Pete Coles

I recently split up with my girlfriend of 7 years and we have two little boys. Things were going bad about a year and a half ago, arguing over this and that, money troubles and no sex life. I decided to go around a month ago as we were arguing in front of our boys and we were both disgusted with this. We still love each other very much but she is scared as am i that if we get back together the arguments will start. The kids must come first, but we never married and i know that was a major gripe with her. I want my family back so much and i believe we can do this. I am thinking of proposing to her to show my intentions and now i have lots of work coming in the money problems wont be as bad. what i do not want is to be like my friends who are out all the time, i want my family back. Any help would be massively appreciated.

Hi i'm a heating engineer and i applied for a job at gatwick. There is a massive redevelopment going on at some hotels and thought i'd be quids in. But i found out it was through an agency and was mon-fri 8am til 8pm and sat 8am til 2pm !! At £ 12 per hour !! I swiftly told them where to go. Is that the rate company's are paying there guys these days? I'm shocked at the hours and pay.

Hi on a job that has a new single storey extension,now the existing toilet over flow is inside the building.Im re routing the bath and handbasin waste (40mm) into the soil stack.As this toilet overflow is 23mm and not 21.5mm is there anyway i can connect it to the 40mm waste as i cant find an adapter for 23mm to 40mm only 21.5mm to 40mm(condensafe adapter).Or can i get a fitting for 23mm to 21.5mm? Dont know anywhere that has 23mm over flow pipe anymore.Or will i have to tell the guy to change his toilet?

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Hi my toilet bowl is filling way to much when flushed almost to the rim.But it then drains fine and at the normal speed so it surely cant be blocked?! I plunged it and then used an auger but it still over fills.Could it be a slight block further down the drain line.It is a downstairs w/c.Thanks Pete.

Hi people my boiler is wired to the lighting circuit in my rented house and not on its own independant supply.It keeps blowing the lights and fuse therefore the boiler dont work neither.Im a trainee plumber and im sure this is against building regs and there is no RCD!! She called a guy out this is the same guy who did the boiler service,he said its normal to be wired off the lights.I say hes wrong and because/if i am right in saying, that it should have its own supply.Is the boiler service he passed now void.Many thanks Pete.

Hi i just fitted a new towel rail and one rad tail leaks.The trv side tightened 3/4 all way in and fine but the lockshield side i can tighten all the way and still feel like it can go in more.I put loads of ptfe tape and still leaks.Even changed lockshield with new one and still drips.The lockshiels is fine its just the tail that screws into the rad thats leaks.Is the rad hole defective and need to replace rad? Im puttin at least 12 turns of ptfe on this thread!!!

With 40mm solvent weld waste pipe can i add silicon or glue round outside of joint to stop a very minor drip.It drips about twice an hour.Its very minor but i want it sorted.Or am i going to have to cut out the section and redo.I glued pipe and inside of coupling so not sure why it leaks!!

Please help!! I am plumbing in a new sink that has a basket waste and another waste outlet.They have threads that fit 38mm pipes/traps which were supplied.My existing waste pipes that i put in are 43mm.Can i connect the 2 or throw out the 38mm and buy new 43mm trap and fittings also get rid of the chrome basket waste and the other waste and try and find ones that fit 43mm pipe.

Hi im adding two big and 1 small rads to my downstairs extension.I will be comming off the upstairs rad.Can i tee of the 15mm pipes or lift floorboards up and tee into the 22mm.Would i have to run the 22mm downstairs then back into 15mm to connect to the rads.Its a combi boiler and can take the extra rads.Many thanks.

Recently i had a single storey extension and had a towel rail fitted,connecting from an existing upstairs rad and all rads get hot bar this new towel rail.Bled and balanced system and no joy.turned all trv's ff except new rad and nothing.Could the trv on the new rad be on wrong side of the rad? Any help would be appreciated.