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Hello everyone, My wife and I were planning to add a patio to our garden this year, but have encountered a slight problem. We removed the previous residents rotten timber conservatory which sat on a solid concrete base. We were hoping to use this base as a solid footing for either paving...

Patio Base

The kitchen is to be rewired, by a qualfied electritian, who is unfortunately away on holiday at the minute. The kitchen has been knocked through into a utility room and the cooker is to be moved on to another wall so there is currently no provision in its new location. We had seen a good...

Hi, I need to buy a 45 Amp Switch which will be suitable for a 13 Amp Electric cooker and a 30 Amp Induction hob. I have seen in the shops 45 Amp Switches which also include a socket. Is this necessary or will I be ok just having the 45 Amp switch with neon light. Ps: I have ample room...

I am looking for a wooden effect product that I can use as a covering on the staircase in my house. I had originally sanded the staircase down but there is still deep grooves and dark stained areas. Ideally I only want a cover for the area you tread on not the back section as I am planning to...

I have recently modified a utility room by replacing the existing 90 degree corner to one which is at 45 degrees. I re-built the stud frame and applied new plasterboard on the new studwork. When applying the plasterboard I noticed it does not join exactly to the original and I have gaps of about...

We recently removed an old conservatory and we have been left with a row of bricks covered in black bitumen where they had sealed the conservatory to the wall. Is there any product we can use to remove the bitumen without replacing all the bricks? Will brick acid be any good to use?

Thank you very much for the feedback. Firstly the boiler has frost protection built in at 5 degrees. Secondly the reason I was thinking about turning the energy saving feature off is because it turns the heating on 2.5 hours on before we require it to. I can't work out how this saves us energy?

Hi I had a Worcester Bosch 30CDi combi boiler fitted in my garage last year. With it we had a thermostat fitted in our hallway. Someone mentioned to us that to comply with building regs they should have fitted an additional thermostat in the garage as well. Is this correct? The company that...