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Hi - my heating system is controlled by an Flash Immermat timer, which packed it in yesterday (switch came off). I thought it would be a good opportunity to replace it with an electronic version with a boost button/7 day timer etc. Got an Invensys/Drayton Tempus 1 controller in B&Q today I...

Just moved into a new house and the creaking of the floor in the hall and living room has been driving me mad, so I pulled up a board to see what was happening and found this... http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e331/sapper18/IMG_2655_1.jpg The floor is laid on 1 inch battens with...

How much of a no-no is it to install halogen downlighters in a ceiling which is directly underneath a bathoom? My hall is crying out for some downlighting :wink: but one lamp would need to be installed in a spot which is about four inches away from the bath (in the room above) and another...

I've moved into a new house with oak floorboards over a concrete subfloor. The subfloor itself is uneven and the floorboards were seemingly laid floating, leading to quite a lot of squeaking and creaking when walking around on it. Anyway, I want to lay down carpet over it without removing the...

Hi Just moved into a new house (built one year ago) and hated the fireplace. I got a wooden surround and a new cast iron insert and today went to put them in, however, the fireback is protruding out of the opening by about 2 inches. Is this normal? This is causing the insert to sit about...

Hi - I'm looking at buying a house which has solid wood, juncker-style flooring. In spots around the house, the flooring is pretty creaky and in someplaces it's a bit springy (you can press up and down on the floor to get the creaking going). I'm told the floor is only a year old.... I'm...

Help! Last year I laid down a new wooden floor (floorboards) throughout my bungalow. I did this by sealing the concrete floor that was already there, laying down a damp proof membrane, a frame of treated battens on top of that and then the floorboards In the bathroom I put chipboard down on...

Hi - I have an Electrolux EOG 6330 Gas Oven. It has two basic control knobs on the front - one for the grill and another for the oven. When the grill is on, both knobs get hotter and hotter so that after a few minutes the knobs themselves (plastic) start to melt! I'm going to contact...

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e331/sapper18/IMG0001.jpg http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e331/sapper18/IMG_1142_1.jpg As you can see in the links above, the corner join of my kitchen table is cracked - does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can fix this? I would like to keep the...

My brother is getting a company in to refurbish his floors by getting rid of the old 70's carpet and installing a laminate wood floor in it's place. The only thing is that under the carpet there are perfectly good floorboards, without any visible woodworm etc I reckon it would take a...

Hi I am having a problem with my gas heating system - all the radiators in the house and the pipes supplying them are cold but there is hot water in the cylinder. Does this mean there is a problem with the pump?

Hiya I have a small bathroom which I tiled with "bargain" tiles from B&Q. I must have a screw or nail loose under one of the tiles because it has cracked twice just from someone putting a fair bit of weight on it. The line of tiles has been discontinued in B&Q so I've decided to tile over the...

Hi I have just bought an "easy-wire" 7-day timer switch for my immersion heater that I was going to wire up myself (I've done a bit of wiring on sockets/lights etc). Problem is the installation instructions in the new switch assume the wiring is twin+earth, but in my case, one of the...

My gas supply has been switched off for some time during renovatations . I had a plumber in the other day re-piping the heating system and I am about to reconnect the gas supply. The plumber fired up the boiler and said that even though there is no gas supply, I should be able to hear the...

I've just given a plumber the keys to my house so that he can spend the afternoon running the pipework for my central heating system. The problem is, he came into the house with armloads of plastic pipe. Now he said there would be no problems, but I've looked elsewhere in this forum and I...

Do you need to seal plasterboard before applying a skim coat of plaster?

Quick question - I am laying down a new kitchen floor and then installing a new kitchen with gas hob. Don't worry - I intend to get a registered professional to do all the gas work. At this stage I need someone run a new gas supply pipe from the mains supply to the new hob so that I can then...

I'm getting plasterers in to do a skim coat on all of my walls next week. When they are finished I intend to put down pine floorboards in the same rooms. Can I start the 2-week acclimatisation for the floorboards now - or should I wait until the plaster is fully dry? ie. will the moisture from...

Aren't shower trays supposed to have a slight slope? The reason I ask is that I have just installed a shower cubicle following the instructions provided with the shower tray I bought in B&Q. These instructions state that the plinth on which the tray rests must be completely level and that the...

I've just finished putting in a new ceiling in my bathroom and have a very small (less than 1 inch) gap between the ceiling and the (also new) tiles on the wall. Is there such a thing as coving for bathrooms? I'm assuming normal plaster coving is unsuitable - plastic coving maybe? Or do I...