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Hi, I ordered a 'victorian style' rad and on installation it was leaking from one of the welded union joints. The supplier sent me a new one which is fine and they didn't want the old one back and asked that I dispose of it. It seems a shame to throw out a lovely (and fairly expensive) rad...

Hi, I'm looking for a good (independent if possible) boiler engineer to service my two Baxi 105e's and obviously don't want another cowboy on the ranch. When I ring the engineer I want to ask him what is included as part of the service and try to guage that response. Should I expect a...

Hi Looking to replace the pump head on my Baxi 105e combi but I'm not sure of the pump I need. The manual indicates Grundfos 15-60 GC E66 530 manufacturers part number 248042 which also incorporates a speed selection switch. The pump on the boiler is a Grundfos 15-60 AO P/N 59926512 which...

Hi I have to make a couple of cuts in a 22mm pipe run but access is very tight. I have two 22mm pipes next to each other and the top is up against the floor above. I have tried with a junior hacksaw but I can only get so far into the pipe before I start to foul the pipe adjacent and the...

Hi, I'm putting in a length of soil pipe but unfortunately it runs where some rad feed pipes (15mm) are which means the soil pipe is tight (pushing even) on the rad pipes. Is this going to be a problem? Should I try and slide some card or something between the plastic and the pipe...

I've been having problems whereby the boiler heats the rads ok but after a time will shut down the heating, cool then fire back up again. The flow pipe is hot at this point but the return is nearly always cool. I thought it may be that the system needs balancing which I have tried to do but...

Yet another 105e problem. The boiler works ok when heating but only for a short time. From cold the boiler fires up as required, temp neons light up and pipes and rads heat up and everything is fine until the temp reaches whatever it is that causes the boiler to stop burning then temp begins...

Hi I'm about to start my first tiling job and just want to be sure I've eveythign boxed off. The tiles are 8mm ceramic wall tiles 300mm x 300mm and won't be exposed to more water than splashes. The walls have been recently skimmed and the area of the tiles has had a mist coat but i will...

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Hi I'm about to start laying some laminate in a bathroom (aqualoc) but I'm not sure from which wall to start. The room is quite long and narrow (5m x 2.5) and the boards are quite long and narrow. Assuming I start in the corner furthest from the door should I use the back (short) wall as...

Hi, I've finished stripping down and repairing my wooden sash windows and would like to get them at least undercoated to get them through the winter. The window frames have some substantial gaps in places through a century of movement and would like to fill or seal these. Is an...

Hi Once again I have to attempt to balance the rads in my house due to rapid cooling of the rads. This time I've bought a thermometer so that I can actually measure the drop across the rads. The problem I have is identifying what sequence the rads run in. It seems that the ground and...

Hi all I have had one of these cabin type showers for a while which recently sprung a big leak. It's an EAGO model for which I can't find a uk or european dealer (shower was already installed when i got the place) The connection is plastic with a plastic nut to tighten the jet against the...

Hi I'm experiencing some problems with my Baxi 105e (non condensing) We had a new expansion tank fitted but now we've started using it again we've a couple of problems. When the CH is working the pressure jumps about 2 bar and if it's been topped up to around 1.5 (incoming water pressure)...

Hi I'm at the stage of selecting paint for the front of the house and I'm a few questions. I wll be buying Dulux Weathershield (colour and 3 for price of 2 decided that). Smooth or textured? The house is cement rendered over brick, it's had previous paint and work done on it since it was...

Hi, I've started to prepare a room for plastering, on removing the wallpaper we've found the original lead painted wall. The plasterer we had lined up has said he won't plaster over this as it will blister, a test patch proved this. Is their any sealer or primer available that is designed to...

Hi guys I've had some experience with building stud walls but always from floor to ceiling. I want to put up a stud wall that doesn't go to the ceiling, the resulting space will be used for wardrobes space. The wall will be fixed to an existing masonry wall and the span will be fixed to...

Hi guys Recently ripped out an old floor which wasn't put down well and which had also been damaged by a leak I'm now left with a few joists that look they have warped and twisted, one of which has slight movement also. Ripping out the joists and replacing them isn't really a road I want to...

Hi After being assured the floor would be levelled, my sister has had a kitchen installed, quite a small overall area of around 4m x 3m. Kitchen in ok as is upper tiling but seems the promised floor levelling wasn't done and basically the floor dips to the middle. The tiler for the floor...

Hi, I've been reading the forum and have picked up some great tips as I've stripped and now preparing 3 floor stairway, nevertheless I still don't think I can competently paint a 6 panelled door in 15 minutes ;) The house was previously flats prior to converting it back to a house (made a...