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Hi All, We have had a new glass fronted gas fire installed in our lounge. It is super efficient 90% and heats the lounge lovely. It has only two heat settings but even the low setting means we cant leave it on for long. Is it possible to reduce the output with a reducing valve or other device...

Hi all, We've got some forward movement in the blockwork on our integral garage. Looking at the padstone and RSJ, it looks as if the RSJ hasn't been installed central to the padstone and isn't distributing the weight evenly. Is it possible that this could cause the blockwork to the left of the...

Hi All, We've got a 1994 David Wilson detached property. We're extending the kitchen at the rear and want to have Wet Under Floor Heating in the new and the old part. How do I decide if the existing concrete floor has insulation already in the slab. The house is built on a raft foundation...

Hi All, We've had a roof design incorporating duo trusses and infill rafters. All timbers 147 x 50. Obviously the truss ties will sit on the wall plate but can't see how to put in rafter birds mouth without loosing alignment between rafter level. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Kind regards

Hi, I have a candy Grando GO1282 that often stalls after the wash phase. It doesn't stop completely, it just goes into a loop where it tries to start, doesn't make it, then tries again. It seems to have pumped out the water but wont run the spin phase. After redistributing the load a couple of...

Hi, I want to wire a motion detector switch into my garage; I'm the only one that switches the lights off! The present arrangement is two 3 way switches powering two fluorescent tubes. I'm happy to take one of the three way switches out of the equation but am having some difficulty in...

Hi all, I have just had a quote for cavity wall insulation. I'm told I have no insulation but thermal blocks. Will I benefit then from insulation as well or is not needed. My house was built in 1995. Secondly, he will needs to drill lots of holes to blow this stuff in. Can it not be filled...

Hi all, First post and all that. I have recently retired and finally got around to doing all the little things never had time for before: fitting thermostats to all rads, fitting programmable thermostats etc. Really quite enjoyed it. I would now like to understand the pipework in my airing...