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Not sure if this is strictly a plumbing problem but here goes :- We are refurbing an attic bedroom and as part of that process we are replacing the original radiator with a new one. The problem is that the old radiator is 2.5metres long and double panel - it weighs an absolute ton. So I...

Am in the market for budget easy to carry manual PAT tester. The Seaward Primetest 100 looks like a probable contender so I thought I would give Seaward a ring to check on a couple of details, I rang the sales department late yesterday afternoon and asked about battery life - girl on end of...

I know that there have been a lot of threads on a similar subject but I wondered if anyone could answer these specific questions please? We had our slate roof replaced about 12 months ago (a lot of the original slate was reused, with new/reclaimed slate as required). No problem with the...

Hi, The front of our house is pebbledashed and painted with white masonry paint. We have just (4 weeks ago) had the pebbledashing underneath the front bay removed and replaced due to a damp problem, we intend to get the whole house painted next spring but the guy who did the pebbledashing...

Bit confused over this as we have just had the area under our front bay window re-pebbledashed (front of house is pebbledashed with quite large stones and painted white - house is 100 years old). I told the guy who did the rendering that we are getting the whole house painted but maybe not...

Just seen these on a flyer from Screwfix, they claim to contribute to a potential saving of up to 30% on heating costs. Just wondered if anyone had any experience or opinions on these? Cost £29.99 each and replace standard TRV heads.

We have a three storey house and are thinking of installing a bathroom (shower, WC, wash basin) in one of the rooms on the top floor. Because the room in question is on the opposite side of the house to the soil stack I quess we would need a macerator so that the waste could be run under the...

Thanks SASroofer, Next question if I may? Where the guttering meets the house wall it is at an angle, all of the stop ends I have seen fit on to the guttering at right angles. Could you advise how to terminate the gutter at the wall without leaks please? Thanks

Our house is getting on for 100 years old and most of the gutters have been replaced over the years. We still have a section of the original (I think) gutter around a ground floor bay at the back of the house, I noticed that this was leaking and upon investigation I have found that the fascia it...

Replacement gutter on next door bay

second image of existing gutter

fascia board showing rotten wood

existing gutter, leaking near joint with the wall

Thanks for the replies. Letting agent has been informed and has said she will contact the landlord, said that low water pressure had never been a problem before - find that hard to believe. We also thought that an electric shower would be the easiest/most cost effective solution will have...

Pregnant daughter and her partner have just moved in to a flat which has been fully re-decorated, fitted with new carpets etc. Thay have found however that the hot water pressure is extremely low, to the extent that if they lift the head on the bathroom mixer shower to a height where they can...

We have just had a pitch roof installed as a replacement for the flat roof over the kitchen extension. One side of the extension was rendered and painted with white masonary paint the other side of the extension is plain brick. On the rendered side the pitched roof has meant that the new...

Noseall, It is a mono pitch roof

Hi, We are having a flat roof on our kitchen extension replaced with a pitched one (single pitch running from under the bathroom window at the top to the edge of the kitchen - about 3metres x 2.5 metres). We had a structural engineer involved under recommendation from the roofing...

Am in the process of refurbishing the kitchen and need to replace the existing cornice on top of the cupboards. As I will be painting the cabinets it doesn't matter what colour the cornice is (provided it will take a painted finish), but due to space restrictions the cornice cannot stand more...