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Mw, Thanks for the reply It did occur to me that if this was such a good idea lots of people would of done it. Bern

I've read a number of posts relating to insulating a conservatory roof but haven't seen any that mention an idea I have. First off I have to say that I appreciate the best way to insulate the roof would be to get it tiled/roofed properly but I don't have the money for that. I have been...

JohnD, The roof is nice and tight / no gaps or water coming in. So this weekend I'll get cracking on the ceiling with some foil, foil tape and a staple gun. I will also have to relocate the light as I have noticed the fitting is screwed onto the vertical face of a joist which means that...

JohnD, Thank you. That sounds like a good start. I'll have a look at some Brush Pile strip. If I go with thick thermal foil I assume I should staple it to the joists and not the roofing boards to I keep an air gap in the ceiling? Bern

Thank you for these replies. Sorry for the delay in replying I've been away for a couple of days. NTB, If I went that route would I need to put a moisture barrier on the walls and ceiling? JohnD We have just moved in so I am trying to do a quick and simple job as there are others higher up...

With this cold weather here I thought I would have a go at insulating the shed door. My idea is to staple a layer of insulating foil on the inside then screw a sheet of foamed PVC over the top. The foil will stick out slightly around the edges to act as a draught excluder as well as add some...

Burnerman, Thank you for your advice. I'll take a look at those Franke sinks too, Bern

In our new house we want to replace a "Fragranite (?)" sink and drainer unit that has a right hand bowl. I think it is Fragranite, it looks like plastic granite. The existing unit is LW 980mm x 510mm measuring on the external faces from outside edge to outside edge. (The hole in the work...

Rocks, Thank you for confirming this, Bern

The seal on the fridge door has been torn. I have found a replacement door at Hotpoint Spares as the gasket/seal is integral to the door. Having taken off the small round screw caps and the top facia strip I still can't work out how to take the fridge door off. It seems the freezer has...

Bailey, I prefer your double pipe cover. It looks like there would be less cutting to be done and there is a Screwfix close to us. Your help is very much appreciated, Bern

Bailey, Plastic pipe cover sounds worth a try. Do you mean the square shaped downpipe you can buy from places like Travis Perkins or some other stuff? If you have a link so I can see some that would be appreciated. Bern

Ronnie, I like the sound of blank window trim to cover the mouldings in the frame. I'll start Googling. Thank you, Bern

I have removed the window panels and sections from what used to be an external (now internal) UPVC double glazed window frame. I was wondering if anyone makes/supplies a blanking kit to cover the exposed mouldings so leaving a smooth finish to the inside surfaces of the frame where the window...

We recently moved into a house and I noticed the bowl in the downstairs loo kept getting water supplied to it from the cistern. I have found the pipe which joins the cistern to the bowl is leaking at the joint where it comes vertically down from the cistern. It looks like the pipe and the...

Gassa, Thank you for this. I was worried that if I tried to unscrew this I might break those two push activated segments of the flush mechanism. I will give it a go, Bern UPDATE The panel hinged forward (like a cupboard door on it's side). Behind it I found the pipe which joins...

We have recently moved into a house that has had a downstairs loo put in. the ball cock working with the Armitage Shanks loo isn't fully closing so there is a constant trickle of water going into the pan. As we are on a water meter I would like to fix/replace the unit so the water flow...

JackT, This is reassuring news. It explains why an electrical unit apparently without any power supply or battery appeared to activate itself in our airing cupboard. :) We can now sleep easy without worrying about either the boiler/pipes freezing up or the heating system failing during a...

JackT, Thank you VERY MUCH for taking the trouble to provide all this information and advice. I might have come across the answer??? We bought this house and moved in last week so are still finding our way around the property and appliances/systems. For some reason the gas boiler for...

Update. Programmer. Last night the programmer automatically timed out as set. We manually switched it to ON. Later we switched it to OFF (not timed) 2am it came on automatically and wouldn't turn off until I rotated the dial. 3am it came on automatically and wouldn't turn off until I...