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For that sort of money I'd get a petrol Mondeo Estate, as new and as low mileage as you can afford. I'd stay away from BMWs and Jags with your budget as you are potentially buying a future problem for yourself, if reliability is important then you need to sacrifice a premium brand for...

It's not just because the timer leaves them on for 45 minutes after the initial trigger by any chance?

Thanks Daz, I'll speak to the fitter and see if he thinks it would be better to go 18mm then 6mm. I can get full sheets of 6mm up the stairs as they have a bit more give in them.

Thanks for your reply Ree. The floor boards are in poor condition, they are 130 years old and have been butchered so many times in the past through wiring, rewiring, heating, new heating, water damage etc that it is best to start from scratch. The joists underneath are fine generally and my...

Hi all, We're redoing our bathroom at the moment and as the floorboards are in poor condition I'll be pulling them all up and replacing with 25mm ply which will then have a Karndean floor professionally installed. I can't get full 8x4 sheets of ply up the stairs so will have to rip them down...

A good example, and a brief risk assesment would indicate that at worst your get a triangle of two dozen bricks falling rather than the whole building. I did a door opening in a very similar way at my house but used a single metal expanding wedge between two bricks immediatly above the new...

Building regulations do not apply retrospectively.

The only way to be sure I think is to buy the bits and assemble them onsite to see, you might be lucky! Or go to B&Q and make up what you are trying to do in their yard with bits off the shelf and measure it.....

Flitch beams have bolt holes so it should theoretically be possible to drill a couple of holes for pipework without harming it's integrity but I'd check carefully before doing anything.

Yep, try that. Much easier to replace just the timer if that's the only faulty part.

These units are modular and if you remove the timer (should it be fitted with one) then you can wire the fan directly to eliminate a faulty timer.

Drain the system and see if you can hear where the water is entering - it's a long shot but might save you pulling all the floors up!

I have used layflat to run a supply to an ensuite at the opposite end of the house, I found it really easy to thread through joists and around bends.

Our house had a lateral restraint issue in the past and there are a few patress plates and tie bars in place and it's not going anywhere now. There is a bulge but I wouldn't dream of having that end of the house rebuilt as it is stable. Movement caused the bulge, the movement has been...

You could trim the spindle with an angle grinder down to 10mm pretty easily. Could you replace the wedge on your window with one that is 6mm shallower to enable you to use a 21mm backset rather than 27mm? Worst case scenario you could always try removing the spur - they are additional...

I'd say no.

My ensuite is 1.65m x 1.65m and that's with a 900mm shower quadrant so with an 800 you could get away with 1.5x1.5m but it would be tight.

You have basically cleaned the bricks, by cleaning them again it won't make them darker. Jetwash the lot and it should be fine.

Last time I did something similar I just stitch drilled all the way from top to bottom and tidied it up with a cold chisel.

Yep: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bosch-PMF-190-Multifunctional-Allrounder/dp/B0091GDVZK