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Hi, I am planning a loft conversion for my house and currently getting quotes. So far I have 2 quotes which are vastly different - first one was £90k and the second was £40k!! Just wondering if someone would be kind enough to give me a ballparkish figure of how much I should be expecting? It...

I have just had my chimney rebuilt and the builders put 5 inch steel liners down the flues... After doing this they revealed they do not know how to seal around the liners at the bottom and neither does the plumber who took the fires off.. Does anyone know how to seal around the liners at the...

Hi, I am currently having my roof reslated and my chimney stack rebuilt. My original chimney stack had a ladder on the side (very old and rusty). I have asked the workers to put a new ladder on the new chimney so that I can still have access to the chimney pots if I need to BUT they are...

Can anyone recommend a good roofer in the Glasgow area?? I am looking to have a re-roof done

Has anyone heard of this type of slate before?? is it any good??

I have recently connected an outside security light with built in sensor by passing the wire through the wall and simply plugging it into the nearest socket. I am planning to place another security light and was wondering if it would be ok to use the following set up: Plug with 1.5mm 3...

I am connecting a new radiator to my CH heating system using polyplumb pipes and fittings. (the rest of the system uses the same) I made one connection just to make sure i could do it properly - what I found is that when I made a connection with 22mm pipe it was very rigid and had no pull...

Recently had a new CH system installed - The flow and return pipes are 22mm in the ground floor (easy access as there is crawl space under the house) however the flow and return pipes are 15mm in the upper floor as he could not notch the joists any deeper. As the upper floor radiators are...

If replacing a polyplumb joint on plastic pipes then should i cut the pipe back from where the old joint was before placing new joint??? is this the same if it is a copper pipe?? cheers

I was insulating my 22mm central heating pipes over the weekend with climaflex foam insulation... while I was putting the foam on I thought it was a bit of a loose fit and it is only now that I have finished that I've realised that I bought 28mm size foam instead of 22mm size. Do you think it...

I've recently had a new CH system installed with plastic pipes... There is crawlspace under my house and I'm wondering if it is worthwhile installing pipe insulation??? Is the clip on foam piping ok?? anything better that I can use?? Thanks

Hi i just had a new central heating system installed with a worchester bosch 37cdi.. One thing i have noticed is that when the central heating system is running the tap water is extremely hot (scalding hot) and gradually cools to the set temp. Is this normal.. this is my first...