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I am having carpet fitted in a room that I've almost finished renovating (just the plastering to get done.) However, I have only recently noticed how much higher the hearth is than the floorboards. Here's a photo: I'm not sure what to do about this. Remove the whole thing or try and...

Hi, I have a CH system with a boiler that is integral to a Rayburn cooker (gas.) The system has a pressure relief valve rated at 2 bar, as per Rayburn's instructions. The fitter thought this was an unusual rating and apparently the value was hard to find. The system has been in for about a...

Hi, I was looking at my girlfriend's hot water system the other day to try and work out why her bills are so high. I've only ever had gas boilers so I'm not familiar with electric only systems. I was quite surprised to find that it is simply an unvented cylinder (Heatrae Sadia Megaflo)...

Hi, I'm going to be ripping out a bit of old ceiling above my stairs. There's not enough headroom for my liking and there's a cupboard in the bathroom above, from which I can steal some space. I'm planning to have an outward (convex) curve on this bit of ceiling. Basically I want a single...

Hi, I'm going to be laying solid oak T&G at the weekend. I've spent quite a while drawing out a plan using Google SketchUp, which I basically started to make sure I had enough flooring. (Even though I ordered +10%.) I will be gluing to screed. Although I've been thinking it through for...

Hi, I have a radial circuit supplying my central heating and fridge-freezer. It's connected into the CU via a 6A RCBO on one of the unprotected ways. Last night we had a power cut for a few hours. So we woke up to no heating or hot water and a defrosting freezer. Is there a type of UPS...

Hi! I have recently had a rotten timber floor replaced. Most of the joists are new, but some were holding up a concrete hearth slab. So the builders put new joists alongside the old ones to save having to mess with the hearth. 18mm thick marine ply was put on the joists, and is level. The...

Hi there! I am wiring up a new heating and hot water system that is being installed by a plumber. I've recently moved into the house and I'm re-wiring it, with the appropriate building control inspections of course. I figured I'd save £680+VAT by doing the wiring for this new heating system...

Hi, I have a brick chimney breast into which I am having fitted a Rayburn. I am going to tile inside the recess, above and beside the range. The space is currently about 2 inches too wide. Plus the bricks are very uneven. So I need to render on to the brick to get a flat surface and to add...

Hi there, I've just moved into an 1866 house with solid kitchen and dining room floors. The surveyor said that there was some damp in the floors, so we shouldn't cover them with anything non-breathable. I don't think there is a DPM. I'm getting wet UFH installed. The heating engineer had...

Hi, I am renovating a house and I am going to install oak skirting throughout, as well as some door frames and architraves. I have always fancied buying some proper woodworking tools with a view to making some furniture at some point. I'm trying to pursuade my wife that the cost of all the...

Hello, I'm in the process of fitting a new kitchen. I have one tall (206cm) unit that is 50mm from the wall at the top when the bottom is touching. From looking around these forums it seems that the usual thing to do would be to scribe the unit so that it fit flush to the wall. (Note...