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Hello, We recently moved in to a 1960's 'project' house that had been neglected for years. After stripping back the wallpaper we noticed signs of water ingress in the centre of the window reveal on the each of the 3 front (west facing) rooms. It seems when the weather is stormy and rain...

Hello I'm about to embark on a bargeboard and soffit replacement project and am keen to replace my Wet verge with a continuous dry verge (I chose continuous purely on aesthetic grounds ) and was hoping someone could give me a recommendation. My roof is a double pantile Interlocking...

Thanks Mr_Vampy. For anyone else who is looking for same I found the Quickstep Incizo today which looks like it may be a winner. It's a 2 component threshold - a u-section plastic rail which is screwed into floorboard and a t-section bar that clips in. Sadly its not solid wood but it...

Hi All, I've just re-carpetted and looking to get some threshold bars. Not a big fan of the basic brass or s/s thresholds and have been looking everywhere for a simple oak threshold strip for a level carpet-to-carpet application. I had considered using wood-to-wood 10mm rebate t-section...

Thanks Matthew, hot water, heating and happy family now restored :D

Hello, i'm replacing my broken Thorn EMI programmer (believe based on a Honeywell 42003744) with a Sunvic i picked up at B&Q. It is for a boiler feeding heat and h/w. Looking for advice on the wiring terminals. Basically, the Thorn had 8 terminals and the Sun only has 6 The wiring...

Hi all, This has been a pretty useful topic for me. I'm about to install a suspened ceiling in my bathroom. it's a small room (1700mm x 1700mm) and I am going to run with timbers at 90deg to joists screwed through the existing artex ceiling. A couple of queries though: 1. The timber...

Looking for a bit of advice. I've come over all minimalist and bought a wall hung basin. My problem is that i don't have recessed pipe work in the bathroom and was wondering if there are any Traps and waste pipes that i could get that would drop between the basin and floor (rather than the...

Hmm, sorry to hijack your post but i have a similar query. I have a old sandstone tenement property and have noticed a build up of brown mould at the top of the bathroom wall/ceiling juncture. This is above where the shower is located and i assumed it was mould formed by condensation. an...

bit more to add... just found i wasn't adding water by the filling loop but instead the valve screw in the hot water outward circulation pipe. the system seems to be strange in that it has a expansion cistern fitted beneath. i have found the filling loop attached to this. seemingly the...

Hmm, i wouldn't have though the pressure releif valve would need to let off any excess pressure/water as the water would surely be filling the system back up to the pressure previously experienced when there was air in the radiators... Is it correct to let water into the system after bleeding...

Ok, newbie entering the scene... Hi All, The prob. started on wtues night when i bled some air of my farthest rad. initially all went well, rad. filled with hot water smiles all round. within 30 mins the heating had shut down and refused to start up again and no hot water was...