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Hi All Our living room has an unused fireplace I want to form the basis of built in units to one side and a media wall for the TV on the existing chimney breast as it's the ideal place in the room for it, but we'd also like either a wide decorative fireplace or openings underneath the TV across...

Hi All We've recently had french doors fitted into what was a window opening of the same width and I'm doing the making good on the inside. From the old window cill upwards there's virtually nothing to do as the old plaster is intact, but the wall cut down to ground level has obviously left...

Hi All We're just about to embark on putting a new bathroom suite in, and I've spotted a potential issue. Our soil pipe runs internally down the corner of the house, boxed in obviously. The existing toilet in the bathroom is a P trap with a 90 degree horizontal pipe that goes straight into...

Hi All We've just had a 618 Ecotec Plus installed with VR65 and VRT360 controls connecting to a regular copper vented tank. When installing, our electrician connected up a generic Honeywell tank stat to the VR65 in the usual manner, but whilst browsing some threads on here yesterday, I saw...

Hi All We're about to get our old back boiler replaced with a system boiler, Ive found an RGI who's been recommended to me by family and he's given us an estimate we're happy with, but although he's made a suggestion, he's left it to me to ultimately decide on the make and size of boiler...

Hi all Could anyone give me a rough idea how much it would cost to internally plaster a newly built single storey extension (walls and ceiling), it will be brick built, approx 5m x 2.5m in total with one internal dividing wall making it into a loo and utility room? Ive had a price given to...

Hi All Other than get 10 people round to quote and gauging their responses, can anyone advise of any tips on finding a heating engineer that knows his stuff and isn't stuck in a rut with regards to what they recommend and fit? I've had 2 local heating engineers round now and neither have...

I was just looking on the SEDBUK website at the boilers Im considering, and I noticed the Vaillant Ecotec 837 Plus has a 6w electrical draw when not firing (as does the 937 - the same model with 15L hot water reservoir?), whereas the smaller 831 and 824 have a 65w draw! Ecotec 831 Plus...

Hi All Im new here so go easy on me please, and apologies for the lengthy initial post :) We've currently got an old (very old!) Baxi back boiler with gravity fed hot water tank which is all well past its sell by date, so when we extend the house this autumn we intend on getting a new...