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i know conifers in the centre go brown - the old foliage doesn't live forever and the new foliage on the outside shades the old so it dies off and just hangs there - it's the same inside any conifer. i had brown patches in a leyland hedge - was diagnosed as pestalotiopsis. runined the hedge...

setting the mesh at the right height is easy enough - a pile of block paviours work as spacers to sit the mesh on top of. the £2,500 guy sounds sensible, but you would need to watch him - maybe say you'll have him, but you'll work with him. no need to try and beat the price down, you just...

all i'd say is that if you phone around for the cheapest supplier to meet the mix, then the materials plus labour to mix 5mcu of concrete with a mixer against ready mix makes ready mix the best option by a long way. still, concrete is only part of the quote - demolition, waste removal...

i had the hitachi which was fine, except the chuck is cheapo and a bit of a pain (undoing itself etc) oh, and the clutch would slip under heavy use as there is no lock, unlike the makita. i now have a pair of makitas (very nice with a good quality chuck) i did get a 3ah 18v battery for my...

ah cheers denso, any info is helpful, and that gives me a good idea costs. i've done some work for nhbc and they seem ok once they've accepted they are going to have to pay out.

well, you could batten the roof (at 400mm centres vertically), apply some 18mm ply and then felt the ply to protect it. that way you'd have an air gap and it ought to drastically reduce the heat in the shed. failing that, have a look at the solar collector thread running at the moment -...

plastic fascia cladding is glass reinforced plastic or grp - cheap to buy and tough stuff, with a nice smooth finish.

people build on the boundary all the time, but it's wrong - if they rebuilt a wall on your land, you are entitled to ask them to move it. when selling it is unlikely to cause an issue as how will anyone know the boundaries are in the wrong place?

Grundfos are the market leader (by a long way) http://www.inspiredheating.co.uk/acatalog/GRUNDFOS_HOME_BOOSTER.html is the kind of thing you likely need.

the wood underneath should be sound, and any rot cut out and replaced, if you are worried apply a preservative to the wood before cladding, but you weather proff it by adding the grp - overcladding is the way forward, and it won't break the bank either.

yep - let the heating company take responsibility for removal and refitting and so any accidents are down to them. if the price is right it's a no brainer. it's all to easy to slurp black liquid over nice porous tiles of white carpet ;) if you are doing it yourself, you can drain down...

cheers fella, i hadn't thought of the experience level affecting the premium. anyone here actually paid for one?? if so, would you mind sharing your take on the costs involved? i'll look into the other schemes as well while i'm about it :)

i'd suggest you email vaillant for a pdf manual. [email protected] will get you in touch. i don't know the model, however if you look at the flow and return pipes then you should be able to find the filling method from there.

Now me never having been involved in that end of a new build, i'm in the market for some information, albeit at a ballpark, kicking ideas around stage. my question is, what would be the premium NHBC would want to wring out of my tight fisted grip? the project for the sake of argument is a...

if you're expanding that much, consider a temporary combi (maybe a second hand one of the ebay with a new flue kit or whatever) and buy a new system boiler + megaflow type system when the expansion happens. oh, and get the heat loss/usage calcs done to size the boiler properly - overkill is...

with the sink area, are you sure there are no weeps? as for the rising main, if you lag the pipework then you should control the condensation problem - warm moist air can no longer touch a cold water pipe and form condensation on the pipe. as for the rest, you can start the ball rolling with...

Surely you've got whoever signed it off by the short and curlies? the seller can likely claim he paid for a rewire and is as shocked as you are....

you'd probably buy one of those plugs that is designed to have all 3 wires the same length. i have seen them, but not for a while.

they're a piece of pee to fit. if you have a look at this link you'll get the idea, grundfos is top of the tree as far as pumps go. http://www.plumbnation.co.uk/site/grundfos-upa-15-90-home-booster-pump/

4m is 0.4 bar, you'll not be able to pressurise your heating with that unless you have a pump in there - have you considered adding a booster pump set? bear in mind mains will be at least 1 bar, plus you'll want a decent flow rate with that - say 11litres per min. you're a long way from that...