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its really nice when you get honest, straight forward, helpful advice. Thanks Corgiman - you're a gent!

Hi. My DIY book tells me that there should be about a 10 degree difference between the flow and the return pipes on a rad. I have a rad that has no hand valve covers on top so I dont really know which is the lockshield and which is the regulator. My rad thermometers tell me that the...

This might help. My dad once owned a small boat that had a table attached to a pole. You could riase it to any height and lower it at it bcame part of a double bunk. When clamped at the height you wanted it was very secure. The boat was a Pegasus, made by Pegasus yachts in Oulton Board...

Hi. My lounge floor is very cold, feet become icy cold at this time of year. I've pulled the carpet up and some floorboards too. I was staggered to find that there is about 4 feet between the joists and the ground, and by God was it cold down there! What this means is I can get in and...

Hi all, Often the floor area of my lounge is cold, and I mean cold. It can be that your ankles and noticeably cold to the enxtent sometime we sit with our feet up, not because we like to but because its b****y cold! The foloor is traditional timber on joists. There is underlay and...

Hi all, Often the floor area of my lounge is cold, and I mean cold. It can be that your ankles and noticeably cold to the enxtent sometime we sit with our feet up, not because we like to but because its bloody cold! The foloor is traditional timber on joists. There is underlay and carpet...

Just had a new boiler fitted. Outside wall tyrolean (i think), but now with a horrible ceement square in way of old boiler vent. Can I DIY tyrolean a repair or something like?

Hi Just changed lighting in kitchen and have 3 holes in plasterboard in way of old lights. I have rough filled holes, but now want to try and match the textured finish. Someone said its artex. Can I get "repair packs" to do this?

Hi Just fitted 16 downlighters - LV 50W. All are controlled via a 2 gang 400w dimmer - 8 on each gang. Dimmer gets warm and buzzes after prolonged use and does not control the dimming properly. One of the downlighters switches off for a while, again after prolonged use, them comes back on...

I am talking about the wires inside the switch, these are the ones that broke free. 3 and 6 are connected with a red wire.

is a fuse in the switch? where? As stated blew and replaced fuse in spur Brian

Redoing the kitchen........took timeswitch off wall and it fell the length of the connecting wire, two wires fell out - blue and red and touched. POP & FLASH! Switched everything off, checked the net for the wiring of the switch and reconnected to what I think is correct. Replaced fuse in...

Not really, I feel the area is cool. Someone told me that the rad, which is not finned is not as efficeint as a new rad - size for size. They also said a smaller rad these days could give as much heat, if not more as "that old thing". The ting is I guess 20 years old? B

I wish to replace an old double radiator measuring 1100 x 700mm. Its adjacent to the front door / porch door in the hall which is approx 7 X 2.5m in size. Obviously the landing is upstairs and this rad "warms" this area of the house too. The landing is approx 4m long. There are two outside...

I'm getting a new condensing boiler. Its not really practical to route the drain from the boiler to the main waste pipe in the kitchen. A soakaway has been suggested, but I am not so sure. 1. How much water will the boiler produce that requires drainage? 2. How far should a soakaway be...

Hi My kitchen floor is concrete and has been extended. The extended floor I think is a slab over hardcore with a screed ontop. However where the extension meets the original there is a 6 to 12mm step - now i have lifted the old floor covering. I think its been like this since I moved in -...

OK, I wish to replace my 30 year old boiler, no not the wife, the thing that heats water etc. I know I dont want a combi! BUT All I get asked is do you want a conventional boiler or a system boiler and do you want vented or unvented. Now I currently have vented and i've done my homework...

Hi! I intend to convert the first 1.5m of my garage into a WC. The garage is entred through a door from the kitchen. I will build a corridor which will lead to the remainder of the garage. There will be a 1 hour fire door at this point. Off the corridor will be the WC (through another door)...