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Hi All, I was wondering if everyone can help us with this 2 problem we facing. We have a combi boiler in our house and recently we had a small leak in the boiler one of the nuts was slightly loose, this problem is now fixed. However, the pressure was down due to this leak and we had to...

Is there anything to protect bricks from being damaged by rain cracks etc.... Any type of clear vanish for bricks etc... Thanks,

Hi all, I was wondering if someone can guide on this job. My front house wall is plastered in pebbles. Long time ago we'd replaced the windows which left the edge of the plaster damaged but it was repaired just using Sand & Cement. It looks OK but I really want to make it look as it was...

Hi all, I came across a house that had some kind of UPVC put onto external walls, something like you'll accept in Double glazed window. The entire wall was covered with this. I think this is a excellent idea correct me if I'm wrong. For example if the external wall was in a very ban...

Its been 2 weeks now since we've laid our new turf in our garden. I have been watering regularly. This week I have trimmed the lawn and it looks very nice and tidy. My question is do I have to buy some kind of fertilizer and weed killer. If so, please can you give me your recommendation...

Hi All, We are upgrading our old ceiling by putting on new plasterboards on top of the old ones. Can someone tell us what is the correct thickness of plasterboard is recommended for this. Thanks

When skimming a wall after rendering, do you have to put PVA on first? Thank you.

I've heard that you can put plasterboard on top of the old plaster board on a ceiling rather than taken the old plaster off. Is this correct way of doing this? If so, how to you find where the joint is? Many Thanks

Hi All, We had our bedroom plastered about 2 months ago, and now we have just started to paint the wall. The walls are fully dried and pinky. The problem we are facing is, after we put on the fist under coat with a normal white paint, we than noticed dark patches on the wall everywhere...

All, We are in the process of installing same new Rad's all of them with new TVR's. Question, do we need to balance the system after installation? I read something from a previous post on this site that with TVR's you do not need to balance the system. Many Thanks

It is it better to insulate floor with Thermal under lay for laminate flooring and than put the carpet under lay on top of that? And finally lay the carpet. Will this be good thing to do? Objective is to stop draught and have a warm floor. Many Thanks

Hi all, We had a new pine door fitted approx 2 weeks ago by a carpenter, in the first week the door closed very smoothly but after a week the door now doesn’t shut properly it keeps getting stack near the door handle. I called the carpenter who put the door up and he trimmed some off the...

When I entered my house last night I smelt gas! So I called Transco immediately. Engineer arrived, did a test in the meter and detected that the was a leak from my internal pipe. He then did changed the outlet connector to see if the leak was from their side but even then it was showing sign...

When laying laminate flooring for kitchen do you have to use the same principle leaving 10mm from the skirting board as well? 2nd question, Can you screw into floorboard rather than using nailing?, I’m just thinking may be screw will be much stronger than nail and easy to unscrew if needed...

When the boiler is serviced, exactly what work is carried out in side the boiler. For example is it, heat exchange, gas pressure, sludge, pilot light, ignition, etc……….. is this all included in the service? Appreciate your suggestion.

Hi All, I need a quotation from you all please for the following. We want to install 6 new radiator’s. 1 rad moving to a different location. On 3 old rad’s, fitting TVR’s on them. And lastly, we’ve noticed the flow pipe for our 3 bedroom house size is 15mm, so the entire flow...

Is there any coving and adhesive i could buy for bathroom ceiling to tile?. i.e Plasterboard to tile. we want to cover the tiling edge near the ceiling. Thank you.

Hi all, Any suggestion will be appreciated. We will be installing some new rad's, the hallway requires btu out put of 14000 I can either put 1 rad 600+1800 with double convector btu 14000 Or I can have 2 rad 600+1800 600+1400 with single convector, I have room for 2. My question...

We were thing off laying Laminate floor in one 1 room. We have taken all the skirting board off because its in ban condition, it will be replaced with new ones. I was thinking, I know when you lay Laminate floor you leave an inch or less from the side of the wall and then you fill this gap...

MANDATE "removes any air lock in pipe work and flushes out sludge from pipe work. This leaves only the bleeding of the radiators." Where do I find this air lock pipe? and how to I proceed. Regards