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I have served Openreach with a "Section 40" notice to remove a pole from my garden that has been confirmed has no Wayleave. Openreach have no responded to say that they cannot remove the pole because it would be "too complex of solution to try and carry out"! Can they do that? Anyone know...

I have two poles on my property... One western power - with Wayleave One Openreach - which I have just found out has no wayleave. (and openreach are playing hardball) Question: The Openreach overhead wire goes from thier pole and onto the Western power pole. If Western power is paying me for...

Hi, Not sure if it is my 15mm plumbing... but I installed a BWT high capacity water filter (just after the main stop cock) and it is causing massive squealing on any water use By Squealing I mean a high pitched squeal each time water is turned off... and if water is flowing slowly. Luckily...

I have become a bit stuck with the process of trying to get a couple of Western power Poles removed from my land. The Good Got in touch with WP and they have given me an itemised quote to remove the poles. Great The Not so good The poles also carry Openreach telecoms, the quote made no...

Worcester-Bosch Greenstar 30i This is probably easily understandable to someone but has got me completely stumped! The Pressure gauge is dropping about 0.1 bar everytime the radiator burner/pump kicks in. If I put the heating on it goes down from 1 bar to zero in about 2-3 hours. (constantly...

Hi, I've had a new extension built and I did the electrics myself. I spent a lot of time effort and care to ensure the wiring conforms to regs. I now need the work certifing for planning sign off. Howver, as I phone around sparkys I am being told that they can only be certify the work if the...

Hi, I am having a new kitchen built and I assumed that I could just add an electric over + Induction hob without issue (it was previously Gas). However, as per the diagram below I have just realised that I am scuppered by a 32amp solar panel feed that is leaving me short on spare amps on...

Hi, I am soon having buildings in who will be digging foundations in my garden close to my Gas supply pipe. I am the ultra cautious person so I have been looking for the gas isolation valve in the street (just in case they hit it). However, I have been unable to find one. I live on a...

Hi, I am having an old kitchen extension knocked down and rebuilt, full building regs and inspected etc. Currently the water supply is going into the old extension so it will have to be temporary re-routed into the main house while the work is being done (easiest option looks like via an...

Help! Can you please help me understand pressure vs flow how to get a really hot shower fed from a combi boiler? Our Worcester Bosch combi Boiler gives us “warm” water when any sink hot tap is fully open but you have to turn down the tap flow to get scorching hot water (Small Bungalow, so only...

Hi, I want to open up a doorway in the hall (shown in pic Two). Ideally we want it opened up as close to the ceiling as possible. The span is only 900mm but is supporting multiple joists so I will need a 1200mm support beam. Can anyone advise if a 65 x 100mm Concrete lintel (with a load...

Help... About 6 months ago, I purchased a (quite pricey) Reina Brushed Stainless steel 300 x 1500 radiator for the bathroom (with a 25 year warranty). It is a designer type radiator, we don't need a towel rail. After just 6 months it started to show surface rust (where it got spashed...

Hi, I wonder if anyone could help me source somewhere in the UK that I could get the type of stone sink that I have been searching the internet for months now.... obviously with no luck. It really does seem to be mission impossible! All the stone sinks available seem to have square cuts...

I've made a bit of a boo, boo while building a conservatory.... A have created my foundations and they match exactly the 3 courses of brick work up to the DPC on my house. However, just as I was just about to start the brickwork I have realised that my existing house bricks are actually...