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Hello, I am after some advice. I am having my central heating system upgraded to facilitate bathroom upgrades and better hot water pressure. The current system is a gravity fed system with a conventional boiler and a open vent HW cylinder. I am having the system changed to an unvented system...

Thank you for the reply. The issue with that would be that the floor height would then be above the bedroom, which is to be wood floor. The more I have read in various places about tiling online and in some books suggests that the chipboard should be removed completely as it is not the best...

Hello, I am planning an en-suite with a wetroom former tray to be used for the shower area. The existing floor comprises of large chipboard boards which are 18mm thick. The former that the designer has specified is 22mm thick and they have advised me that the floor in the rest of the room...

Good Afternoon, I am looking at planning a kitchen extension and I am trying to put together some cost estimates. One question I would like clarifying though is when people refer to extension sizes, are they referring to the outside footprint or the internal area? E.g. if I wanted a 3 x 4 sqm...

Thanks. Why do you only think 2 years? The existing one is the original so 19 years old.... Is there something else that will affect the life of a replacement??

Hi All, Recently I have noticed the mid position valve on my plumbing system appears to be clicking. Upon doing some investigation, it appears that with the controller set to CH only, the system does not fire into life. If HW is then selected with the CH still set on, the pump fires into life...

Thanks. Thats the paste i was told about so will try that! Thanks again!

Hi all, just wondering if anyone had any recommendations for what the Best product would be to restore UPVC windows? I have just moved into a new house and the windows don’t appear to have been cleaned for a long time. When wiped down they appear a little dull. Unfortunately replacement will...

Good Evening, I have recently moved into a 20 year old house with the original windows. It looks like the windows have never been cleaned, with the frames covered in grime. I have used No-nonsense UPVC cleaner and this has worked well to bring up the windows in general, however, they still...

Good Morning, I have a paving slab which appears to have come lose from its bed (rocks when walked on) and are planning to lift it up and put a new mortar bed under it. The slab has an osma drain inspection cover in the middle of it. Does anyone know how these are fitted? Should I be able to...

Evening, My CH Pump is 20 years old and sounds like it is pumping gravel now. I think replacement is in order. The old pump is a 3 speed wilo gold 60 which is discontinued. What would a good modern equivalent for this be? Are there any makes/models to avoid? Any that are particularly good?

Thanks. Ive already spent the money last october!! Worried the house has something wrong with it, given the survey report didnt highlight it and i didnt notice until last week. What could cause that sort of cracking? Is it common? Are any remedial works recommended?

Hi all, I have recently purchased my first house and so have quite a limited knowledge with respect to buildings etc. at this stage. Whilst walking and looking round my house recently, i have noticed a number of areas where there appears to be small hairline cracks running through the mortar...

Hi, I have recently bought and moved into my first home. When looking in one of my bedrooms, i noticed a vertical crack as per the photos running from the top of the window recess to about half way down the recess. It does not run all the way to the ceiling or down to the windowsill. When you...