Recent content by sonaldo

I recently had a column radiator fitted which has exposed the naff wall hidden by the old (single panel) radiator. I've found plenty of guidance on how to remove a radiator with 'conventional' valves but this one has these 'tap' valves on each end. Is there any guidance on how you shut these...

Thanks for the replies. The guy who swapped out the radiator and installed new pipes isn't gas safe registered. So he did what he could before departing for his next job. Before leaving he phoned for his mate (who is gas safe registered) to come round and diagnose / fix the problem, but he...

as title, had a radiator and pipes replaced (so they go under the floor rather than above), once fitted the boiler no longer works the red LED indicates 'shutdown due to insufficient water circulation' and the yellow LED indicates ' temporary shutdown due to defective discharge of exhaust...

thanks for your help in identifying my subfloor. having discovered that it is in fact (or at least very much appears to be) plywood, i'm thinking about buying some reclaimed pine floorboards (such as these) and laying these over the plywood subfloor. do you know if that would be ok? or will i...

I've got a Combi boiler in a cupboard that is plugged into a single 3pin socket (which sits proud of the wall, i.e. back box not flush). It's in a convenient position for me to run my laptop, monitor, etc. from. Could you please tell me whether it's safe to: - simply plug a two way adapter...

I'm not sure. Is there an easy way to tell? The old wooden door (much nicer in my opinion) looked significantly wider:

Underneath the floorboards in the spare room is thick 'mystery' pipe that I would like some help identifying! It appears in the middle room. You can see it as distinct from the radiator pipes: But it's also up near the window: Following it to the right of the above pic, it goes down into...

Recently moved into a small Victorian London terrace with a uPVC front door which I want to replace. The render reveal (i.e. brick to brick opening) is: 2258mm height and 775mm width. I've been told that, due to the narrowness of the opening, part of the wall would have to be removed to...

not terrible but the wall has a light switch on either side of it and a radiator attached to it so i don't feel super confident tackling it myself!

subfloor is actually plywood, with felt then laminate on top sorry i got the measurement wrong in original post, it's actually about 180mm. i want to replicate what we have in the kitchen:

thanks for the response. We want to replace the floors as well so hopefully if we do that at the same time it will make moving the pipes less troublesome. Would you say this is a job for one person or several?

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Looking for advice on parapet wall refurbishment cost. Been quoted £450 to "hack off" 1x side of loose render (the top photo), supply and fit render bead, apply 2x coat of render (scratch coat and finish coat) and clean all debris off site. Also been quoted an additional £300 to replace lead...

I'd like to move this non-load bearing wall over to the right (expanding the 'hallway' width) and extend it out a bit further (while reducing its width). I'm pretty sure it's not load-bearing. It's hollow. The joists above run parallel to it. It does however have two light switches (one either...

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