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Hi I currently have a backboiler and want to replace this with a new boiler. My house is 4 bedroom and therefore i dont want a combination boiler. Ideally I'd like to get the new boiler and tank moved into my loft so that I can remove the airing cupboard that the tank is currently in - and...

Hi I'm repainting my lounge and have been advised to put lining paper up first. The walls are in pretty good state but i just wanted to see what grade people suggest. Some have told me use the thickest that you can find, others have said that thick doesnt give as good a finish as the mid...

Hi I need to buy all the parts I will need to install a new soil pipe (external) for my house. It will run from the vent at the roof top straight down the house - connected to the upstairs bathroom and down to the sewer channel out to the man hole cover. i am planning on buying all the...

thanks for the reply. It certainly doesnt leak - but the few boards that I have got down at the moment get covered in all kinds of c*ap - so i wanted to put something on the rafters to stop this from coming through. is that not necessary

Hi I am wanting to reinsulate my roof but before i do so, I want to find out if my roof is ok. Basically my house was built in the 1960's and I guess the roof slates used to have some kind of lining but this has since worn/blown away. Therefore the roof slates are visible from inside the...

Hi I want to open up the back of my house by removing the current back door and dining room window - and replacing with french doors and glass side panels. The trouble i have is that between the current back door and the window at the moment is a cast iron soil pipe from the upstairs...

Hi guys I'm writing on here for some advice as I have a number of relatively large jobs to do in my house and want to know which if any I need to apply to building regulations for before I start the work (or before I get the professionals in) Here is a list of the work I want to get done -...

a few years ago i fitted my house out with brand new carpets and they look lovely. I now need to lift up some of the carpets in the upstairs bedrooms so that I can access/lay some wires in the floor boards, but i dont want to ruin the job that they have done, Can anyone give me some tips on...

Hi I currently have a back boiler and am going to get my central heating system replaced soon. I am trying to decide where to put the new boiler (i dont want a combination boiler as its a 4 bedroom house). I have an airing cupboard upstairs where the hot cyclinder tank is kept - am I able to...

Excellent. Cheers for your help. As for cutting the pipes and fitting the compression fitting , any suggestions as to how to make a good job of it. i..e step by step if possible. Thanks

hi Sorry guys, I'm unsure what you mean. I have 2 pipes coming down the wall. One is connected to the top of the radiator and to the bottom of the radiator.

I will soon be knocking down a wall in my house - and it currently has a radiator on it. I obvioulsy want to remove this radiator prior to knocking the wall down. The pipes to the radiator run from upstairs. Can i remove the pipes/radiator easily myself? If so, what should i do? Can i...

I have 2 kitchen walls that I want to come down in order to open the room up into part of my hallway and into the dining room to make a large kitchen/diner. Both of the walls are supporting walls, so i would need to get 2 x 4 metre steels to replace the supporting walls and have a T junction...

Hi I'm wanting to turn my bath around in my bathroom without having to get a plumber in if possible. Can anyone give me some tips as to how i can do this - or what i can buy to do this myself? Are there any quick fit pipes or anything like that I can use? If so , would it have a negative...

Hi I've recently come back from travelling and have had lodgers living in my house whilst i've been away. I have noticed some strange marks at the bottom of my hallway wall and was wondering if it is damp or something. It could well have just been scratched by things such as golf trolleys...

Hi, My house is an ex-council terrace house. I'm not too sure how to describe it but the front door is set back a little way into the house, so the upstairs kind of shelters a space of around 1.5m by 2.5metres. My next door neighbour has the same with an alleyway between the two houses to...

Sorry - have just removed the main panel from the fireplace and seen that my boiler is a 552 model which means I can buy a new fireplace for it. So i was originally given false information. Woo hoo. Dont worry replying to this post! Thanks

Hi I have a really old Baxi Back boiler which is not compliant with new nice Baxi front end fireplaces - so I have to put up with the standard issue council horrible 1960's front end that I currently have. i cannot afford to replace the boiler (nor do i really want to as i've been told...

I havent checked the fuse yet, because the machine is in a rental flat of mine and the tenants were away for the evening and I couldnt get hold of them to see if they were fine with me accessing the property. I therefore posted on here to see if anyone had any other tips before I went round...

Brilliant. You've been a real help. i wondered why it was so dark in my house too!