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To combat moss in my lawn on clay/chalk soil, I propose to aerate (by renting a power aerator) and dress with sand. What sand should I specify? Will sharp sand from builders' merchant be satisfactory? What rate of application should I use?

Thanks, I may well use a "universal" fitting but it won't solve the problem entirely. If you look down on the installation and imagine the wc pan at the centre of a clock face, the outlet pointing to 12 o'clock has to be connected to a vertical sewer pipe in the 4 o'clock position. Hence two...

If one of the pipes feeding the radiator connects to the top of the unit, you can bleed the radiator by slackening the top pipe connector. Be careful and have an old towel to hand to mop any water. It's important just to slacken the connector and not unscrew it completely. Be ready to...

Although ideally the decision should be made on the capacity of the boiler, radiator area, ambient temperature and heat loss from the house, you can make an empirical judgement by monitoring - on the coldest day you can find - the proportion of time for which the boiler fires. If the boiler is...

The thermostat will react only to the temperature in the room in which it is situated. If, for instance, the dining room is poorly insulated and/or has a large window area, the thermostat will continue to call for heat even though the better insulated bedrooms are already too hot. There are...

The fact that other radiators are hot implies strongly that the system needs balancing. Generally, radiators are connected in parallel. To make sure that every radiator gets its fair share of the hot water, it is necessary to restrict the flow through those radiators nearest to the boiler...

I have seen a piece of equipment for pointing brickwork that is powered by a hand-drill. Can anyone tell me where to buy this type of kit?

I have to install a wc that will require a soil pipe with 3 right-angle bends within approx 1 metre to connect to sewer. Is it likely that there will be a problem with flushing?