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Hello Have WB 40cdi, hw feed/ expansion and CW tanks in loft...regular system, shower pumps ect, indirect cylinder. Plumber said as boiler works fine, if I want to get space in the loft, he can make it a system setup...but keep the boiler as is. Just change to unvented indirect cylinder same...

Hi see photo System fitted 10 years back. A year ago I put the red magnet you see on the pipework to the left of the bypass valve and it sticks, had plumber removed the pipework, and full of metal. I noticed pipework had a slight fall to bottom right so things settling there. Today I had a...

Hi Finally after decade plus decided to remove plasterboard in upstairs bedroom, to put insulation in. See photo, above bricks gap? It's solid wall and bricks behind higher up. Probably explains why was cold in that room. Will now put in 50mm cellotex to top to cover the hole, but will still...

Hello Fixing some driveway issues, and so far used bitumen cold lay spray, but it's not cheap. Is it basically the same stuff as the photo here, as the tin is much cheaper? if so I could paint over old tarmac, apply the cold lay tarmac and compact, then paint edges Will save me.

Hi all Electrician changed my consumer unit 3 weeks back (not invoiced anything yet) as he has to come back he says to fit blanking entries and only had two on the day of install , then certification paperwork. Cannot get hold of him so might have to get someone to finish job..weird as most...

Hi, so last 16 years rarely would we get the odd radiator with some sounds when the heating on. Might last a winter but would get resolved usually after I drained system for some reason such as adding new rad, or replacing something. Anyway last year drained system, so could clean out a run of...

Hi I have below, and going to modify to this to better control the pressure which hits 6.5bar on my garden tap, so assuming higher elsewhere. Main pipe to house 15mm -> Stop Cock -> isolating value -> limescale filter - > isolating value then rest of system TO Main pipe to house 15mm -> Stop...

Hi The road has a street drain that gets blocked by leaves and stuff maybe 20 times a year. When that happens and it's raining the water goes to my house is downhill of the drain I asked KCC highways and they said it's not a fault and not them to clean the drains all the time. Anyway feels...

Hi See photo of example window. This photo shows exterior sash trim on left and right in place. Solid wall property. I have removed c44cm of the bottom right hand trim as rotten, .. to repair. All fine there, but what surprised me was big holes behind the trim going back c15cm depth by 20cm...

Hello Had induction hob removed, cable left 6mm2 routed via void between ground and first (no insulation), across house, then final 2m down side of internal solid wall clipped to wall, with 45mm celotex in front. (Then taken out the wall) Nothing else using cable of course. Have electrician...

Hi all, see photo :) Solid wall, 1780 house, this side of house is c33cm deep, solid of course, then inside battons and plasterboard. After uncovering this air brick which was covered with earth for at least 17 years! (the only one in property as fyi), which goes below DPC, and its two courses...

Hi, sorry if this is obvious to everyone else :) I took off the three hinges from the front door and replaced them with what appeared same height width, screw hole hinges. The new ones are c102x76 ball bearing hinges. In moment of stupidity I threw away the old hinges and I think they were...

Hello Had a leak in the bathroom, first time in 17 years. Was the waste from bath (40mm pipe with boss type connector thing on it) had popped out. No idea why but I have pushed it back in, however how far should it go into the soil pipe? I had to pull down the ceiling to do this, and now...

Hello A very heavy wooden door, must weight more than me easily, so say 130kg minimum , anyway has three hinges on it. Door I'd guess c50 plus years old. I changed the hinges for ones with same what looked like size, same holes, all fine, but door is now c2mm closer to the lock side, so...

Hello New radiotor fitted last August, worked fine. Turned on heating today, bled all rads in house and this one, and this one only the front 3 left bars get hot. Hot at trv and lock shield. Removed trv to see if changed anything nope. Noted lock shield settings , opened full, no change, put...

Hi was going to see if the single storey extension had a batten wall, and turns out behind the plaster wall is c70mm of this crumbly stuff ,black weird stuff, any ideas? Kf it does insulation purpose I'll leave and save me replacing all with celetox. Else put 50mm celetox on top of plaster, then...

Hi there This a job I need gas engineer for? It's a 40cdi system boiler, 10 years old, all works fine but last two weeks started firing on for a few mins, hits 60c usual temp, then stops, and repeats this maybe every 45mins of the day. Pump fine and all works when meant to work bar this... I...

Hi, having new kitchen in my garage conversion... On left hand side will he integrated dishwasher, ajd then fresh air to it's left as a walkway.. The sink will be to the right. What makes the worktop secure? I ask as bar one end panel c18mm, and a thin back panel, it all looks not very rigid...

Hello All We have a 700mm worktop deopth (2.4m length) on order, idea is we get an extra 10cm at the back to put stuff behind sink ect. If the base units are standard depth (wickes), so 570mm, and there is a 20mm overhand at the front, that is 590mm... which then means we end up with c110mm at...

Hi Now I may be being a bit daft here... I was going to have two external solid walls chased inside for cable runs. Instead of me renting chaser tool ect I asked electrician and he said to, 'fit all the battons first and he can chase around them.' It is c21 metres he needs to chase overall...