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Hi All, I have just had some new UPVC windows fitted and need to make good around the frames which don't exactly meet the old plaster line. There is also some damage to internal plaster where straps had been used to fix the old windows in place. Yes the fitters will make good but they just use...

Before I disposed of our bottle cooler is it worth getting it regassed? Its nearly 12 years old and has bee working like a champ in our Village hall 24 x 7 but recently it only gets down to 12 degrees C. If I turn it off and leave for a while then turn back on it will cool down to 4 degrees but...

Please can someone advise the rating of three core 16mm swa when used as a single phase supply i.e. live, neutral and sleeved core as earth. All the tables I can find refer to 16mm SWA as three phase being 94 amps clipped direct, 99 amp on cable tray or free air and 75 in ground or in ducting...

I have been quoted nearly £10k for a 2 bay oak frame car port. This is just the oak frame delivered to site with no roof timber or construction. I am sure I can build it much cheaper using C16 or C24 tanalised timber. The car port is going to be approx 6.1m wide by 5.4m deep and supported on a...

I have a vaulted ceiling in two of the bedrooms of my bungalow. When rebuilt in around 2000 the spec was for 125mm rafters and 75mm celotex cut between the rafters with a pvc vapour barrier stapled to the rafters and then overboarded with 12mm plasterboard as below. I have two aims. Firstly...

We have 10 off double T5 fluorescent fittings in our village hall that we want to convert to dimmable LEDs. These fittings have wire cages to protect them from damage and to replace the whole fitting is not really economical for us. We were of the understanding that we could get an electrician...

We run a community village hall and have a large kitchen provided for the use of hirers. This includes a Lincat SLR9 gas cooker which I believe is a 23.8Kw appliance with all six burners and oven on max. This was installed some 10 years ago and has passed all subsequent Gas Safety inspections as...

We have a maintained luminaire outside the back door of our community building (circular wall mounted with built in battery and 28w CFL Lamp Knightsbridge TPR28). This is operated along with other external normal luminaires from a switch in the lobby. It has recently stopped working and I have...

Can anyone give advice on a good quality gun grade glazing putty/compound. I have a very large mahogany full height window in my garden room, which needs the external glazing beads replacing. The originals are triangular section and have warped and split and I have got water coming in when it...

We are about to accept a quote for installing two 2 x Vaillant Eco Tec Plus 630 system boilers to replace our failing Ideal Concord CXS/SD 40 which has had more parts than triggers broom has had heads!! I believe most tandem boiler setups are controlled by a single timeswitch/controller and...

I am sure this question has been asked a thousand times but when I search for radiator outputs all I get are calculators that work out what size radiators I need for a specific room volume. We have 5 large (2000m x 600 approx) very old steel double panel radiators without convection fins in our...

In our Village Hall we have a Ideal Concord CXS/SD40/H central heating boiler. This was installed new when we had an extension built and the existing boiler needed upgrading. The Mechanical Engineers advising the architect insisted that we had a conventional cast iron combustion chamber boiler...

I am looking for views and advice on installing an EV charging point. I will get an electrician or company to install it but it but wanted thoughts on the best installation method. I have a three phase supply to my house and recently had a three phase smart meter fitted and the mains fuses...

I am trying to write a specification for re-decorating the inside of our Village Hall Annex in order to get quotes. it was built in 2010 and looking a bit tired and there is some settlement cracks, loose plaster around doorways and holes from recent plumbing and wiring changes including surface...

We need to install a HW recirculation pump and circuit in our Village Hall. There is a very long draw off from the HWC in the loft to the furthest tap in the Doctors Consulting room handbasin. As a result the water does not reach 55 degrees C within 1 minute which is the requirement for our...

I have a 20+ year old UFH system from Wirsbo (now Uponor) which uses wireless room stats. I would like to upgrade the heating controls to digital "learning" thermostats so am looking at using Heatmiser NeoAir stats and wiring modules. These are 230v and my current actuators are 24v so need to...

As the title says I am looking for some advice on loft insulation. I have a bungalow which I rebuilt in 2000 so external walls are now cavity and have cavity insulation. The roof spaces are part open and part boarded for storage. The ceiling joists are 125mm and the fiberglass comes up just...

I have a bungalow with vented hot water system. I have just had a new kitchen and wet-room installed and performance at modern taps was appalling so have fitted a monsoon twin impeller pump to provide whole house boosted water. This works fine and has drastically improved flow at taps etc...

Having recently chopped off the coving in my kitchen ready to have the ceiling skimmed it took me ages to make good the walls with Easyfill!! I now have a large lounge ceiling that needs skimming to cover the artex where the tape is now coming away from the joints. Is it reasonable to ask a...

I am looking for advice on a problem I have with my 50 Gallon cold water storage tank which regularly overflows. Previously the ball valve was a Torbeck Diaphragm Valve but it kept getting grit in it and overflowing. I have therefore changed this to a good quality brass float valve with a...