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Looking to have an old small concrete sectional garage ripped down and replaced with a bigger one. For the new one, there’s a couple of choices of roofing material, eg plastisol coated steel with dripstop lining (for a pent design), or cement fibre sheets for an apex design. as far as roofing...

Currently looking at getting new concrete sectional garage built. Is there any useful difference other than looks between the various roofing options.. corrugated cement sheets, plastisol steel with felt backing, or insulated steel sheets? Cement sheets and steel with felt backing seem to be...

Over last couple of months ive noticed a few bits of red flake and chunks of clay appearing on the driveway round the house (1960's Semi) up until recently i have thought little of it until finding some of the flakes on the windscreen of the car that's normally parked under this corner of the...

Currently looking at a proper POE 5/8k CCTV solution for the house. I already have some structured cat6 cabling in place around the house, and POE capable network switches (unifi) so it would make sense to utilize these where possible to simplify the cabling (if its a workable solution) One...

Im having the front rooms of the house re plastered next week so i am making any improvements i can while i have the chance. the upper-bay itself is single-skin brick/timber and tile fronted. The plasterer is going to build-out a timber frame, and ill use kingspan or similar to insulate...

It seems to be the year of "getting the garden sorted" As shown in the attached pictures, the shed currently sits tall at the bottom of the garden on a concrete/brick base - id like to utilize the space alongside (2M x 2M)to extend the shed base and slide the shed across onto it - Ultimately...

Ive recently had a room skimmed, and have just put the first mistcoat on. When the skim was done i noticed a line of dark "stains" across the ceiling.. I painted over them and within a day they are showing through the paint. The only thing i can think of is this is remnants of a water leak i...

Hi. Currently (slowly!!) renovating a 60's house. Have stripped the wallpaper off the stairs and landing to be left with some rather messy plasterwork underneath and am just trying to figure out the best course of action. The plaster has hairline cracks all over, and has a hollow sound in many...

Something that maybe the seasoned heating installers can shed some light on. Ive been watching the development of various smart thermostat systems, Nest, Hive, Tado etc.. and people who go for them for the most part are very happy about their functionality and efficency. However the one thing...

Had a bit of an issue over the weekend with a blockage somewhere "downstream" of the toilet. Noticed on saturday morning that there was a pool of water around the cast-iron soil stack - got the missus to flush the loo and water started squirting out of the join near the kitchen window, on...

I recently had new upvc double glazing installed in the house (kommerling i believe) - including two "three panel" bay windows. Although the noise levels have been greatly reduced - i feel there may be more that can be done. The majority of sound seems to be coming from the joins between the...

Well not really a total beginner - but will be strictly for DIY and renovation use. (house is 1960s so internal walls are brick so will need capability for light masonry work) Currently ive been "coping" with a £5 mcallister screwdriver and an unbranded corded drill that electrocutes me every...

Im looking into getting the windows replaced in the house as i move round getting it renovated. The current windows are upvc double glazed but 15-20years old - many of the panels have misted, seals have perished and openers have warped/broken. The house is on a road that has become a bit...

Maybe a question for a Heating Engineer to clarify Just had a 831 combi fitted before xmas, replacing an aged gravity system. The original quote for installation shows the boiler having 7yrs warranty - However, having received the paperwork from Vaillant themselves - they are only...

I have a 60's 3 bed semi. Having just had the CH system overhauled, im conscious of various drafts - especially in the hallway. The design of the house means the staircase goes up the side of an external wall, the area underneath the staircase - housing the gas meter is currently only...

So ive just had an aged gravity CH system fully ripped and replaced on a 3 bed semi with a Vaillant ecotec 831 complete with new rads and a vrc470c. The installer i chose eventually admitted (after installation) zero experience with these "newfangled technology" boiler controls - so has left...

Looking at getting new CH installed soon. and have been asked the question about boiler controls. I know quite a few people worship the CM927. however am i right in thinking that its doesn't have the ability to modulate the CH output so wouldn't be as efficient as using the controls from the...

I "Thought" i had a standard open vented system. with gravity fed DHW and pumped CH. Ive got a FE tank in the loft along with hot and cold tanks. There are four pipes coming from the boiler. I decided to drain the system to treat with X400 as some of the rads are quite sludgy. I drained...

Hi. First post from a longtime lurker :) Currently the house has a basic gravity fed DHW system with a old (15yr+) Halstead Buckingham 3 conventional boiler. The tank has no tank-stat and there are no valves. When i first moved in, one of the first things i did was to replace the 24h...