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I was hoping someone could give me an idea of the cost for the following full rewire to a 5 bedroom, 2800 sq ft house: - At least 3/4 x dbl sockets per room - PVC sockets and switches throughout - CAT 5 point in 9 rooms - TV aerial install into 6 rooms - HDMI cable point in 1 room (brought...

Having recently had a major build work finished in the house I have noticed a couple of things in regards to drainage and was hoping someone could advise/help. The drainage from the main bathroom in the house is quite noisy with water very clearly gurgling away as it drains out. This problem...

I am about to get new carpets down in my house which has been a building site for the last 6 months. The house is very old and on the ground floor the floors are at least 3 feet off the ground with in some instances farily big gaps around the floorboards. On the 1st & Ground floor there has...

I have been doing a major refurb on a house I bought recently and one of the key things that we did was put in a new main bathroom. On inspecting the bathrooom I have been disappointed about the speed of the bath to drain water away. I contacted the builder a couple of days ago who then sent...

Thanks for all the replies guys. I have a much better understanding of how it all works now. I will watch with interest the debate around what temp to set the boiler to :D PS totally typical the spark fitted the CM 927 and the pesky screen on the wirekess thermostat appears to be...

Sorry to trouble you with what is probably a naive question but I am a complete Combi bolier virgin. Since moving out of my parents home 17 years ago I have had a traditional oil bolier with a hot water tank and in our new home we have taken the plunge when we needed to re-plumb and installed a...

Ok so after a bit more research I think I need additional recievers in order for use a multi zone format. Am I right and saying in order to have a 4 zone system I would need to have 4 x BDR91 receivers? These can then be used in 4 rooms/zones in the house? If that is the case they don't...

Thanks for the responses so far guys. Chris cheers for all the info on where to place the thermostat - that makes it much more understandable. I know it is not that complicated but this is my first modern non oil boiler and so far all I have been used to is controller that you tell when to go...

Hi folks I am hoping that someone can give me some advice please. I have had a big renovation project on my hands and as part of it I have had the house re-plumbed and installed a new gas boiler & rads. It is a big old brute so we have installed a 40KW Baxi Duo Tec Combi Boiler and my question...

Hi Terence yep it is indeed a big old lump. Starting to lose the will at this stage as it does feel like it is dragging on now. It is amazing how quickly builders can pull things down but how slow it can be to piece it all together again. It is amazing how close you get to these things, I...

Just updated with pics now -finally!!!

I am currently renovating an old house and in the pantry off the kitchen I want to put in a fridge, washing machine and tumble dryer. The floor has had to be dug out due to damp and so is it approx 12" below it's finished level. In order to put the ventialtion hose out from the tumble I...

Hi all I have a bit of a renovation project on my hands that I thought I would share. The background is my wife and I bought a house in a place called Cyprus Avenue in Belfast (yep the one that Van Morrison sang about). The house dates back to 1880 and it feels like quite a lot of things...

No I haven't investigated central heating pipes expansion noise and too be honest on reflection I think that is a more likely scenario than the flue. The flue has a large stainless steel protection cover around it which does not get warm and thus is unlike to expand when the system is running...

Hi I was hoping that someone could give me a bit of advice on what could be causing a problem with my central heating system and what course of action I should take. When my oil fired central heating system is turned on it creates a constant knocking sound which appears to be coming from...