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Hi all Our garage conversion saga continues. It is a single skin blockwork construction My question is, is it feasible to add a second internal cavity wall? The blocks would be on top of the concrete slab inside. I'd assume the cavity wall would need tying somehow to the existing wall? The...

Hi everyone I have a Baxi neta 28 with a hive wired in. Can I just get a double check on my wiring if possible please. It has the clock below fitted in, do I need to remove this clock? Thank you

It had a service just after we moved in, boiler was working fine for weeks and weeks It's only the last 3-4 weeks it's been an issue. The original engineer who did the service was the one who came out again and said diverter valve noisy (makes a rattly noise)

Hi everyone Pretty much the title really We moved into this house in October, it has a Baxi neta tec 28 GA fitted with a hive thermostat for central heating control only wired to low voltage controls Has been working fantastic but since we had our electric smart meter installed, the boiler...

I guess it was more for a sense check that I was heading in the right direction Combined height won't fall foul of building control in our area

Hi all, After happening across a cracking deal for 150mm celotex-type boards, I purchased a sufficient quantity to insulate the roof in the concrete block built garage the previous owners had partially built. The current roof construction is 6x2 joists which was overboarded and felted...

Hi all We've inherited a partially built single skin concrete block outbuilding and I'm trying to figure out how best to insulate the roof/ceiling. The current felt roof is going to be replaced with an epdm roof right over the top after being overboarded I have attached photos of the current...

Yup, we've identified the roof is a major issue, roofer friend is coming to amend this, we'll be raising it at the long side over the door by about 5-7cm and overboarding to fit an epdm roof over the top with appropriate edging, fascia boards and soffits

Thank you This was my preferred route as it meant I could maximise inside space, only issue is along the wall with the neighbors, I've only got 1.5 foot of space in which to work! Am I right in thinking it would be as follows for the outside 1. Concrete block wall 2. Batten with celotex-type...

Hi all We've recently moved into a new house where the previous owner built a fairly large (4m X 6m) concrete block shed/building but left it largely unfinished. When we viewed the house the walls were already up and the frame for the roof, he simply finished it with a felt roof and left it at...

Hi all We had our first home renovated from top to bottom in summer 2015, its starting to show the cracks where the builder bodged things or stuff has just gone plain wrong around the bath where it meets the corner of the room, we have large 30cm x 60cm white tiles, the tiles which meet the...

I'm not 100% sure but the place i bought the unit from assured me it was 'the latest revision with some of the kinks ironed out' I'm actually impressed with how easy the alarm system was to install and program - not as difficult as anyone would have you make out.

Hi All! thought I would update Turns out the external bellbox was faulty, however I took this opportunity to update the alarm panel and keypad to a Premier Elite 24 system - all the wiring has been tidied up, zones labelled and fed through one side of the panel housing, ac power comes up...

Okay, I think first job tomorrow morning is to tidy up that wiring and once it's a sociable hour I'll attempt to recconect the outside Sounders wire (taped up with insulation tape) in that picture and button it all back up. Going forward- need to replace that battery with a better one, ideally...

It was installed by someone who seemed to know what they were doing...I now have doubts. I will get the multimeter out tomorrow and test the battery, is it possible the panel/control board itself could be faulty? I have no qualms in replacing the entire panel if that is what is necessary, in...