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Hello I have a Vaillant EcoTech Plus 837. At 6.30 this morning I noticed that there was water slowly dripping out of the casing, which was warm. It wasn't dripping last night... The boiler was fitter by a Gas Safe and Vaillant registered installer in Oct 2009 (who, although isn't...

Hi, I'm looking for an SDS drill bit, 10 or 12mm that's longer than 1m... I've tried the usual screwfix / toolstation / wickes and co with no joy yet. The job is just to run a feed to an outside light, but the position is awkward and needs to cut across an updwards diagonal of 1.2m approx...

Hi folks, I'm after a bit of help / guidance on how my new central heating boilder and new UFH should be set up. I have recently had fitted (by a Gas Safe installer): Vaillant EcoTEC 837 Combi boiler VRC430 with weather compensator - fitted into the face of the boiler VR81 - remote...

Hi folks, I'm looking for a recommendation for "warm" LED strip lighting, for installation behind a frosted glass "spashback" panel in a new kitchen. I'm considering LED for long life and energy efficiency mainly. So far I have found the following...

Hi all, Please excuse me if this has already been answered in another topic, I'm hunting for some advice. I'm chosing some spots for my bathroom, Screwfix is proably going to be the place I get my stuff from. I'd like to: Have soft start (which I think is where the lights build up to...

Hi I have a combi boiler, which was installed by the previous owners in our upstairs back bedroom. I want to move it to a more suitable location downstairs in the house eventually (into a ground floor extension that isn't built yet) and have some questions ... hope somebody can help? I'm...

Hello everyone I've just had some work done on the front of our house by a local plastering / rendering firm found on one of those "recommend a tradesman" sites. It's a 1930's house with a square bay on the front, which is timber frame. We had the old render removed, down to a layer of...

Hi. I'm wanting to fit my own alarm at home and was wondering if anyone could recommend a system? I think what I'm after is basic enough - control panel, remote keypad, ability to call a number of my choice when the alarm goes off (my mobile probably). I only have 4 PIR positions to...

Hi all, I have render on the top half front of my house up to the roofline. I had new windows fitted eighteen months ago, white sealant was used in copious amounts to seal the join between the new frame and the exisiting render. It's the wrong way round I know.. but this summer I'm having...

Hi all, I have render on the front of my house up to the roofline. I had black fascia board, soffits and gutters replaced last year - the firm that did the job used black sealant at the join to the render. It's the wrong way round I know.. but this summer I'm having the render removed and...

Hi folks, My BT master socket is in our master bedroom, which I'm currently redecorating. I'll be replacing all sockets, switches, TV points etc with screwless flat chrome. I've bought a phone socket from Toolstation, described as a Master, listed here (item # 52322)...

Hi. I have some very novice queries about the roof timbers in our 1930s semi. We have just boarded out the loft and fitted proper lighting, so can now see everything clearly for the first time after buying the house last year. Now that I can see properly in the loft space, I've noticed...

Hi. I have a 1930's semi. The roof is tiled directly onto the timbers (no felt in those days I gather). There is wadding / horsehair & plaster type mix that was used throughout the roof on the underside of the joins between tiles. I want to line the underside of the roof (or part of the...