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Hi, I live in a old terraced house & we have an internal wall between our bathroom & kitchen which appears to be suffering from damp. I have pulled off the rotting skirting boards and door frame to find the brick is slightly dark with moisture upto a foot off the floor. There is some...

I need to check but I guess if it is 32 or 40amp.

Hi, Ok I have decided to stick with gas hob with an electric single oven for my kitchen project. My old hob didn't have an electic ignition but I will obviously need to conect the new hob to the mains. Here is my question:- can I replace my existing electric cooker consumer unit with one...

Hi, Next week I am due to refit the kitchen and as part of the job I will be replacing the gas hob. I checked the current installation and I can see the gas supply connects into the top right corner of the existing unit. Question, when I buy a new hob is it best to buy it with...

bump. if anyone does have any ideas I'd much appreciate a post thx

Hi, I have just turned the combie central heating on to find that after about 5mins I get a lockout light. It supplies 6 rads with 4 currently on but it never seems to last very long before the lockout. Is there anything I can try to resolve this myself? Things that could factor in this...

John, I will come back tomorrow with more info ta

Hi, My kitchen already has a electric oven and I am now considering fitting an electic hob to replace the gas one. Are there any regulations regarding doing this yourself and not using a electrician? We have a special circuit that already powers the oven I assume we can also supply the hob...

yes MFI have a "sale" on that ends tomorrow night... I rather like some of the product lines I have seen at IKEA but their nearest branch is 60 miles + away. I need somewhere local to Newbury which pretty much limits me to B&Q, MFI or Homebase.

Hi, I am looking to buy a kitchen in the next week or so and wondering what the best place is to go i.e MFI, Homebase etc I am looking to spend below a grand on a small kitchen and fit it myself. Can anyone rec anywhere i.e had a good experience, know of a sale etc (bw I am in Berks) any...

Thanks for the tip. I am only up the road in Berks so I will give them a call tomorrow

Hi, I did a nasty scape on my car roof whilst removing my windsurf kit from roof rack last month. The scape is a about a cm wide and not pretty :twisted: . Can anyone advise what the best course of action would be, the car is 3 years old & I am short of budget to have it professionally...

Hi, today I replaced the thermostatic valve on the living room rad and I then refilled the central heating circuit. All seemed well as I turned on the rad and it heated up as expected. shortly afterwards I noticed a very occasional drip coming from the horizontal cap nut where it is...

I am going to paint the front of my terraced house this weekend since our builder has partially re-rendered it. Tomorrow I will purchase a emulsion based masonry paint for the job (probably Johnstone's Stormshield , Crown Stronghold, or Sandtex trade) but can anyone just confirm a few...

Hi, Our builder has just completed rendering the outside of our terraced house. We now wish to prepare the wall and then paint it. Can anyone advise me on what preparation I need to buy, what type of paint and how many coats are required. Also some of the pre-existing rendering is still...

Hi there, Does anyone know of a UK retailer that sells lean to greenhouses that fit into a corner? We have a walled corner in our garden that I would like to put a greenhouse in. I am sure I fitted one of these for my Grandpa several years ago but can't see any on google. I guess I could...

Hi there, Bought a turn of the century terraced house last year & found that it requires a certain amount of attention in relation to dampness:- the survey says 'readings were taken with an electric moisture meter which revealed evidence of rising dampness in the bathroom, kitchen and the...

Hi, Can anyone advise on effective ways to remove grout? We tiled the bathroom some 6 months ago and we are unsatisfactory with the quality of the grouting so would like to start again. Is there any products you can use to soften the grout or is simply a case of scraping it with a sharp...

thanks for the info

Hi, I have a puma potterton 80e boiler and have been noticing a nasty scraping noise several times a day. We are running the CH constantly but normally only have 1 rad on in my son's room upstairs. Last night I deliberately left the rad on in the bathroom and found that the disconcerting...