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Hi, My property needs some roof repairs but none of it is particularly DIY friendly so I've got a couple of quotes with massive variance. Just wondering what is reasonable? We have '4 roofs' all pitched - it's a Victorian end terrace. The front and side is a gable end where the edge is...

Hi Andy, The kitchen and utility rads were set to almost full, turned them to 0. After an hour of CH on, they are both stone cold along with pipes each side. So now the large rads in the living room and lounge are piping hot.. at the top and edges.. in the middle and bottom they are cold. Both...

Hi, The heating has always worked like this since before boiler repaired @Mottie but it has not been balanced. Is this difficult? Unfortunately @HERTS P&D there is no magnetic filter as the boiler is now 16 years old so wasn't a requirement back then. I will try turning off the thermostatic...

Hi, The central heating has never worked well - only the rads nearest to the combi boiler in the kitchen get hot. The others get warm around the top, upstairs is even worse. The boiler has been repaired a couple of years ago under a fixed price by the manufacturer but it's now on the blink...

Hi, Some of my lap panels are falling apart. They are on top of concrete gravel boards between concrete posts. I saw a YouTube video showing how to make vertical close board panels so I went out and got some materials. I have feather edge boards 17mm on thick end, 6mm thin - 5ft long and...

Hi, We have a Bosch Serie 4 washing machine, model WAN28201GB which suddenly won't work properly. If you put it on a normal programme e.g. cottons, everything initially seems to work as expected - door locks, wash and add laundry symbols light up, water is added into the drum but then...

Hi, The missus has ordered a small playhouse for our toddlers birthday. It's a TP Meadow from Argos which is 1m x 1.3m. The area she would like it situating in is currently grass. What would be an easy to install base, we have seen plastic mesh, or small cheap flags, alternatively some used...

Hi Benny so you would just board over the Artex? How much should this cost roughly? The room is about 13' x 7'.. Any ideas on the cracks in the other rooms? Many thanks!

Hi, Front bedroom Artex ceiling is damaged from past leak, couple of bits where it sticks downwards and there is a crack from wall to wall, possible to repair? Or job for a plasterer? Other rooms have cracks wall to wall which I assume are between the plasterboard sheets.. is there an easy...

Think I see what you mean.. I wonder if it could be due to cavity wall insulation? I think the technical term is bridging?

Thanks guys well as they say the devil is in the detail.. As far as we know the wall construction is a brick outer, cavity and inner block. Is there a way to find out if the lintel is just for the outer leaf without removing bricks? I think the windows are just dirty and need cleaning, the...

Hi, We have a 1970s bungalow, the gable end seems to have an issue with the original steel window lintels having rusted. One window has a gap in the pointing of about 12mm where the bricks have raised all the way along. The other window has a door as well so a bigger span, gap in pointing at...

Does anyone know if this could be used for storage somehow please? Many thanks.

Hi, Would be nice to put some boards down for storage in this Victorian roof space and be able to move around, store Christmas decorations and other stuff. It's at the back above my sons bedroom, accessed from a hatch on the landing - headroom in centre is about 5', there is no lighting. The...

Hi, I've got a couple of places where the wallpaper has flaking paint. Is it possible to repaint without stripping either the paint or wallpaper? I read about Toupret filler but this wallpaper is patterned. The image shows the chimney breast at the top of the stairs. I've since scraped more...

Nope, just a single electric shower in the bathroom. The bath has a mixer tap with the top blocked off so it looks like there was one in the past.

Hi, I contacted Vaillant who repaired the boiler originally, they said the engineer on their visit picked up that we could potentially have "an issue with the circulation of water around your system". First we have heard of it.. what does this mean exactly? I don't believe there is a hot water...

Hi, The old toilet flush handle (Armitage Shanks brand) was moving too much, even after tightening the back nut. So I put a new ceramic handle on which has a straight not cranked plastic piece that attaches to the flush. All connected and working but there is a lot of play left, right, up...

I think the bath taps are screw down but not sure? They look quite old? Always seems to have been a problem but we have only been here 12 months.

Hi The Novice, I don't think the water pulses out, it drops off a bit after you turn it on.