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This may have been asked before but I couldn't find anything. I have a 1930s house with exposed rafter tails. They are black and it looks like they have been stained (not painted), perhaps originally with creosote. I'm have some scaffolding up for other work later in the month and wanted...

I'm sure this has been done to death, but I couldn't find anything specific to the issue I have. I had a door dipped, with the intention of re-painting white. It was kill or cure. Anyway, after it's been dipped the wood underneath is actually in good condition (it's an original 1930s...

Hi folks, I have a section of 100mm drain (10m) that has root ingress in it. I have had 4 quotes to line it and they are: £550 £680 £845 £970 All ex VAT. Of course I'm inclined to go with the cheapest (he looks like a one-man band, whereas the others are 'big' companies). Is...

Hey folks, We moved into a new (old) place about 5 months ago. It has a Worcester 37CDi combi boiler but with very old rads (which are soon to be replaced). I just got my gas bill from 20 Dec - 12 Feb, 54 days and it's £406!! The average use is 200kWh/day. Now the house is pretty poorly...

Hi Folks, We recently moved into a place that had a wraparound dormer poking out of the back of the roof. It was a DIY job a long time ago (not by me) and it's ugly and poorly done, so I am considering having it removed and the roof reverted to its original state (just a hipped roof with...

Hi All, We have a 1930s ill fitting door which lets the howling wind right into the house! I have fitted draught excluders round the top and sides, but a bit stuck with the bottom of the door, where there is a 1-8mm gap. At the moment there is a bit of flappy material stuck to the...

Hi, I am in the process of upgrading the rads in our 1930s (chilly) house. I am considering A stelrad vertex K2 2000x500 (tall and thin) rad, simply because we have limited wall space. It's about 2kw, which is about what is needed for this largish room with 2 external solid walls. My...

Just a quick Q - I need to connect a rigid vent pipe 100mm to flexi vent hose. I think something like this might do it: http://www.screwfix.com/p/manrose-round-connector-100mm/12697 Anyone know if this fits inside the pipe/hose or outside? The internal diameter of my flexi-hose is...

Hi all, Recently moved into a new place that has a Greenstar 37CDi and DT20RF digistat. The stat is in the hall (which is a bit draughty) but it seems to switch the CH on and off very frequently. Just today it put the CH on for just 5 mins and then switched it off again. It does do a...

Hi all, Moved into a new place 3 months ago and the exterior paint is falling off the render in quite a few patches. The rain is going behind the paint where's falling off and soaking in behind it causing more to fall off. The exterior is in pretty bad shape anyway, so will be looking at...

Hi, Recently moved into a house where a lot of the render is knackered. Rather than patch up the knackered bits we're considering having it all redone (it's ugly rough stuff at the moment). We had a local guy quote to hack it off and re-do it. He's quoted £14k to do it in sand + cement and...

Hi folks, Just moved house into 1930s detached. Slowly discovering all the DIY bodges that have been implemented before! A previous owner had converted one of the bedrooms to a shower room. We are about to start work on reverting it back to a bedroom. Fairly simple: pull of tiles, remove...

Hi folks, Just moved house into 1930s detached. Slowly discovering all the DIY bodges that have been implemented before! A previous owner had converted one of the bedrooms to a shower room. We are about to start work on reverting it back to a bedroom. Fairly simple: pull of tiles, remove...

Hi folks, Just moved house into 1930s detached. Slowly discovering all the DIY bodges that have been implemented before! A previous owner had converted one of the bedrooms to a shower room. We are about to start work on reverting it back to a bedroom. Fairly simple: pull of tiles, remove...

Hi, We are doing up our bathroom and we bought a chrome towel rad that has the fitting connections on the bottom. The current rad in the bathroom has the fittings on the side. Ordinarily I would move the pipe under the floor, but it has been tinkered with by previous owners for a loft...

Hi, Just a quick one: Due to a c*ck up with the people that installed my bath, I had to re-install it (which involved removing the bottom row of tiles). Grrrr :evil: Anyway, wall is good again for the bottom row - but the problem is that the whole wall was already grouted. I am a bit...

Hi, Am currently re-tiling around a bath/shower. Am curious to know how to prevent the problem shown in my rather cruddy pic. Basically, where the tiles meet the bath, how come any water that has been absobed by the grout not seep down the grout lines and then behind the silicon seal...

Hi, Quick question about fitting a thermostatic shower valve: In my parents' house they have a shower that is currently fed by a mixer tap. This causes problems every time someone flushes the loo, turns on a tap elsewhere, etc. They are considering fitting a thermostatic mixer tap, but...

Hi All, I searched for this through the forums - lots of info came up but none seemed to be recent. I have a whirlpool bath and it needs connecting to the ring main. The ring main passes through the wall of the bathroom - there are a couple of sockets on the outside of the bathroom wall...

Hi, I recently replaced the leaking valves that connected my Halstead Quattro to the CH loop. Necessarily I had to drain the system and refill. Since I have refilled it sounds like there is air in the system. I have bled the radiators and the pump and assumed the AAV would vent anything...