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Two weeks back I noticed the boiler had an E0 error message. On checking further, the pressure had complete dropped into the red area. I re-pressurised the boiler to near the 2 mark and 2 weeks later the pressured is half way between 1 and 2. Is this because there may be a small leak in one of...

My son accidentally pulled out the hooks within the coats cupboard by force when trying to get his coat out. The backboard is MDF and is around 2cm thick. Are there any ways of repairing this and getting the hooks in the same location or would we have to install the hooks in a new location now...

We have a Potterton Titanium Combi Gas Boiler which was setup with the wireless Nest Thermostat last year to provide heat to our radiators, heat up our unvented indirect cylinder to provide us hot water and to heat up our under floor heating in our kitchen. There is also one tap in the house...

We bought a bike shed for our front garden and put it up today. The advise that was given prior to purchase was we need a level base for the bike shed otherwise we would have issues with it closing and locking it. I wasn't sure the shed based would be suitable however my wife was adamant that...

We have just had an indirect unvented cylinder (250l Vertical Telford Tempest) installed along with a nest v3 thermostat. The plumber was able to modify our existing combi boiler, so it runs like a system boiler. I am trying to understand how it works as currently the plumber has set it to come...

We are having a loft conversion start in two weeks and are still struggling to find the best solution for getting a well pressured hot water supply to the loft when other bathrooms/ water outlets are in use. The loft bathroom will be used for occasionally for guests for now and in the future...

I want to replace my wireless doorbell and chime system and not sure how to go about it.... I have located the existing location of the chime unit and it has two set of two wires - 1. 2 Wires that come from the (I assume) the consumer unit that are meant to go into the chime 2. 2 wires that...

Apologies if this question has been asked multiple times previously. I have searched this forum and google for any guides for my specific boiler/setup however was unsuccessful... So yesterday I received 2 X Hive2 united. One for my parents house and one for mine. My parents boiler was a...

I am looking for a London construction company that are reputable, provides a guarantee and do not sub-contract any of the services. We require a - Loft Conversion Basement Tanking Repair/Replace Kitchen Flooring and sewer pipes In 2013 I had my whole house renovated but unfortunately the...

I have just come across what looks like a rat hole/tunnel under my rear extension. I only have about an inch gap between the wall and decking to see the hole. What would be the easiest way to fill the hole with concrete? Never really used concrete before so any suggestions on what I need to...

I have discovered, buried under the existing paving on my front pathway, the original Victorian steel coal chute for the property. It has a lot of rush and it seems the designs/text is either damaged or not restore-able? I have used a wire brush to get rid of a lot of the rust to bring it back...

We had our garden landscaped in November 2015 and we had artificial grass replaced our lawn. Since the installation, apart from a few days in a row, it has been raining pretty much every day. It rained immediately after the install and was very windy and as a consequence the kilndried sand was...

We have just had a new wall built with reclaimed bricks however it seems that many of the bricks have some cracks. Some wider and deeper than others as per attachments. Is this normal? The brick layer assured me that it would be no problem and that is the nature of reclaimed bricks?

Yesterday I had artificial grass installed in my back garden and it all looked perfect (apart from the grass being flattened due to it being rolled for a number of weeks prior to delivery). Over night it rained quite a bit and was windy and today I have noticed a few patches of sand in lumps...

We are currently having our front garden landscaped. We plan to have a Victorian path laid in the spring once the weather improves. Our landscaped have liaised with our tiler and have put down a steel reinforced concrete base in readiness for when the tiler comes in spring (started/completed the...

2 years ago I had my house renovated and made the mistake of getting the same builders who done a good job within the house to carry out tasks they did not specialise in, like the back garden landscaping. 2 years on and we are having to do it up again with professional tradesmen that is costing...

We are having the front garden of our Victorian terrace landscaped at present. Part of the plan was to have a new black and white Victorian path laid. However on lifting the current paving we have uncovered the original victorian tiles. We are unsure what to do with this and whether it is worth...

Under building regs for a terraced property, my understanding is that we can only have a maximum of 40m3 for our dormer extension. Our has has a long rear roof of around 8m in length and 3.5 meters in width. Is there anyway we could get this approved under PP? Our neighbour immediately to my...

Just a had a quote to landscape our small 40m2 (5meters width x 8 meters Length) back garden And small front garden (5m wide x 2m length). The will be replacing our current lawn with artificial grass, putting up new basic 5foot fence panels (around 8 panels) with concrete gravel boards and raise...

I have just had a new sofa delivered today after 3 months wait and as per the pictures there are some defects with the threading. Should I expect this or complain? I have 7 days to inform the company I bought it from. .. Thanks