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Hi, Instead of 'wasting' space in the lounge building a corridor, why not section the lounge off at the bottom instead? It will use less space and will allow you to use the space for something useful, like a shower room. You could then move the bed 1 door to be within the new entrance...

Thanks for that - looks more lime green in the pics!

Hi, Afraid I can't help with the doorway question, but just wanted to say the lime green walls look great - what brand and shade is that if you don't mind me asking?

Many thanks for your reply....sounds like if we want to stick with a solvent based gloss, that Crown Solo is the way to go! I will buy a small tin and paint some samples out to see how it measures up in our hallway. I guess this is the shape of the future - eventually oil based paints will be...

Hi All, We're currently renovating and redecorating our whole house. For the skirtings, doors and architraves, we wanted a white gloss finish, so chose Dulux Once Gloss. Big mistake! It has started to yellow already, and has only been on for 8 weeks. Where we had new skirting/architrave I...

It's a rain porch built in to the bungalow, ie. it sits under the roofline of the bungalow and inside of the outer walls, but seperated from inside of the bungalow with a upvc door. So it's external but has complete shelter from the rain. I get the idea though now, probably easier to get an...

Brilliant - thanks very much - that's perfect.

Hi All We have a rain porch outside our front door which has a ceiling mounted bulkhead light switchable with an indoor switch. Does anyone know where I can get some sort of ceiling mounted outdoor light with built in PIR so we can leave it switched on indoors all the time and it only come...

Hi All We have (had!) an open fire in our lounge which I have removed. This has left an opening in the chimney breast measuring approx 450mm wide by 600mm high. Our chimney has been capped. I am looking to reduce the recess to around 450mm x 530mm by building a false floor in the bottom of...

Hi snb, Thanks for taking the time to reply. Yes, fused spur is on and the circuit it's connected to on fuseboard is ok too. There is power to the control box and to the boiler. Boiler and pump fire up no probs when you switch the hot water on. But neither fire up when you switch the...

Hi Thanks for your reply.....absolutely no problem with paying for a professional, just wondered if there was anything obvious I was missing. I've not seen or used a Wallstar before and all other boilers I have used have been Combi. Andy.

That's great - thanks for the info gasman!

Hi All Got the keys to our new house today, it has an HRM 12/14 Wallstar boiler fitted (not condensing or combi). I can get it to fire up and heat the hot water, but it won't fire up for the heating. It has a danfoss "SET5" programmer fitted and a honeywell wall stat. I've tried the...

Hi All Our new bungalow currently has all waste going to a cess pit. A main drain was fitted through the village a year or so back, and a pipe was run from the main drain into the garden of the bungalow, however the owner chose not to connect in for whatever reason. We'd like to get...

Hi All, We have an open fire in our new bungalow - we're not interested in keeping it. Like the idea of having a multi fuel stove however think the cost would be prohibitive when considering having the chimney lined and the fireplace opening widened. Looking at the possibility of having an...

Thanks oilman! It's common practice for the repossession company to drain the central heating system on houses that have been repossessed, as well as changing locks, switching off services etc etc. Oil tank is plastic which is a bonus, will make sure the filters are changed and pipe...

Thanks oilman, that's very reassuring. Perhaps our best bet is to get the current boiler up and running, serviced etc and see how it goes. Is there anything we should be aware of with the system having been drained for so long? (10 months ish). Oil tank has been empty, will it need cleaning out...