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I live in a basement flat. I'm having a real problem with a loud and very irritating squeaking/creaking bit of floor from the flat immediately above. It's just one spot - the noise it makes is identical every time. Upstairs it's laminate flooring on top of some kind of timber as a subfloor -...

Thank you. Today I finally got around to tweaking the pump pressure map menu settings on the boiler. The options are: 0 - variable pump speed 1 - constant pressure (low) 2 - constant pressure (medium) 3 - constant pressure (high) 4 - constant pressure (max) The setting was 4. I changed it to 0...

Thank you. Yeah, makes sense. I shall proceed (y)

I bought this underlay from UK Flooring Direct this week: https://www.ukflooringdirect.co.uk/accessories-flooring-underlay-cushion-plus-white-underlay It was delivered yesterday and I noticed that it has a very thin 10cm "skirt" on one side (see attached photo) I wasn't sure what this was...

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I posted about this a few weeks ago, but I have a bit more info to share now. So...I had a new Worcester Bosch Greenstar 28CDi boiler fitted in my flat in January. Works ok, but two annoying problems: 1. Compared to my old boiler (Vaillant Turbomax Plus 828E), the sound of the water rushing...

I have an old garden bench. I think it's made from mahogany. At any rate, some kind of dark hardwood. Two of the slats (is that the right word) have rotted and I'd like to replace them. Approx 20mm x 70mm cross section and ~1.4m long. Should I hunt down mahogany with that cross section, or is...

See pic attached - I've got an iron (or steel or whatever) fence surrounding part of my garden. I'd like to open up the fence in the red marked section to make it easier to get to the sloping bit of ground below - it's a bit dangerous at the moment because I have to climb over it and I'm a...

I saw this online after I posted. However I've got 2 panel radiators and I'm not 100% sure if it would be possible to fit this widget to the back panel because the front panel would get in the way...maybe...?

Bit tricky to take a photo of because of where it is, but I've had a go. Quite badly rounded off. The radiators are all 2 panel affairs and the bleed screws are at the top of each panel, facing inwards towards the opposite panel. This is one of the better ones!

The dual panel radiator in my bedroom is about 23 years old. It works fine but the bleed screws are rounded off and impossible to remove (unless anyone has any bright ideas! Central heating guy who put my new boiler in couldn't budge them) - so it looks like it's time to replace the radiator...

I had a new Worcester Bosch 28CDi boiler fitted in my flat recently. It works, but I've noticed a strange thing. Sometimes the gentle humming sound from (what I assume is) the pump fluctuates - the pitch rises and falls every 5 seconds or so. Is this normal? It's quite distracting (sounds like...

Thank you. The wired wall thermostat was pretty ancient and the “it was like that when I got here“ excuse applies - would have been installed c. 2001 and I moved here in 04. Anyway, sounds like my idea is a no go. not to worry thanks for taking the time to reply

Until yesterday I had a wired wall thermostat - connected via 3 core cable (red live, blue neutral, yellow switched live). I had a new boiler fitted yesterday which has a wireless thermostat, so the old wired one is redundant. I wondered if I might get rid of it and instead have an iPad or...

There are certainly problems with the way the building deals with rainwater. The big box gutter on the roof works fine, but if it rains heavily and it's coming from the north, it just hits the side of the (north facing) building - 5 storeys high - and runs down to the basement. Quite a lot of it...

Thank you. To try to answer your questions: Basement flat, below ground level. Re condensation - two rooms are affected by this. There's a little bit of condensation on the window in one of the affected rooms in the winter (possibly caused by my lodger drying her clothes in there, which I...

I seem to have a damp problem in part of my flat in Hackney, East London. No mould growth, but areas of powdery residue on the drywall. The brickwork behind is damp (have cut a hole in the drywall and used a test meter on the bricks). The cause isn't obvious. There are lots of damp treatment...

Apologies - I meant both legs on the side that has slipped. There are 4 legs, yes - 1 in each corner

I've just had a closer look. Both legs are intact. What seems to have happened is that the base of the cabinet is ok (and the two legs below the base). but that the side of the unit has separated from the base and slipped down the wall. It looks to me like I'll have to take the fridge/freezer...

Thank you. Ooh good point about the photos - I didn't think about that. Have tried to attach some below. Not sure how clear it is, but it's all slipped down the wall, on the right hand side Regards.