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thanks for your reply. The Corgi guy just said it was dead and not worth trying to get it fixed. He mentioned some parts of it had melted. How much should i budget to get a new fire, hearth surround etc? Including installation. I was hoping to get it all done for around £500 or am i being too...

well lets assume the chimney is fine as the house was built in the 1960s.

Hi, I've got a Magiglo Elite ME16T gas sitting in my fire place (i've just moved into this house). It does not work and needs to be replaced. - confirmed by a CORGI engineer. You can see a picture of the fire here: http://www.sydenhamracketsports.co.uk/fire_web.jpg As you can see the...

we think the source is rotting floorboards - there was an old water cylindar that had a number of pin hole leaks in it that has now been removed. Underneath the cylindar were a number of rotting boards - just next to our bedroom where the smell was coming up through the floorboards. The area is...

nope, boiler couldn't be further away at the back of the house - bedroom at the front.

the paint isn't water based - it is dulux floor shield. There is an old water cylindar in an ajoining room which not longer works - perhaps there was a small leak from here......... sounds like i need to lift up my nice newly painted floorboards in any event and see what lies beneath....

Hi, I have recently taken up an old carpet and painted the floorboards white in our bedroom. I have since noticed an intermitant gas smell coming up from the boards. It is not the paint as it has been some weeks since i decorated. I even called the emergency gas number as i was convinced the...

Hi I want to paint the floor boards in my bedroom white, questions: 1) Do i need to sand them with a floor sander first? 2) Do i need any special paint / how do i prepare the boards for painting? many thanks Dan.

thanks for your advice guys, i took this advice: "Go on the corgi-gas website and look up some local companies and get some more quotes. British gas can be quite expensive http://www.trustcorgi.com/consumers.htmx" I have someone corgi registered coming round at 5pm this evening to give...

Hi, I've just had British Gas quote me £3,203 for the installation of a new boiler. The boiller they said i should go for is the worcester bosch 28i. I have just moved into a very small terrace house with 2 and a half bedrooms and just 5 rads. 1 Bathroom. The salesman said the boiler has...