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I have a7 year old combi boiler that has started to lose pressure on the central heating side. I have changed the safety pressure relief valve and it is still dropping and shuts down around 5 or 6 hours after filling up again. At the moment I cannot see any leaks in the rads or pipe work, so is...

My son and I are about to tile a new garage roof. The tiles that we have bought have no holes in them, so I suppose we will have to drill them. Do we nail every row, other row or every third row? The pitch is about 40 degrees. Also when nailing down the tiles with copper nails, do we nail them...

I want to replace a wooden window between my conservatory and the kitchen. Do you know if anyone makes a sliding double glased window? I have made a few inquires but no one makes them around were I live. ______________________ moderator i suggest you see 4 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++...

Has anyone put a rad in the shower? My son is refurbishing his bathroom and is a bit tight for space, so he was thinking about putting a rad inside the shower cubicable. Are there any rads out there that are designed for that and were to buy? walt :wink:

I am going to put a new 12 volt extractor fan in the bathroom and was wondering were do I take the supply from, is it from the ring mains or the lighting? Walt

The cracking is due to the water being sucked out before it has time to set. To slow this down, give the wall that you are going to plaster, 1 or 2 coats of watered down PVA, let the fist one dry then apply the second coat of PVA and then plaster over. That should slow down the drying speed...

I tiled the whole of my bathroom about 3 years ago and now I am finding that I need to replace some of the tiles. I have been to the place that I brought them from, but they don't do them anymore. So were can I get them from? Is there any place were they stock old tiles that are no long in the...

Try using a watered down coat of PVA and allow this to dry and then do it again, then make up the plaster, making it not too thick. When the plaster is starting to firm up then trowel off, flatnning the plaster. Try not to get it too perfect in one go, as the plaster gets firmer, then trowel it...

Does anyone know or have used 'plastic piping' for the runs in a heating system, and is this method OK with the push-on fittings? My sons new house needs a new system of pipe work for the new boiler and wondered about this method. Are there any against's about it? Thanks for any input Waltone...

it's definitely water as it goes to the water taps. Waltone

My son has a galvanized water pipe coming out of the ground in the kitchen and has a funny looking connection on it. Do you know if we can use a brass compression joint on it and then carry on the copper pipe? I think the outside diameter is about 1 inch. If not would one of those plastic push...

I live in a detached house that was built in 1901. It is kept up in a good condition. My question is, how long will the building last, as things don't last forever? :?: Waltone

I have bought a new computer and want to make it last longer. I have heard that you should not turn off the computer to many times in the day, So what do I need to do, to make my computer last longer?

My son has just bought his first house, and as you do, he wants it to be perfect. Well he has this old plaster moulding around the doorway and along the ceiling. How can he remove the old paint from it without damaging the mouldings? Any help would be very grateful. :P Walt1

My son bought a gel battery to replace the normal lead acid, OK it cost £180 but never looked back as it is far better. He has lights under the car as well. He has only been pulled up by the police once and they complained about the front under light. Although it is green they said that it was...

My next door neighbour has just told me that as from next year you have to have a qualified electrician to do any electrical work in a house. wether it is adding plug sockets or just putting in a lightswitch. He says that this applies to every house owner who will not be allowed to do any...

Hi, there is a fine balance on how much to put in, but using 2 test kits, KH and GH you can determine the amount of Co2 to add. This can be about 3 bubbles a min or more if the tests shows more is needed. Also you have to have a fine needle valve so as to make those fine ajustments. Waltone

Your reply to this is by adding Co2 to the water it helps the plants to grow as they need Co2 to do there photothinceces. (Sorry can't find the spelling for this) waltone

As this is my first time on here, I was wondering if any one out there has any knowledge of Co2 bottles. Are they the same, if I want to use one in a fish tank to those that they use for welding? I thought that there might be 2 different types of Co2. Also are the connectors on the bottles and...