Recent content by bretts

Hi I have an old potterton puma boiler, I dont know how old is it as we bought the house about a year ago but problem is that the we at times i would say 7 out of 10 times not get hot water on the first floor. Ground floor is perfectly fine but neither the shower nor the basin would have hot...

Hi Recently I have had some problem of mold appearing on the bottom of the wall that had DPC done, I dont know when was it done to be honest as I recently bought this property. There is a small black tape like thing coming off the wall on the external wall and on the other side which is an...

Hi I want to insulate the loft but there are downlights there, can anyone please advise how to insulate in this case. I found these http://www.allaboutelectrics.co.uk/lighting/fire-hoods-loft-caps.html These are expensive and I dont know how good they are or if there are any cheaper...

He is working at a fixed price not day rate and neither was he cheap, I got 4 quotes he was the most expensive of them but I negotiated a lower price which was still 10% more than the cheapest but only thinking that he knows my mate since 10 years and has been in building works since 30 years or...

Hi John Thanks for your reply, I have checked the CAB website and as per that it states that if there is no contract then they see a reasonable time to complete that work. 3 months for all this is way too much. I prepared a contract now and will put it in front of him on saturday but I have...

Dear All I am looking for some advise on here. I was stupid enough to employ a builder through a very close friend of mine to do some work in the house. People make mistakes and this is one big mistake i have made in my life and regretting it badly. I showed him around and told him exactly...

Hi Riveralt Yes you are right and i have energy saving one's where I can but I have about 50 downlights and LED's are not the cheapest so yes the plan is to change them all slowly and gradually as I am very light user and only paid 20 pounds a month till i was in a flat which definitely will...

Thank you so much for your reply but should i pay him once he gives me the first certificate or should i pay him only after i get the second certificate as well from the regulated bodies. Sorry I really dont know a lot so my question could be silly.

Hi We just got our house rewired completely. Its a 3 bed semi and charged 3k for that, the guy told me he will give me the certificate for electrics, I really dont know what it means but he will give it to me soon. Can someone please tell me what sort of certificate should I expect, I dont...

Are Poles as bad as these guys are Asians I saw some work done by poles and it looked ok atleast much better than the work done by these guys

I have no idea, how should it be supported coz i can go up and check over the weekend if at all he has not done it.

Hi Thanks for the reply We basically mentioned what all needs to be done so it was just like chimney removal from Living and Bedrooms and then the price as it was a big refurbishment I did not get into each and every thing and was getting something of this type and scale(renovations) done...

Hi Can some one please advise me on this, we recently got chimney removed and few days back when it was raining really bad I heard some drops of water in the loft. I went up but could not see anything as it was dark and did not have a light to hand, but next morning i saw some moisture on the...

Hi Foxhole Yes i mean wooden floors but they are redoing the bedrooms coz they realised that they dint do the work properly up there as I saw a lot of videos online and asked him to do it same way.

Hi Thanks a lot for your reply, yes it was left in the room for about a week as I bought it but they had not put it but prob is the huge gaps between the tiles, I have told them and they are coming to relay the floor boards as they did a fantastic job in the living room, earlier they were...