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I was trying to fit three new doors in my bedrooms when I realized that the door frame is not squared. There is at least 1cm difference between the right and the left height in the three doors and the bottom and top width is slightly out as well. The old doors where flat and cut to shape and...

My wife would kill me, tiling looks better!

Thanks, interesting. I think the easiest solution will be to put tiles rather than starting digging out rubble... Thanks

Hi, i moved into a 1930’s house which had the chimney breast removed. Where it stand there is a cement bit with the shape of the old chimney breast which you can tell use to have small tiles on it. My question is before we decide to tile it or cover it somehow what is under the cement patch...

Hi i have a Samsung cool'n cool fridge which beeps all the time not continously but three or four beeps every hour sometimes more. When it happens the display shows the "Super" mode is on. So basically the fridge goes to super mode to normal and viceversa with every beep. Apart from the...

So you think the quote is reasonable?

That was just a quote, it is an imported Mitsubishi Pajero and from what I see I could almost change the belts my self.

I have now, £430 for doing all the four belts...seems a bit expensive to me

Hi, i need to change the timing belt and the other three external belts in my Mitsubishi Pajero 1999 as it has got more than 100,000Km. How much can I expect to pay a garage to do this? Many thanks

I have a comby boiler Glow worm 40 energy saver and the condensation container does not evacuate the water. As you can see in the picture the right container fills up and once is full the left overflow container fills up and needs to be emptied regularly. I have tried to take it out but the...

Boiler condensation unit

A plumber suggested it to me as an alternative to the unvented cylinders. I never heard of this before so all feedback will be appreciated. So far i am tempted to go for the cylinder with cold water tank in loft....

I have only one bathroom upstairs and not need of boiler as i have storage heaters. I only need head for the bathroom taps. Anyone has an opinion about gledhill torrent direct thermal store? it has been sugested to me as an alternative.

I got qualified profesionals to check it out and one was prepared to do it but let me down the day before and never heard of him again. Others just dont bother calling me back after taking a look. Another one told me that because i did not want an expensive cylinder just one mid range he was no...

Thanks for quick reply, what about pricewise? Not many professionals are prepared to do the job of installing an unvented cylinder in my place and the problem seem to be the amount of work they need to do i.e lifting carpet, and floorboards, at least that is the feedback that I get. I am...

I am trying to get rid of my old copper cylinder as the booster pump noise which is situated at the bottom to provide head for the bathroom is becoming unbearable. The current cylinder has got the cold water tank supply on top of the hot one all in one piece and the booster pump provides head...

This is without a doubt the most interesting post of all.Thanks

mcmoby69, the fact that you copied and pasted that bit certainly clarifies your IQ...

Well i am not familiar with these cylinders but the ones i have seen have got a release valve that let the preassure escape if it becomes too high (similar to an italian coffee machine (I tested the valve in one of these and the coffe went everywhere). The guys at mythbusters must have bloqued...