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Yes I've read some bad stories about Homecare, only fair that when one of their engineers goes the extra mile I should say so. They are still investigating the problem, as you say it's obviously not a priority over someone with no heating at all. Having been without any heating, hot water...

Hi, I have a Potterton Promax HE boiler, from what I've read they are crap! fortunately it is covered by homecare. Unfortunately thus far they have been unable to get to the bottom of the problem. Initial problem was a water leak, but upon investigation various other faults were...

I need to replace an old imperial single panel radiator. It is Roll Top design, no convector fins, and approx 53"x21"x1" The wall to pipe centre is 40mm and wall to front face of the rad is 2" I would like to replace with another roll top design, and due to location and space restrictions I...

I wish I'd know that before having the wall re-plastered, ah well. There is RCD protection on all circuits. Plaster is still quite wet at the moment but I'll ask the decorator to look at boxing them in. Just annoying I could have clipped them to the brickwork and plastered over it. You'd...

Perhaps ought to have posted this in the decorating section, but wanted to know if there was any electrical wiring regulations I ought to be aware of before going ahead with anything.

There's quite a few cables coming down from upstairs, including a 10kw rated one for the shower. The electrician told me they can't be chased in, wouldn't meet regs apparently. Bearing in mind the walls were totally stripped back to bare brick when we discussed this, so it would have been real...

It's comfortably within that

Hi, I have some cables running along the surface in trunking to my consumer unit. They are running along the top of the wall up against the ceiling. Regardless of how well installed it may or may not be, it still looks a bit unsightly and out of place. Can someone tell me if it's a dumb idea...

Got it, will give it a try grinding down the plastic between the edge of the switch and the screw hole. That looks an easier way of doing it.

Thanks Andy, I think I see what your getting at now. I'm not sure the lugs are actually coming into contact with the back box (screw holes on the back box are quite recesssed. but I''ll check when I'm at home.

The boxes are screwed to the wall pretty firm, although as you say there will be some vibration. I should point out they are chased into a more traditional type plaster rather than modern plasterboard, it might be difficult to cut a neat hole around the box like you could do with plasterboard...

Yeah an angle grinder would be a bit bulky, dremel or something might be better.

I'm not sure I follow?

Hi, I had my house rewired about a year ago and only just got round to having the chases plastered in. Plasterer has done a satisfactory job of plastering everything in flush, but some of the pattresses are sticking out too far (beyond the level of the original plaster). We're only talking a...

Hi, I recently had my small cellar plastered and it's been done right down to the tiles(Ruabon Quarries) The join is a bit unsightly and inevitebly some of the plaster has got on the tiles marking them. I wasn't planning on fitting skirting, so a little bit disappointed with the final...

Hi, I'm trying to repair a floating partition wall in a 1920's semi but having trouble finding blocks the right size. The height and width isnt too important as they can be cut to fit, but I do need them around the same thickness of 80mm. Most lightweight blocks I've found are 100mm any idea's...

I have 3x2 ceiling joists (ties) in my house covering a 12ft span. These were deflecting and unsuitable to hang plasterboard from, particularly as I want to board over in the loft and use it for light storage. A structural engineer came around and recommended I sister the existing joists wth...

Yeah an I-beam sounds like it'll be more trouble than it's worth. Glulam would be ideal but prob gonna be well over budget. Looks like I'll be sticking with the traditional solid wood joists, and pray they don't split,shake,warp,twist too much! Cheers for the input

Seems to be a lot of what not to do's with them, don't drill, don't nail, don't cut, don't fix it here or there... how you meant to fix a ceiling to them ? Just been looking at something called GLulam, which looks to have all the best parts of a solid timber joist, with none of the downsides...

Does anybody have experience of using I-Beam joists ? I thought of using them for an upstairs bedroom ceiling instead of traditional ones. Supposedly much more resistant to warping and twisting. How do they fit to the sloping roof timbers? same way as traditional joists?