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Hi My mother in law told me she has to have the heating on to get hot water in the house. She has a condensing boiler in the loft, along with a water tank and a header tank, and a cylinder in the airing cupboard. The heating control panel doesnt have a hot water option on it. There is also an...

Hi I have just bought 2 china fan palm trees, approx 2 ft tall. I re-potted them into bigger pots. Is there anything specific I need to do to them?

Hi When I switch on my main ceiling lights I notice they flicker for a few seconds, every light in the house does it when I switch them on. What could this be? I have LED bulbs all through the house apart from the kitchen and dining room. Could that make a difference at all?

Hi I would like my outdoor soffit lights to come on at nights and off in the morning. I currently have a row of 6 sealed unit type bulbs along the soffits. I was thinking, could I replace the end fitting with a standard fitting, and fit a GU10 dusk to dawn bulb? Would that work the other...

Sorry maybe should have explained. I dont want to get rid of the trees, I just wondered if there was a way I could stop the roots from coming up through my grass

Yeh theyre about 20ft tall

Hi I have recently started noticing that roots from my conifers are starting to show up on my lawn. I noticed one was just breaking through the surface last year but now theres a few. Its in the corner of my lawn so doesnt get noticed much but I fear it may get worse. Is there anything I can do?

Its open to a metal roof with the metal frame work for the ceiling suspended by threaded rod

Hi I have recently purchased a building which has an old dated polystyrene suspended ceiling. Sort of thing you would see in an office type environment. How would I go about replacing it for a plasterboard ceiling? Ive had a look up behind one of the tiles and it looks as if theres no wooden beams.

Yeh its clean and fully drained. Tried it on an empty drum also, on all cycles

Checked both theyre exact same. Cleaned them and put back, still same problem

This is them, do they look worn out?

Okay. How can I check if thats the issue

Hi My washing machine has just stopped right at its last spin of the cycle. It starts to spin then immediately stops. It does this 3 times then stops for about 5 mins then starts again. Ive looked in the back and top and cant see anything obviously broken. Although there does seem to be quite a...

Panic over. I went into the loft and checked. My “investigation” holes had missed the noggins by about a cm each one!!! All good now

Not looked in the loft yet but ive poked a thin screwdriver through the ceiling along the line every 3” or so where the doors will be hung but I cant find a noggin.

Hi A couple of my fence posts have come loose and are leaning slightly, and was wondering what is the best way to straighten them up again? The fence has been up a few years now. I put the posts in to the correct depth, but my issue was, they are right on the edge of my neighbours path which is...

For my last wall/doorway I used 3 x 2 (75mm x 63mm). Will this be suitable for this one as the doors are quite a bit heavier?

Ah I see what you mean now. Yeh thats how I did the last door way I done but it was running along a beam in the loft also. I forgot about noggins too haha. Oh well Ill be fine

But then you would see the beams would you not?