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Thanks for your input. It took a total of 4 visits including the origional install before the company got the door to keep the drafts out.

I had a new UPVC back door fitted last week but the middle section of the door on the handle side is letting in cold air. The company that fitted the door has been out a further 2 times but the door still lets in cold air. The problem seems to be that when the handle is pulled up the middle...

Last July we had the en-suite room upgraded. Work included laying down a new hardboard floor which was to stop the floor flexing as we were having a stone floor laid. The en-suite radiator was replaced and fitted on the adjoining wall. In November I noticed the boiler pressure was at zero...

Guess it is a bit late now but if she has moved in from another area has she actually retuned the box/TV for freeview?

You could use a F4 leak sealer. Not always recomended here but it worked for me. http://www.fernox.com/products/water+treatment+chemicals/leak+sealers

Your spot on about the fall. The house was new when I moved in, in 1990 and the shower has always had a problem. The shower room has just been refurbished by a bathroom company and I mentioned this problem to them before they started work. I guess from their point of view connecting up to...

The lugs are there for a reason so I won't be cutting them but thanks anyway

We have a Kudos Original Concept 2 760mm shower tray with a highflow shower waste, which was installed in August. I have enclosed a photo of the waste as we have a continuing problem with hair that is passing through the waste and getting trapped in the pipework beyond. If someone is...

If you take a look at the photo do you think that three month old white gloss should be yellow?

The boiler leak was the condensate leaking where the pipe joined the boiler. OK so I am back to square one with it looking like I have a pipe / rad leak. I will isolate the boiler by shutting down the isolation valves on the boiler and will check the pressure after a couple of days...

I took the bottom cover off the boiler and water poured out so hopfully I have a boiler fault and no other leaks. Thanks Paul for your advice. I will keep you informed.

Thanks Paul for the reply. First I have heard about Hydrogen so no I have not tested for it but will in the future. The Rad water is clear and the magnaclean picks up almost no sludge each year. When you say the flow and return isolators are you talking about the valves either side of the...

History: In April 2008 I had a Worcester 42CD combi boiler fitted. Up until that date I never had to bleed the radiators. Despite double dosing the system with Furnox and placing a nail against the magnaclean magnet to confirm that no corrosion was present I have had to bleed 3 radiators...

In August I bought a 2.5L can of Dulux Trade High Gloss from B&Q. It didn’t look right in the can but I made the big mistake of applying it anyway to several internal doors and windowsills. I am now having to repaint all the doors and sills as they are yellowing badly. I have enclosed a...

This is what I love about this forum. Full of clever people with good advice so thanks everyone. I will not notch the joists now and will think about a plan B

Found this about notching http://www.eastdevon.gov.uk/bc-guidancenote7-notchingofjoists.pdf and seco services is correct .Seems I am not allowed to do it as a bottom notch weakens the joist.

Thanks for the comments sparkwright. No coving and I don't want to repair large holes thus the idea of grooving the joists.

1990 built house with a bathroom above with a tiled floor

I’m thinking of getting an electrician in to fit some down lighting in the kitchen. The problem is crossing the joists with cable without wrecking the ceiling as there is no access from the floor above. If I took out small sections of plasterboard using an 80mm hole cutter from underneath...

I will be fitting a Neff built in oven into a tower unit that reaches the ceiling. The Oven requires a 13A plug but the manual states that the plug should be accessible. This rules out using the existing socket that sits on the wall within the tower but I am not sure I like the idea of...