Recent content by Muppetina

Thanks for the tips. I've written to the freeholder, will see what happens.

Hello, I want to get a new kitchen and bathroom installed for my mum. Will include getting new boiler, removing an internal wall, plumbing, electrics, tiling & decorating. My mum doesn't like organising contractors and wants me to make the arrangements. Any views on whether I should...

Thanks, yup, I did use the land registry service. At that address they have one register entry for the freehold, and separate register entries for each of the 9 leasholds. I downloaded the title registry for the freeholder. My assumption is that the freeholder owns the garden, and each...

Hello, I'd like to buy a little bit of land from the neighbouring property, to build an extension on. It's an unused corner at the bottom of their garden, and I don't think any of the occupiers would miss it. Said neighbouring property happens to be enormous house that has been subdivided...

I went for the Spirotech MB3 and managed to fit it on the return where it passes through what used to be the airing cupboard. Thanks again, ~ muppetina.

all pipework is copper. yes, the first couple of flushes contained more black gunk. now the water just has its orange tint. Am tempted by the idea of fitting a filter, but I don't think I've got enough room to fit it on the return pipe. Have read loads of forum threads but it's not...

Thanks for the info. All the rads heat up nice & quickly with no cold patches, so no worries on that front. Was more worried in case the brown/orange water meant my system was corroding itself away super quickly, but I guess I should just chill ! ~ Muppetina

Hello, I changed a radiator last weekend, and the instructions said to use a system cleanser after installation. So I bought a bottle bottle of system cleanser from B&Q, which said to add the cleanser, run system as hot as possible for at least an hour, and then repeatedly drain / refill...

Hello, am planning to have our back door replaced with double french doors. Am wondering whether it is practical to have a row of bricks removed so that the door threshold is lower, to reduce the height of the step out into the garden. Have attached a picture. Concern is whether this...

Hello, When it rains we seem to have some water trickling down the front of our facia boards in one particular place and causing a drip. Any idea where this is likely to be coming from and if it's something to worry about? I had a good look when it rained today with the aid of a mirror on...

Hello, We have 3 closet wardrobes and I want to replace the doors with nice modern sliding mirror doors. My problem is that all the standard sets of sliding mirror doors are intended as floor-to-ceiling designs and have a height of about 2220mm. My doorway height is around 1990mm, with...

Thanks again for all the advice. In the end I called the company back in. They replaced the hinges and now everything is fine. (Actually they eventually made 5 visits over the last 4 months because they kept bringing the wrong sized hinge. Drove me nuts but we got there eventually!)