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Hi My dad's heating suddenly packed up on Thursday, of course just as the temperature really dropped. It's intermittent and will work about 20% of the time but mostly it won't. The ecotec 415 is about 10-15 years old and has been serviced regularly, almost every year like clockwork. The...

thank you both for the advice. It was indeed the washer stuck to the drain cock seat. I fished it out, fitted a new one and greased the threaded mechanism. It now works a treat. New boiler install almost finished and the water that has come out of the system so far has been pretty clear. While...

Evening all I have read the following excellent post: //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=38902 which details how to flush a system using the filling loop. I thought I'd give this a go this evening. Two things to mention first of all: The four-radiator combi boiler heating...

You tell me! :D They certainly start at 15mm, but the reducer thingymajigs that screw into the standoffs are, I believe, 3/4. Although when I measure them with my callipers they are not 3/4" or 22mm, so I'm not 100%. Based on what I can find on the Grohe website, all of their mixers appear to be...

Hi A semi-productive weekend of DIY. Got the new waste, trap etc fitted to the bath and moved on to the tap once I was happy the waste wasn't leaking... I removed my almost 30 year old mixer yesterday after much swearing and loss of skin. I have a new thermostatic to fit and I thought it...

I've no idea, hence my request on here for help and ideas. This is simply what the plumber said that fitted my hob. Perhaps he meant a team of two people as it seems a bit much for one person over two days. No, they're fine but thanks for your comments anyhow.

ps, it's a one bed flat so the kitchen is relatively small. Four square metres of tiling max. Two walls.

Hi all I posted the following onto rated people a month or two ago. I didn't receive any replies so I wondered if the pros on here could cast their eyes over it and give me their opinion regarding the time and labour charge. I started refitting my kitchen about four years ago and it's now...

My faithful Vokera 20/80 has started to groan. The pump is on its way out and although I'm sure I could replace the pump and get another few years from it, I really ought to get it replaced seeing as it really needed to be replaced five years ago. The fact that I've manage to squeeze this long...

dear all I have been slowly but surely renovating the internal face of my wooden window frames. The units are single glazed, which means that quite a bit of condensation forms on the glass and then runs down onto the wood. This eventually results in the paint peeling and the water getting...

sorry to drag up this old thread, but did either of the two last posters finish their slate flooring? I'd love to see some pics to compare it to mine (which I'm not happy with!) :-) Cheers!

Thanks, DoctorC, I'll remember that when it comes to the bathroom!!! Well, I sealed them a couple of nights ago and have started grouting small bits at a time. So far so good, it looks a lot better than I imagined. Will post pictures once it's all grouted and done! Thanks for the...

thank you so much guys. I still have my dodgy line to contend with, but I will persevere with trying to obtain square lines.... Still might call in the pros if it turns out horrible though! Stu

Hi all I was a bit too enthusiastic with my kitchen refurbishment. I feel I may have bitten off a bit more than I can chew. I ripped up the old ceramic tiles and proceeded to lay the new ones. We went for natural slate tiles. Two things about these buggers: 1) They're not all the same...