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I'm replacing what was decking steps with concrete. The base that's been dug away varies from sandy to clay to a mix with soil. Gonna build a wood frame for the concrete, but with the soft base could I get away with adding reinforced steel bars knocked in to hold all the concrete in place. At...

I'm replacing what was decking steps with concrete. The base that's been dug away varies from sandy to clay to a mix with soil. Gonna build a wood frame for the concrete, but with the soft base could I get away with adding reinforced steel bars knocked in to hold all the concrete in place. At...

Have renovate by en-suite and acquired a Grohe Avensys Modern Concealed Shower Mixer 34224 off ebay. Very nice piece of kit The shower is fed from a combination boiler and mains cold supply. At first you could still just about get the shower hot enough but only by turning the on-/off lever back...

I'm building a garden house and just realised one of the non opening sealed window units (UPVC to the right of the patio doors) is upside down as the 2 holes to release the water from the drip area are at the top. I know the correct way would be to remove the glass and turn the frame round, but...

Boiler went off last night. Fuse supplying seems OK, clock working but no lights on the main panel not even a red as not working. Completely dead and not responding. At least it's a bit warmer!

Hi. Painting bedroom and bathroom. Bedroom has suffered condensation issues and paint doesn't seem to stick even with damp seal. Bathroom similar and seems to cracking like a jig saw. Extractor in place now and have resolved condensation but not sure best treatment to proceed? Many thanks Andy

Hi - I have a 10 year old Alpha Oceon CB28 Combi - For what I was told was very good boiler had lots of issues over the years. The latest is the hot water goes hot then cold and hot and cold - very intermittent. Years back replaced the micro switch but think that was no hot water. Any ideas...

Hi Guys I have combi system which I don't run off the time clock preferring to manually switch on and off. At this time I find myself running up and down to turn off the upstairs rads (on thermys) during the day. So I want to fit a motorised valve to isolate up-stairs to save my legs...

Have a drop light controlled by a dimmer in my lounge. During the lightning it blew. The associated lighting off the same circuit is fine (ie I have spots in same room with live from 2 dimmers together) & I swapped the 2 dimmers over to see if the dimmer had gone and it hasn't, the spots...

Have a Baxi Maxflow Combi WM - approx 2.5 yrs old. Worked like a dream until recently the air flow monitor neon comes on and cuts the hot water/heating. Does so intermittantly and can take up to 15 attempts turning boiler off and turning back on before lights again, then can go for a couple...