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Evening Can anyone advise please. I’m building a small extension. The only wall will be between 2 stone walls of the house. I’m planning on a simple timber frame and cladding with cedar. How do I get a water tight junction between the timber frame and stone wall? I was thinking about cutting a...

Hi, some advice please. Our house is a U shape so at the back we have 3 external walls which would be ideal for an extension in between. The space between the walls is about 12 m3. Coming through the space is a soil pipe which ties into a manhole. The manhole is outside the footprint of proposed...

Advice please folks... A couple of years ago I bought a NAS drive, 2 bay plus 2 3TB discs. I arranged it as a JBOD setup and mapped each disc a drive letter. Drive L acts for the files and drive M acts as a backup. I have now used up all the space, so I was going to buy a 6TB USB drive as my...

Several years ago a local joiner replaced the fascias on our house. He used marine ply and did a very good job, they have stood up well and are still near perfect. The soffits didnt get done at the time, its a long story but Network Rail have cables attached to them which they wouldnt remove...

Many thanks for the replies. It is glued, no wedges so I will try your suggestion wgt52, hadnt thought of that. Once again, thanks for the suggestion.

Hi, In our house we have all the original doors, probably about 1870 or so. Last year we began some redocoration and I wanted to repair the doors. The problem is that the glue has dried out and some of the mortice and tenon joints have come apart. When I did one of the doors last year a mate...

Thanks for that, will try that and if thats it, will get a new photocell on Monday. Many thanks.

Looking for some advice please. My mums combi boiler isnt working correctly. I had a look and dont know whats wrong with it. The burner will not ignite. There is oil getting through. The water pressure is at 1.5 bar. The wall stat is calling for heat and that is confimed on the front panel of...

Had a fault the other day. BT looked and said the fault was inside. He reckoned the internal wiring was causing a 'loop' and a mouse may have chewed it. He also replaced the master socket with a NTE5C. I have run cat5 from the master to the extension in the front room. The master has 3...

Quick question.... I ordered 25x38 sawn treated batons for my summerhouse roof, but the supplier has delivered untreated redwood by mistake. The driver said he couldnt deliver the correct ones until next Tues, but we are off on holiday on Monday so I wanted to get this done this weekend. Im...

Tomorrow, weather permitting, im laying a concrete slab for what will be a base for a summerhouse. I had ordered some DPM but it hasnt turned up and Im told the courier has lost it. We live in a very remote area so getting hold of some means I have to order online and wait for it. The issue is I...

Quick question. We have a megaflo which provides our hot water at this time of year through the immersion. We dont use the oil boiler if the weather if warm. As we dont want to have it on constantly I have bought one of these...

Hello, looking for an answer to this question please. 10 years ago we had CH installed after removing night storage heaters. Originally it was a combi but we changed to a regular boiler 2 years ago which is a Worcester Bosch oil 25kw. We currently have 12 rads, all of which are fed through 15mm...

Anyone have any tricks for this? Had a woodburner installed just before Xmas and they have smeared some fire cement on the black flue pipe. I don't want to use anything abrasive or I think it may damage the surface. Thanks

Just wondering if anyone has done this and whether its a good idea? Im thinking of doing this to remove paint from an internal door. The door is original and quite large, its in good condition but has numerous layers of paint and an awkward moulding that wont sand easily. Theres nowhere near...

Hello Im having trouble connecting the cables to the right terminals and would appreciate some advice please. The socket is an extension. I have cat5 cable. There are 4 wires - Orange, Blue, Green and Brown. The Brown is not connected to anything. The filtered faceplate has 6 terminals...

That's very helpful, thanks. I will get that done and keep my fingers crossed.

Good evening, We have a Trianco Eurostar 90 combi, installed in 2005. We have been putting up with an issue that nobody can seem to get to the bottom of, not even Trianco themselves. When the hot water thermostat dial on the front is turned up to its maximum level the boiler comes on and...

Thanks for your quick replies. i didnt realise by joining the Live and Switched Live you can make it work without the timer. I may just do that as replacing the cable is a bit problematic. You are right Plugwash, the setup is confusing and a bit stupid because the light switch is outside...

Hi, Ive done a quick search and think Ive found the answer to this, but i just want to make sure. I am replacing a non timed extractor with a timed extractor in the bathroom. At the moment the fan is switched on via a pull switch that does not do the lighting. Can i replace the twin and...