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Hi. We have this vertical support on our house that is rotting at the bottom. Any ideas for a sensible repair for this? Either DIY, or what I should be enquiring after in the trade? It seems like it would be hard to replace as-is. A replacement might have to be two-piece, with some kind of...

Just a curiosity really. I saw some people doing a flooring job in an old house that is now an office. On the third floor, they put plywood down, then screed, then adhesive for carpet tiles (or could be vinyl.. I didn't see the final layer). It just struck me that sometimes you need to get...

Hi everyone. I wondered if I could get people's thoughts on this? Level of urgency, worry, etc. ? :) I apologise for the wobbliness of the loft-videos (the last 3), but I think you can begin to make stuff out in the 3rd video.

In the house we've moved in to, I'm trying to get to grips with the heating system and some issues with heat from radiators in a downstairs room (almost like cellar level, but it's not, it's just that the house is on a hill so theres a room down there). Anyway to cut to the chase, my question...

Hi. We've moved in to a new house pretty much exactly 30 days ago. I had my own semi before, and girlfriend had her own mid-terrace. We're now in a detached cottagey thing in Kelsall. At my house previously, my electric was around £35 - £40 per month and gas was the same. At my girlfriends, it...

Just moved in. Have a Heatslave 25/32. Even with the CH temperature dial on the boiler set all the way down, the radiators are just too hot. I have had to turn down a lot of the TRVs on the rads, and even then the house just gets sweltering. This is a detached cottage on a hill and to be...

Hi. Unsure of correct forum. Windows and Doors ? Just moved house. the garage door has an electric screw-type Henderson 880 Deluxe. It's an up and over door. The door didn't close all the way. This was due to a bump in some concrete that had been placed around an inspection cover outside the...

Hi. Can anyone please give me some guidance for how to get this curved corner. I mean in terms of what size stock/worktop to use. I can see various options, with differing looks, ease of actually doing (for a non woodworker like myself), and cost in terms of starting worktop sizes. I think I...

Hi. I'm having a tough time googling this. I bought some MiLight touch-control switches, which are basically 2.4GHz radio-frquency remotes, but made to replace the lightswitch. They have a N and a L on them, they will operate from 180 - 240v AC. Plan was to keep the lightswitch ON at all times...

Hi. It's been ages since I installed my Premier 48. I have a Raspberry Pi acting as a wireless -> ethernet router. It is doing dst-nat on the following ports, to the com-ip module port 80, 10001, 30178, both TCP and UDP. These are the ports that I found when reading manuals etc. I have...

This is doing my head in. The main burner assembly intermittently rattles. It seems like it's the front part (the cross-lighting strip) that's doing it. The whole assembly is completely unsupported at the front. I think the only source of vibration is the pump (a Grundfos one), and it...

Can anybody tell me how to dismantle the diverter valve? I removed the front cover / plate, but I can't see how you are supposed to get into where the bobbin, spring etc. are. It's the "brass plate - part number 2912", that I'm unsure how to remove. Should I just attack it with some mole...

Hi. Premier 48. I want to be able to arm just the downstairs at night. All my zones are in area A, for the normal full arm. I was going to put downstairs in "area B", so I can arm just that, but the manual states: "If a zone is assigned to more than one area, it will only be recognised by...

Hi. I have the diverter service kit. I can see the main seal, which was fine anyway, and the piece that screws in to the front cover, but the kit also includes some internals - the plunger/seal, spring, and what looks like a bolt for the rear to hold the spring in. My diverter doesn't...

I am draining, to replace the diverter, and I've always wondered, and almost come very close to finding out, if it's safe to remove the cover to the erm hot area. It has two clips at the bottom. Inside through the spyhole, I can see a heat exchanger which sits above the flame. I just want to...

I am replacing a surface-mounted R8 keypad. I was going to order the surface-mount Premire Elite keypad (Brass), but started to wonder about the flush mount. Does anyone have any idea about how the surface mount unit looks? Does it have a "flush" appearance to it? (does the front cover all...

I am going to replace my Texecom Veritas R8. I don't know the code, the factory-resets are not working, and the (LED) keypad is manky anyway. Thankfully the engineers who installed it did a stellar job of labelling all the wiring, so I think it will be relatively straightforward to replace it...

Picture: Before I fit my flooring, I think it would be a good idea to move these meters and fuse boxes into the little cupboard to the right. I will leave the gas meter where it is since it looks difficult to move. Can I expect to get this done cheap? I read on here that the old style lead...

I took down my under stairs cupboard to allow for the wood flooring I've ordered. I also stripped the super fresco wallpaper in part of the hall and under stairs too. The plaster isn't looking so good, but i think I could possibly use some polyfilla plaster repair on it. I want to paint the...

I just ordered some solid oak flooring for my small hallway. which currently has cheap laminate on it. The hallway is only about 2.5m x 1.8m. It has floorboards, with a ~40cm cavity below. I am intending to lay under the skirting boards. Should I secret-nail into the floorboards, or...