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Hi All, I was planning to replace my garden shed with a large garden building, partitioned into a shed and summerhouse. This would sit at the back of my garden and be approx 5m wide x 6m deep. The shed part would be 5m x 2m. This would be approx 1m from the boundaries either side, and so...

Hi All, I have a double rad at home, with the bleeders in recessed holes between the 2 radiator chambers. One of them is completely sheared (all the square edges rounded off) and a normal rad key won't grip it at all any more. The bleeder is just slightly open, but no tool I own will move it at...

Hi All, I'm intending to fit a gravity feed shower - there's about 7/8m head and it's a mira unit designed for gravity - my dad has it and it gives a decent shower with only about 2m head. I would like to have a pull switch outside the shower cubicle that turns on the lights, the fan and the...

Hi All, I'd like to fit a heat-store in my airing cupboard on the 1st floor. I can see 2 joists in the cupboard, 8" apart. They're 2.5" x 7" (is this an unusual size?) with a span of 13ft. This is a 1930s house, and I believe the joists are original. Does anyone know what the maximum load I...

Hi All, I'm thinking of having a wood burning boiler stove installed in our dining room (I'll get a HETAS qualified guy to do the chimney work). For the heating system I'm currently thinking of some kind of heat store - I've seen the DPS ones which look good and enable all the right circuits...

Hi All, I have a strange problem on my ecomax 8 year old boiler (824e). It seems sensitive to other electrical appliances. If I have the microwave, dishwasher, washing machine, or fridge running, the display showing temperature starts changing rapidly (I'd say 6 times a second) and sometimes...

Hi All, My diverter valve seems to be getting stuck. Sometimes it sticks on heating, other times hot water. It seems to be worse if the boiler is up to temperature (hot). I have had the motor off the valve, and can see that the motor is operating and pulling the pin (which connects to the...

Hi All, I've read lots of post already, but I have a specific scenario I'd like a bit of help with: I would like to run mains into my shed at the bottom of the garden. I intend to run a lead out that is plugged into a socket in the house with a RCD plug on the end of the cable, so the...

Hi All, I have just stripped the wallpaper from my dining room and have discovered some problems with the plasterwork. My house is a victorian house and the problem wall has a chimney breast and has also been damp proofed. The damp proofing area is fine (and not damp), the plaster is strong and...