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Hi, I am intending to install a wood burning stove in my lounge which has no existing fireplace or chimney (with building inspection approval etc) but I'd like to cover up the flue as best as possible. To do this I was intending to build a stud wall around the flue extending to the lounge...

Hi, We've returned from a few days away and our hotpoint ffb6187 fridge freezer has gone off. It lives in the unheathed "utility room" and it's been quite cold this week. I'm aware fridges and freezers can have issues when the ambient temperature is colder than inside the units. Ours...

Hi, I've just moved into a new house with an Ideal ICOS M3080 condensing boiler supplying a hot water storage tank. Both are sited in cupboards at either end of the upstairs landing, but that may be neither here nor there. The boiler comes on when programmed just fine, it ignites and...

Hi, It looks like the best way to alleviate the problem of my hot water pressure at my manual mixer shower being very poor is to install a pump. (installing an electric shwoer fed by the main cold water is too much hassle in an already completed bathroom) I understand its common to put...

Hi, I wanted to ask you experts what's involved and how much it's likely to cost to have wiring put in for an electric shower in my existing bathroom. Currently I have a mixer shower which has packed up so I want to make the switch to an electric wall unit (partially because my hot water...

Hi I am remodelling my bathroom and will shortly be laying new ceramic 45x45 cm floor tiles. The existing floor covering is vinyl (which i'll get rid of) and chipboard sheets on to the joists, as opposed to traditional (in my mind anyway) smaller floor boards. lots of websites recommend...

Hi, I have salvaged some old cobbles that are all basically the same dimensions 21cm x 9cm x 10cm and i want to replace my patio area in my garden. it's very lightly trafficed by me hanging the washing out, and occassionally sitting outside for a bbq. currently there is an area of your...

Hi, I have a Glow Worm Ultimate 40FF boiler and when the hot water comes on as programmed first thing on a morning there is a lot of gurgling coming from the boiler and along the pipes to/from it, the noise is, i assume, air bubbles rushing along the pipes. not only is this annoying...

hi, I'd like to start over with the lawn i have inherited in the house i moved into last year as it looks crap. It's only small, about 3m by 5m and i was thinking of digging over the existing turf, pulling out weeeds, levelling it all off with some extra new top soil then putting some new...

Hi, I have a Glow Worm Ultimate 40FF boiler controlled by a Honeywell C27 unit and I have an intermittent fault. The hot water is programmed to come on from 0530-0600, followed by the central heating from 0600-0630. However, a couple of days a week the central heating will not come on at...