating expansion on top floor. There’s a...

Hi all, I’ll try and be brief but also bare in mind I am trying to be as clear as possible to explain what I am asking. So, moving into a house. Want to fit a dishwasher into the space shown. It’s fine it measures 60 wide, no problem. But it isn’t deep enough. The sole reason is there is a...

Can I relocate a gas meter within the distance of the anaconda ?

Hi! :) I'm on the hunt for a house and one of them which looks incredibly promising has a solar installation - I don't know a whole lot about these so I was hoping to get some advice on 'best practices' with solar panels. I'm also wondering how putting power back into the grid works - does it...

Hi , trivial thing but I live in new build house and one of the loo seats is slightly loose annoying the guvner , I struggle to get my hand in to tighten the seat so my question is are these assembled on the pan before install ! Cheers Howy .

i'm in the process of remodeling my kitchen. At the moment the mains cold feed comes up through the floor and enters the house pretty much at the front of a cupboard so i want to reposition it somewhere that it wont be as much of an obstruction Id like to move this so that: 1: the stop valve...

Hi All I have recently moved house and this new house has underfloor heating in the kitchen. now i know the house has been renovated and has been empty for perhaps a year. What i have noticed is that the underfloor heating is luke warm at best. i know it runs from the boiler. i checked under the...