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Just a few quick questions. I am planning an extension to my property and am considering the best heating option for the space. It is approx 3.7m x 5.6m and it is going to be a room above an existing garage that is adjoining my property. The room will have 3 no. external walls (old Victorian...

Came home today to find the dishwasher appeared dead. It got me thinking, I turned it on a couple of nights ago and later that eve I smelt a funny fishy smell (not the first time I have smelt it) I know that often that is associated with an electrical switch over heating and melting. I searched...

Hi folks. I am looking some advice in regards to an unpleasant smell emanating from the shower in our main bathroom. We got a full re-plumb about 36 months ago and all new bathrooms etc... and all seemed to be ok. Over the past 18 months there has been an intermittent bad smell that comes...

Hopefully this is in the right place (if not feel free to move). I have had a problem with one of my chimney for a few months now. When it rains very heavily (as it seems to always do now) there is a leak that comes down the chimney - it is a constrant drip and whilst it is not loads at the...

Hi folks I was looking for some advice please in regards to some tiling I am planning to do. I am getting a wood burning stove installed in my kitchen and I plan to tile the fireplace insert to the sides and behind the stove and need some advice. The measurements of the insert side...

Hi I was hoping someone could help. After an absolutely massive deluge of rain this evening (local area very flooded) I noticed that water had got into the kitchen of our recently renovated house. Along one of the external walls there was a small amount of water coming through under the...

I was hoping someone could give me an idea of the cost for the following full rewire to a 5 bedroom, 2800 sq ft house: - At least 3/4 x dbl sockets per room - PVC sockets and switches throughout - CAT 5 point in 9 rooms - TV aerial install into 6 rooms - HDMI cable point in 1 room (brought...

Having recently had a major build work finished in the house I have noticed a couple of things in regards to drainage and was hoping someone could advise/help. The drainage from the main bathroom in the house is quite noisy with water very clearly gurgling away as it drains out. This problem...

I am about to get new carpets down in my house which has been a building site for the last 6 months. The house is very old and on the ground floor the floors are at least 3 feet off the ground with in some instances farily big gaps around the floorboards. On the 1st & Ground floor there has...

I have been doing a major refurb on a house I bought recently and one of the key things that we did was put in a new main bathroom. On inspecting the bathrooom I have been disappointed about the speed of the bath to drain water away. I contacted the builder a couple of days ago who then sent...

Sorry to trouble you with what is probably a naive question but I am a complete Combi bolier virgin. Since moving out of my parents home 17 years ago I have had a traditional oil bolier with a hot water tank and in our new home we have taken the plunge when we needed to re-plumb and installed a...

Hi folks I am hoping that someone can give me some advice please. I have had a big renovation project on my hands and as part of it I have had the house re-plumbed and installed a new gas boiler & rads. It is a big old brute so we have installed a 40KW Baxi Duo Tec Combi Boiler and my question...

I am currently renovating an old house and in the pantry off the kitchen I want to put in a fridge, washing machine and tumble dryer. The floor has had to be dug out due to damp and so is it approx 12" below it's finished level. In order to put the ventialtion hose out from the tumble I...

Hi all I have a bit of a renovation project on my hands that I thought I would share. The background is my wife and I bought a house in a place called Cyprus Avenue in Belfast (yep the one that Van Morrison sang about). The house dates back to 1880 and it feels like quite a lot of things...

Hi I was hoping that someone could give me a bit of advice on what could be causing a problem with my central heating system and what course of action I should take. When my oil fired central heating system is turned on it creates a constant knocking sound which appears to be coming from...