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Hi We've lived in our current house for 5 years, it has an extension (which we didn't build). We've had a letter from the Gas maintenance company, which we think has resulted from our neighbours extension. It seems that their builder burst a gas pipe. Apparently our extension has been...

Hi I'd like power for light and possibly a socket (for a CD player or whatever) in my summerhouse. I'm not sure if this is even possible but thought that solar panels may be the answer. I thought (with no knowledge of electricals) that solar might be safer, cheaper and less hassle as there...

Hi We've had a quote to get our roof cleaned, coated, repointed and missing tiles replaced. Our roof has Rosemary tiles and is about 50 years old. We have a few missing tiles but no leaks. When we bought the house the survey said the roof was nearing the end of it's life. We're not sure...

Hi We are thinking about getting our roof sealed, however, I would like to check to see if there are any benefits to getting this done. What type of guarantee should we look for and what should we look for from a company doing this type of thing should we choose to get it done, Thanks in...

Hi We have a push button toilet flush that is broken and needs replaced. It's one with 2 bits on it for a short flush and a long flush. You'll probably have guessed by now that I don't know what the 'technical' name for it is - other than a toilet flush :lol: Can anyone give me a link to...

Hi We´ve had 2 quotes for getting the outside of our house painted, 600 and 1200. We now wonder if there´s something we should be looking out for. The guy that quoted 600 said we should buy the paint, B&Q would do and it would cost about 120.00, there´s such a large price difference we...

We've finally started to move on getting prices for the loft conversion. The plumber came out today and had a look at the plans, at present the plans show the soil pipe going via the eaves in the roof however he's concerned that there isn't enough slope to carry things to the main pipe running...

Hi We've ordered a summerhouse and reckon it would be worthwhile lining it so that it's insulated and can be used all year round (as we intend to put power etc.. in it) Problem is, we've no idea how to go about it. Does anyone know or can they post a link? A 'google' hasn't helped...

Hi We have a guy coming out to give us a price to get this done, I have a couple of questions before he flannels us with sales patter: Is there any real benefit to us getting this done? At the moment, our guttering is okay. Does it add any value to our house? Is it more or less an...

Hi We moved into our house in April last year, the house had an extension when we moved in and plans for a loft conversion. Having looked through all the paperwork that came with the plans, we find that there is no completion certificate for the extension. The council did a 'summary...

HI We got a price to get the drive monoblocked and our garden (which is a mess ) done. We were quite shocked by the quote, £1900 for the drive, you could only get one car in it. £2500 for the garden. We had hoped that it would be around £3000 for the lot. This quote was from a...

Hi When we moved into our house, there were plans for a loft conversion. We now find that we're quite keen on the idea. Thing is, you hear so many horror stories about dodgy tradesmen! We wondered how it works, if we get people in to give us a price, is it likely to escalate? Is there a...

Hi We have a terrible clunking/banging noise coming from our room. We started by bleeding the entire system, then replacing radiators (although the clunk was there before). The boiler thermostat is fine. We've put inhibitor through the system. There is now only one radiator that we've not...

Hi We have a plastic bath, which is relatively new....I'm dead meat! Dropped the shower head when I was cleaning the bath and it's chipped the bath....angry husband!!! In our last house, which was new, the shower tray had a crack in it. One of the guys from the site came out with a wee tub...

We moved into our house in April and we have a baxi combi boiler which is in a small toilet. The toilet itself doesn't have a radiator and now that the weather is getting colder, the toilet isn't very warm. Is it possible for us to put another radiator in there, we really don't know if there...

In a previous post, I explained that we'd bought a shower bath, at the moment the 2 doors just sit against one another and don't seem to join very well so we thought if we got a magnetic seal down the edge of the door it would be more effective.....unfortunately I can't find where you can buy...

Hi We've recently bought a shower bath, there are 2 doors so that it gives the impression of being a shower cubicle inside a bath. Actually, here's a link to the very bath we bought: http://www.plumbworld.co.uk/752-2857 We also bought the other shower door. Problem is that water is...

We have had oak doors, skirting and door surrounds put in. We'd really like to bring up the grain of the oak and have already varnished a little bit with a matt varnish. Although the grain looks great, as does the colour, it doesn't feel nice and smooth anymore. I can live with this, as it...