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My house is a semi with the down pipe in the middle of the building, between me and next door, its leaking at the joint, the reason for this is the hedge roots are growing up the down pipe as the underground pipe has collapsed, i discovered this when i dug down to find out what the problem was...

Got a new light fitting for the bedroom supplied with a cheese block, but the existing wiring is wired like this, I have three black wires 2 of them are paired going into a brass bar in the N part, 3 red wires 2 paired with 1 next hole in the L part, and earth on its own. But the remaining black...

Last time I changed one of these it only had 3 wire's, this new one has 5, Earth yellow/green. Black/Brown Live (paired) Grey/Blue Neut, (paired).This cable is fitted to the new Hob about 1.5 mtrs in length. The old one to be removed has a length of twin and earth, flat grey cable, about 3mtrs...

Anyone ever used this company before? just wondered if they are any good or not cant seem to find out much about them.

Hi folks can you tell me if this is normal please or just cutting corners, had a new boiler fitted just over a year ago been working fine no problems , but today i went to change the light switches for new ones so went to cut the power for the light switch at the fuse box and it also cut the...

Hi there can anyone tell me if its normal practice to have plastic beading down each corner edge of a gable end wall?? have seen it aroud the window frames before but not on the corners, does it serve any purpose to the roughcast.

Has anyone on here used Alumasc polymer?? got an estimate for re-roughcasting and the guy said he prefered to use this stuff as it sets like concrete, also how many coats should it have as he has only one on the estimate, is he cutting corners?? There is a gap between the windows at the top and...

how hard would it be to syphon off the hot water tank? cant drain it because the pipe to drain it off was cut from the tank when they removed the old back boiler, is it possible to syphon off and if so how is it done my plumber say's it cant be done :roll: and just to let it evaporate :shock:

HI there can anyone advise please, most of the houses round my estate have had there roofs re-tiled by the council the colour of the tiles are red, but i'am thinking of doing mine with gray tiles because i dont like the red, do you need planing permission for this.

Getting a new boiler fitted but keeping old system guy said he would pressure flush the old system to clean it out, then put an inhibiter in the system to stop corroision, is this better than a chemical flush? or is just the same, also where does all the crap water end up.

Hi there iam looking to change my boiler what do you consider a fair price for removal of old boiler, flush old system, and fit new boiler,in a 3 bed semi

Hi folks is it ok to fit a new boiler but keep the old system in place?? can you adapt the new boiler to the old system easy enough, and i presume flush out the old system befofre fitting the new boiler :wink:

Hi there folks can you help please, some guys are round the estate just now doing roughcasting, seems like a good job they are doing but then iam not a builder, he asked if i wanted mine done so asked for a price £2.500/£2.800 for 3bed semi is this ok? they charge £1,800 for mid terrace. I also...

hi folks, not posted for a while hope someone can help with this, had the central heating serviced today but me gas fire is a bit old and the guy could not re-assemble the coals as we dont have the manual to show how they go has anyone got any info on which order they go. The fire is a Verini...

hi folks new to this forum, can you help please, my cast iron gutter is leaking at the joints i have tried to fix it with thompsons roof & gutter sealant from b&q made sure it was clean and dry before applying but it just leaked as before when it started to rain, can you recommend a better...