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I have a 1930s built semi that has these small wall vents, with a brick with holes on the outside and a plastic sliding cover on the inside. They are an absolute pain, especially the one on an upstairs bedroom. Because of the direction it faces, there is usually a draught as well as noise from...

There are three gas burning appliances in the house:- a gas fire vented into the living room chimney breast, a boiler in an upstairs room cupboard, exhaust flue vented outside and an open inlet straight up to the attic, and a gas cooker in the kitchen extension. I would point out that I...

My daughters house was built in the 30's and we are gradually working through the house decorating. In most rooms there is a vent on the wall with an air brick on the outside and a plastic louvred cover with a sliding part to cover the louvres up if required. However, when there is a strong...

rsgaz, they are exactly what I am after. Thanks

I'm looking at fixing a side gate at 90 degrees to a 6 foot fence and intend using one of the concrete "H" section posts to mount the hinges. I don't want to drill the posts as I think it will just weaken them and break up in time. Are there any brackets on the market that can be clamped on...

My daughter is looking to buy a small 3 bedroom semi. It has a Baxi 105e boiler. We noticed that the living room only has a small radiator, as the present owner prefers to have her gas fire on at the same time. Would the boiler be big enough to up the size of the living room radiator to...

I'm changing the worktops in my kitchen. I'm not fitting anything expensive, just the chip board laminated type. It's likely to get wet around the sink area, and I intend siliconing around the underside lip of the new sink. But what is best to do with any cut edges, where the sink is cut out...

I posted on here a few weeks ago regarding the heating system in my Mum's bungalow. It has 3 radiators that need bleeding every few days. One rad is worse than the others. I was recommended to add sludge remover. I added X400 and left it for 2 weeks. When drained, black water came out, and I...

Up until a few months ago she had been paying one of these schemes where it gets serviced and call out cover. We cancelled when we thought they were just going through the motions and not actually doing a great deal. On one of their services, they wouldn't even bleed the rads.

My old Mum lives in a small bungalow, containing 3 radiators only, and a 20 year old baxi boiler. This winter I have noticed that the radiators often need bleeding, with a cosiderable amount of air coming out. It's usually the one in the bedroom that is worse. Any idea where the air is...

I would suggest checking the voltage at one of the lights at the same time as the dimming of the lights occurs.

Unless you are using your shed for anything major, in normal use your load should be well within the rating of the 2.5mm supply. I would treat your shed and garage as you would with two lightly used rooms in your house, and pick up the shed lights from the garage lighting, same with the sockets...

each phase will take a little less than 32amp so you need 6mm cable and 32 amp protection.

My Golf seems to have black bits in the washer system which rewgularly blocks the nozzles. The front ones are easy to get at, remove and blow out with an air line. the rear less so. How do i get the nozzle off the rear?

I am fitting a new radiator in place of an old one. All the others have 10mm feeds but for some reason this has 8mm, so I have two 8mm capped ends to connect my new radiator to. I am struggling to get 8mm valves. B&Q are sold out and my local merchant, who is a lot cheaper has 10mm but with...

The loading on your house is has diversity factor applied to it which means that you are unlikely to have every appliance, cooker, shower etc turned on at the same time. So there is no problem in taking a 20amp single phase supply from your fuseboard outr to your garage. That is plenty for...

already paid £15 for a litre bottle so i would prefer to use this first. tried opening the other outlet on top of the rad, but makes no difference due to the hole going into the rad being higher than the bottom lip of the threaded hole. Is there somewhere on my boiler to get it in...

I've made a few changes to my central heating system, namely changed a rad, and its pipes. The system has been partly drained a few times over the 5 years since the combi boiler was changed so I thought I would add some inhibitor, sentinal X100. I left my new rad isolated for this reason. I...

I want to replace a small singler panel radiator in my shower room. It's a little corroded and I thought I would replace at the same time as doing the room up. The original was the type with "ridges and valleys" and is 21" wide 27" high. It's been in since the late 80s. My main limitation is...

I have removed an old shower tray and am left with the old waste pipe and a trap made from a U tube and two right angles to which I want to connect my new shower drain. The trap has the name McAlpine and the pipe appears to be around 40mm O/D. I have been into B&Q and the man there reckons it...