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Hi, My 3 bed semi is about to have it's G-rated backboiler ripped out and a new Vaillant Ecotec plus 837 installed. All the rads are brand new with TRV's - 9 in total to a max total of 50'000 btu. The last rad on the system is a 7900 btu 700 x 2000 purmo single. This rad never really...

Hi, I have recently constructed and outside garden seat from 25mm marine ply that has been primed and painted with exterior masonry paint. On the top, horizontal surfaces, the paint has bubbled and split. The paint used is water-based. Would replacing the part with one painted in...

I gave them a week of dry weather. I have an idea; Build a marine plywood box that fits snuggly inside the planter walls sat on blocks. The gap can be sealed with exterior silicone to stop water running down the inside of the walls. I can drill air holes at the base of the walls...

Don't care about the price, Don't care how easy/hard to install, Don't care what discounts/perks the plumber gets when he purchases All I am interested in is which is the most reliable and efficient A rated boiler?

But which are the best regarding their quality and efficiency?

Couldn't overlap at the top as it would be visible and would look awful. These white, modernist, rendered planter walls can be seen in any upmarket contemporary garden design website . There must be a documented correct way of constructing them........

Are Delonghi ( standard style) radiators as good as Purmos?

VAILANT OR WORCESTER ? These 2 names keep coming up which is the best condenser?

Hi all, I am extremely worried: A 'builder' friend of mine has built me 2 walls that join at the ends to use as a planter -rendered with scatch and top coat with a 3-1 mix. The blocks used are 'klinkers' 3 blocks high with no damp course of any type. I have given this 3 coats of...

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What sort of product if any are you aware of? for applying to the blocks that is.

I have built a solid structure all the way around the wall so it would be an enormous task to do this,believe me. I am wondering wether that much water could penetrate through the blocks,i'm talking say 6 pints sitting on the floor this morning???? The only area of the blocks that shows...

Hi there, At the bottom of my garden I have a workshop made out of concrete blocks (the heaviest ones). The bottom row of blocks ( above internal floor level but below external ground level seem to be letting water through around the base. This has only happened once in 15 months...

You could use BUILDING PAPER. This is water-proof and breathable (though do check on the latter if you think it matters) Just staple it to the rafters with a gun.

Hi there, I have an Ariston Micro Genus combi-boiler. When I switch on a hot water tap the thing fires up but then cuts out...and then fires-up again.This then continues in sequence,cutting in and out about every 6-10 seconds. Any body out there familiar with this problem and know of any...