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I currently have a strange setup - Basically its economy 7 style with 10 hours a day off peak The immersion heater was replaced with an external Willis type one which runs at 3KW and heats the water in about 30 minutes. As such left on at night rather than a trickle its blasting the water...

My partner's in rented accomodation and recently got a massive (3x) her normal heating bill come in.. Its ecomony 7 style storage heaters with an immersion that runs at night. Had a look around and the water is scalding hot coming from the taps so looks like the thermostat has failed. Had...

My dad currently has an issue with a flat roof house he owns.. Basically the roof's are solid concrete so they are quite cold, As such black mold (or something black) starts to from on the roof. I'm informed this is due to condensation from the room, warm air hits the cold ceiling. As...

I have a house roof which is a Cement / Aspestos based mix. The roof currently has a fair amount of moss and generally doesn't look great however the tiles seem to be in good enough order and there's no leaks etc with the roof so I don't really want to replace. How would I go about...

I've been doing up a house for the last while and not living it, I always turn the water/electric off before leaving as its part of the insurance, As thats the case I've not had the heating on and due to snow haven't been up for 2 weeks. Went up last night to check for froozen pipes etc...

Hi, I've had a Gas combi boiler installed in a house recently, No one living there but there appears to be a smell of Gas in the cupboard that the boiler is in. Its pretty strong to. I have got the installed back out to check it, he turned off the gas at source and put some sort of pressure...

I got some cheap roll out lawn yesterday and rolled it out in my front garden yesterday.. It doesn't look great at the minute and was wondering apart from watering it is there anything I can do it make it grow before winter sets in properly ?

I'm looking for recomendations for a nail Gun that will nail wood battons 1.5inch thick to solid concrete ceilings. Something with variable driving distance and plenty of power. It'll not be used very much prob doing less than 300 nails / month however I'd like something reliable so mid...

I've a problem with a flat roofed house and was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on the planned solution. The problem is that the roof is cold and the heat from the house hits the ceilings (which are solid concrete) in the upstairs rooms causing condensation and is starting to turn the...

Not really a DIY question, but if I bring in a plasterer how long would you expect for someone to plaster a small 7ft square room. Includes a window and door :). Including - Fixing some holes where a cable has been run Putting plasterboard along where the skirting board was Boxing in...

I'm putting in a new bathroom and was looking for some advice, The Sink will not be on an outside wall and the soil stack is on the opposite wall. This is only a problem because the Joists run against it so would have to drill through the joists to put the waste in. As I see it I have...

I've recently removed my wooden window from the bathroom and its been raised by 50cm so the bath doesn't sit over it, I was wondering about reusing the same window frame again but just making it shorted and simply ordering a new glass unit for it. Has anyone ever done this ? Is it...

I've to drill a soil pipe hole for a new bathroom in my house and was wondering if it would worth while getting myself a core drill set for the holes ? Seems the dimond core ones are going for £90 odd I've already got a pretty powerful SDS drill to hook up to it, I looked at the ones...

I'm wondering if anyone can give me some help, I'm needing some knee pads for a whole range of different things mainly working with wooden flooring and was wondering if anyone had any thoughts? I'm mainly wondering if its better to get the trousers and put inserts in them Or would I be...

Hi I've a problem where the hot water is not flowing and was wondering if anyone had any ideas. This is a diagram of how the hot tank is set-up sorry for the dodgy diagram CH = Central heating .... The thing on the left is an external emersion heater as there is no internal one...

Hi I was wondering if anyone could help me with a few questions... I was going to start work on my house basically it has an extension that was built and the previous owner split it into a kitchen and downstairs bathroom and removed the upstairs bathroom making it a 3 bed. The walls...

Hi I'm looking for a bit of advice. I've just got myself a new house and wanting to put the bathroom upstairs from down stairs into a small bedroom. The hot tank is located down stairs and the cold tank is located in the roof space area. I was wondering about water pressure for the...