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Hi All, We had our bedroom plastered about 2 months ago, and now we have just started to paint the wall. The walls are fully dried and pinky. The problem we are facing is, after we put on the fist under coat with a normal white paint, we than noticed dark patches on the wall everywhere...

All, We are in the process of installing same new Rad's all of them with new TVR's. Question, do we need to balance the system after installation? I read something from a previous post on this site that with TVR's you do not need to balance the system. Many Thanks

Thanks Masona, Would you also use hardboard sheets in laminate flooring along with Thermal under lay?

It is it better to insulate floor with Thermal under lay for laminate flooring and than put the carpet under lay on top of that? And finally lay the carpet. Will this be good thing to do? Objective is to stop draught and have a warm floor. Many Thanks

Thank you all. You say to leave the door in a room for 4 weeks before fitting, but the door must have been kept in the store for more than 4 weeks, shouldn’t this reduce the moisture content? Or is there temperature difference? :shock: Kind regards

Hi all, We had a new pine door fitted approx 2 weeks ago by a carpenter, in the first week the door closed very smoothly but after a week the door now doesn’t shut properly it keeps getting stack near the door handle. I called the carpenter who put the door up and he trimmed some off the...

I meant fix floorboards to the joist using screws, not immediate :evil: Regards

Thank you for your reply. I have someone coming in to check where the leak may be, if no success than we've got no other choose but re-piping it. Can the pipe be fitted on the wall, behind the kitchen unit? will there be any building regulation preventing this? Dose it have to be...

When I entered my house last night I smelt gas! So I called Transco immediately. Engineer arrived, did a test in the meter and detected that the was a leak from my internal pipe. He then did changed the outlet connector to see if the leak was from their side but even then it was showing sign...

When laying laminate flooring for kitchen do you have to use the same principle leaving 10mm from the skirting board as well? 2nd question, Can you screw into floorboard rather than using nailing?, I’m just thinking may be screw will be much stronger than nail and easy to unscrew if needed...

When the boiler is serviced, exactly what work is carried out in side the boiler. For example is it, heat exchange, gas pressure, sludge, pilot light, ignition, etc……….. is this all included in the service? Appreciate your suggestion.

I think this forum is for everyone to join and answer query not just YOU. My question wasn’t put to you anyway, and please give other people a chance.

We are also in the process of adding extra rad's of high btu output. I have spoken to my Local Plumber merchant on this but also appreciate your thought on this as well. Boiler is 24kw - and the total btu output of rad's is 50,000 my local Plumber merchant said 24kw boiler should be fine...

Please read the following quotes, there not my words though. I Hope this helps. “problem it is that when the system over presuurised the Pressure Relief Valve opened, quite rightly, but has failed to close off correctly due to a bit of muck or the sealing washer being corroded”. “ If...

I'm not a Plumber or an expert in this fields but I read something similar in the past. Possible cause.... If It's constant then it may be you have leak somewhere or it may an expansion vessel failure.

Employ a plumber.

Do you not have a rough idea? £300 - £500

Hi All, I need a quotation from you all please for the following. We want to install 6 new radiator’s. 1 rad moving to a different location. On 3 old rad’s, fitting TVR’s on them. And lastly, we’ve noticed the flow pipe for our 3 bedroom house size is 15mm, so the entire flow...