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Hi, I am having my kitchen done, old 1900 property. I came home to discover the wall had been covered in plasterboard, losing 2 inches of the wall. I can about live with that but I have lost my window sill. Now all there is the window sill within the wall. My heart sank as I am restoring...

I'm not if spandrel is the right term but we had a stud wall removed and discovered the side part of the stairs was gone. There is a piece of plasterboard and the spandrel in wood would need to sit in front of it and then a piece of skirting. I have been quoted £300 to fix it but hoped I could...

Thank you. The skirting is the original, so I have no idea how old that tap is. I hope when it comes off they can do it carefully. The other option is just capping the supply to it. I need to get it sorted. One person said it might be coming from the part of the pipe under the floor. Could...

Hi, We purchased an old Victorian house which has the original inserts converted to gas. The fire was capped off. Someone came down to look and said it was fine to upcap it and replace the gas fire basket. He fitted it and then informed me there was a small gas leak from the pipe where you...

Hi, We have an early 1900's house in London, which was two flats and we are converting back to one house. The stud wall has been removed Itin the hall and a plasterboard removed from part of the ceiling, revealing the badly damaged original ceiling above. It's a bit of a mess with some of the...

We are taking down stud walls in our victorian property. They were added in the 80's, but we are confused by the stairs. In this pic you can see the frame of the stud wall we removed, part of the frame is sitting under a 'penisular' part of the landing. Next we want to remove the frame...

The fire is original from when the house was built, they took the mantle off and stuck on the ugly wood surround. Then converted it from an open fire into gas. So I am going to replace the basket for a new one. The ones I have seem have varying heat output. One I saw states 6kw, which would be...

Thank you. We have a gas safe engineer fitting a new basket and doing the checks. From the photos we sent apparently we have one where you turn on the gas from the side and throw in a match. So we are going to update it with all the checks needed.

Thanks. We would use it as a backup really. There are two and apparently original, so I am not going to rip them out.

Thanks. The woman lived alone but said they came to look at it and decided it had to be capped. I will get a gas safe person to check it out. I have never used a gas fire before, its always been real or electric. Do they even put out much heat?

Hi, I have recently moved into an old Edwardian property and the original open fires were converted to gas. But the elderly lady we purchased it from says they were all capped off and doesn't know why. I just wondered what my first step should be in finding out the issue? Is it a gas...

Thank you. I would like to replace but we are on a tight budget and there are other urgent things that need sorting. I will definitely check it out to see how much it would cost. Originally we were going to just get rid of it but that seems a waste as there are sensors and panic alarms across...

Thanks. Yes we have a code. I saw that the company moving it mentioned in their T&C's that some control panels are locked and they can't move it I'm not sure what that means, could this be locked?

Hi, We have moved into a new house where we have an alarm system but we are taking down a stud wall where the control panel is on one side and on the adjacent side is two red buttons. We have been quoted £200 to move it but when I looked again today it appears to be wireless. If so can it not...

Thank you. We would keep the vented cylinder in the bathroom, the water tanks are above it in the loft. We currently have two Vaillant ecoTec Plus 412 boilers. So am I right that we would need to upgrade this to power the whole house? From what I have read on this thread, downstairs should...

Rsqaa Thank you. If I did that, kept the one vented cylinder , so it does the whole house. Is it a major job to go unvented at a later date?

Thank you. I have found two with the qualifications you mentioned, so I hope to get a clearer steer. I have one other question, as mentioned we have two vented cylinders. The pressure is great on one shower due to the pump. Is keeping a vented system a bad idea? I was thinking we keep one...

Thank you. I don't think anyone who has visited has properly tested it in the way you describe. I am using which recommended engineers to quote. It was only today that an engineer suggested the issue might not be the pressure but the old lead pipes and it might need a change to the mains...

Thank you. They did do a pressure test using the outside tap and said it was good, as in good enough for the non vented cylinder or a combi. One has quoted to put it the attic which would be great but another said not to put it in the attic as it would be an access problem if it breaks down. Or...

I think we could manage one shower at a time if we had to. If we went combi would something like a Wocester Bosch Greenstar 8000 work? Or is there a better option.