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Hi everyone, I hope this is the correct place to post this. I'm having trouble taking apart the bath taps in my mothers house in order to replace the tap glands as they are starting to act up. I've tried everything I can think of (including using a Boa Strap Wrench). And short of calling an...

Hi all, I need some advice determining if I have uncovered asbestos in my house. Yesterday while ripping off some old skirting, I came across what looks like plasterboard which has some kind of material mixed in with it. Now my house was build in the 60's and it definitely has a garage roof...

Hi, I'm currently in the process of re-insulating my loft. Currently there's between 30-50mm of what I think is fibreglass insulation in between the joists. The plan is to remove the existing stuff and replace it with 100mm of Rock wool insulation so that it's at the same level as the...

Hi, I was up in my loft the other day looking to see how feasible a loft conversion was and I noticed these sheets of what I think might be asbestos. There's 3 of them in total (1 is broken in half, not sure when it happened) and are about 500x700mm in size. Here are 2 pics of them (the...

Hi, I'm looking into re-insulating and boarding my loft floor. After getting a few quotes I've decided to save some money and do it myself. The joists in my loft are only 100mm high, so I thought about using 100mm Glass Mineral Wool insulation and covering that with some Aluminium Foil...

Hi guys, I've decided to get a new combi boiler fitted, I've had a few quotes and they seem a bit high. I would like to know how much others paid for their installations. Here's what i've had so far. - British Gas quoted me £4k for just a boiler installation. - Another guy quoted me...

Hi all, I'm looking to replace my existing boiler for a new combi thereby eliminating the need for the water tank in the loft and cylinder in the airing cupboard. The thing is, I've no idea which one to get, how many KW's it should be and how much water flow i need. I used this...