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Hi, I have a BAXI FS501, pretty old. The pilot light goes out when the temperature drops to below zero outside. This happened once last year - I attributed it to the fact the boiler is next to a cat door I had put in a few weeks previously. This year I have draft proofed the door, as that...

Hi, *apologies if this is duplicate post, had trouble posting first one* This morning awoke to no hot water or central heating. Investigation showed pilot light on boiler was out. Boiler is a BAXI FS501, maybe about 15 years old (was here before we moved in 18 months ago - estimate was...

Hi, Not really a DIY question I'm afraid but.... I'm looking to replace my kitchen this year. Based on a free design I got from a kitchen company, I'd like to move the appliances around, the main issue being rerouting the gas and electicity from one side of the room to the other for the...

Hi, I'm looking into getting some loft work done (adding additional velux windows to an existing conversion) The yellow pages are full of 'loft conversion' companies. Does anyone know what kind of accreditation I should look for to seperate the wheat from the chaff? I've seen a few mention...

Hi, My house had an existing loft conversion when we bought it, which was quite old and therefore does not meet current building regs, particularly the need to have a fire door closing it off from the rest of the house. This is something we'd like to do for our own safety, as well as for...

Hi, New to this, so apologies if this seems a dumb question, but... I want to add a velux window to an existing loft conversion. Who would do this? I've looked at a few window company websites but none of them mention Velux installation. Is this a job for a builder, because of the...

Hi, I'm planning on building a pergola this summer - simple design, basically rectangular with 6 posts. However, the pergola is to overlap with an existing deck, so 2 posts need to be attached to or go through the deck. I'm reluctant to pull up the deck - it was built before we moved in...

Thanks everyone for the replies - much appreciated. I noted that everyone except FWL_engineer is against option 1 (taking the spur off the cooker switch). However, since the cooker switch has a socket built into it, into which I could presumably plug something power hungry like a kettle...

Hi all, I was hoping for some help/advice with the installation of a cooker hood. I'd need to install an FCU and I think I can do this myself without calling out an electrician (which I suppose is Question 1 - should I?). But I've not done any significant electrical work before other than...

Thanks all for the advice...very impressed with the number of replies!! Breezer, re:getting the service engineer back in... he was BG himself! He was checking out the boiler as part of a service contract with BG. (Conflict of interest in recommending new boiler? Possibly, but I think he was...

Hi, I moved into a new house a few months ago, and are planning to do up the kitchen next year. As a precursor, we thought it would be a good idea to replace the boiler, as it's quite old (~15 yrs) and the service engineer thought we may have difficulty getting parts (it's working fine for...