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Ok, so i live in an old bungalow that used to have an open fire. when i moved in there was an electric fire placed infront of the opening and a timber board over the old chimney. Since then i've had a wood burner fitted, and the chimney was smoke tested etc. Ok, very long story short, i was...

What colour silicone should i use between the black bar top and the grey walls? sorry for the poor picture, taken in bad light 20151014_202613 by GSXRCarlos posted 15 Oct 2015 at 9:44 AM

Hi, I live in a dormer bungalow, my hot water cylinder is in a cupboard in my bedroom with a copper feed and expansion tank above. My girlfriend likes a lie in, so when i have a shower she can hear the tank filling up, is there any way to insulate it, or somehow alter the flow from the float...

Hi, I was wondering if i need to sand/cement render my chimney breast that houses a 12kw wood burner. What mix would you go with to avoid heat cracking and the render blowing off the brickwork (i expect shrinkage cracks and know i will be filling and re-painting for a while)

I'm wondering about boarding up the access between the lounge and dining room. I have a wood burner, that makes it simply too warm to have a sofa any closer and therefore i have to push the sofa back against the folding doors. I was wondering if anyone else had boarded theirs up and wished...

Ok, so i have a decent under floor crawl space and i'm wondering if there's anything i can do with it. Approx 1950s brick build bungalow (cavity wall, no insulation) The under floor space has been filled with a slurry mix, but i have approx 500 - 1000 worth of height between the bottom of...

Hi all, Just wondering if any of you have fitted cranked hinges the wrong way round. I'm making some driveway gates, and i'd like them to swing both ways (oo er!). I'm planning on fitting the hook 'inside' the opening rather than on the back of the post, i was wondering if by fitting...

Moved to a new house a couple of months ago and i've had to replace the waste to my toilet, in doing so i've lifted a couple of floorboards and i've got a reasonable void under there (approx 900mm) Now I intend to insulate the floors if i can, but was wondering if i can use it for anything...

Hi all, Have done a search and had a read around the subject but no real answers. Boiler has been working fine until this morning when i tried to have a shower and no hot water. Turned it off and on again a few times, turned it off at the wall etc but nothing. It shows error code H9...

Hi all, i'm looking for one of these (see pics) and can't for the life of me find one, any ideas where i can get it from? it has an inner thread diameter of approx 17mm and external diameter of 22mm it connects from the 15mm feed for my toilet cistern onto the bottom of...

Hi All, first post on here, but not new to forums, so take it easy :shock: Here's my problem: I've recenly bought a house, replacing some sockets and i found out that the garage was connected to the house as a spur from the back of one of my 13a sockets. There a fuse board (of sorts)...