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Hi Our boiler, which is a Vokera Mynute 28e and is about 4 years old, has started to leak slightly. I have had the cover off and traced it back to a small valve on top of the pump assembly. It looks like the type of valve on a car tyre and is next to the automatic air vent if that helps...

Hi Not sure is this is a heating or buildings question (fits both). We have recently purchased a new radiator which is a modern take on the old school type. It is 1.6m long, 60cm high and 4 columns deep - so pretty heavy even before it's filled with water! It needs to be wall mounted...

Hi We have having some work done on the kitchen and part of it is the installation of a glass splash back behind the range cooker. unfortunately the 45amp cooker switch is above the cooker so will have to move about 8" to one side. I have contacted an electrician and he said that he would...

Hi I am looking at installing a CCTV system at home. I am looking at a 4ch DVR DVR Link bu am getting differing information depending who I talk to. A couple of suppliers say it can email you if motion is detected, other say not. The tech sheet says it can but another supplier this is not...

Hi Our current central heating controller allows us to have either water or water/heating but not independant of each other. I want to change this to one that allows water and heating to be controlled independently of each other. Our current system has a Danfos controller, a Megaflow...

Hi We have recently moved into a new house that has a large Heat Store hot water tank. Whilst we love it with the mains pressure hot water we have an annoying problem I hope someone can help me with. The system all works fine and is approx 3 years old. When the tank is full of hot water...

Hi I have seen on New Yankee Workshop 'Norm' using a material which is like veneer but comes in large plastic sheets which is glued to the surface of say a table to give a smooth joint free surface. I guess it is like a thicker version of whats on kitchen cabinets. Anyone know what it's...

Hi I am going to fit a UPVC window in a single skin garage wall. Do I need to place a damp proof course either below or above the window opening? Cheers Rob

Hi all I looking at installing a window in the side of our garage and have been trying to find a supplier of UPVC Windows in the West Yorkshrie area. I have tried loads of companies but they all want to fit the thing aswell. Anyone know of a reliable supplier either in the W Yorks area or...

Hi I am planning on adding a window to the side of our garage. I have checked with planning and we are fine as the window will face into our land and will not over look anyone elses property/land. As the wall is single skin (marshallite stone blocks) and the window will be 4 ft wide is...

Hi all We are due to move house in a few weeks to a nearly new house (2 yrs). When we looked around the owner explained that the central heating system wa slightly different to the norm. This is what he said: With the house being a large 5 bedroom, 5 bathroom house it had a system...

Hi all Is there an regs which would stop you having a gas boiler installed in a wooden constucted out building / shed? I seem to remember somewhere in the past that boilers had to be fitted in a solid contructed building, is this correct? cheers Rob

Hi all Just want to check as to whether it is safe/correct. We have a 5 year old house. The kitchen was fitted by the builders and they installed an integral electric oven. This can be isolated with a cooker switch on the wall and it is fed by it's own mcb on the cosumer unit. All...

Hi We live in a newish property and the builders seem to have used the lightweight airated blocks for the inner skin of walls. This is fine until you want to fix anything securely to the wall. I have tried several of the fixings on the market but none seem very substantial. The reason...

Hi all Can anyone give me some basic advice? We had a conservatory fitted at the beginning of this year and in our area it is exempt from planning and building control. To fit the conservatory they removed a UPV bay on the back of the property and the plans were to replace this with...

Hi all We have been thinking about investigating the possibility of converting our loft to increase the size of the house. I am aware of the endless regs which must be followed ie. doors, fire proofing etc but does any one know what rules would apply to increasing a room size as follows...

Hi all I want to mount a 26" LCD TV on a wall in the bedroom but the wall in only a plasterboard covered stud wall. I have checked for studs and sods law there are none where the bracket will fit. The TV weighs approx 18KG what are your views on the best way to mount it and it not end up...

Hi all Was woken in the night by a neigbour advising that we had all been visited by the local toe rag!! Not much taken this time luckily but decided to increase the number of security lights around the house. Wiring them up is fine but wondered whether there was an easy way of using...

Hi We lost some ridge tiles in the winds last week and have been ringing around to get quotes. All quoting around the same price but one was different to the others. He offered up a quote for replacing the ones lost or he could take them all off and replace them with what he called a ewn...

Hi all 12 months ago we have a conservatory built and planned to have new french doors fitted to the back of the property that lead into it. Well the doors were removed as the conservatory was built so that all the plaster work etc could be completed as we had not found the doors we liked...