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Hello Are there any tips for wallpapering around obstacles, in my case I have a narrow space that includes four corners with curved coving going into the wall, so I have to paper around a range of different sized curves. As I'm using patterned paper, I can see it going pear shaped and cursing...

Do you suggest I need to check the power to ensure it's still 'live' or for other / compatibility reasons? P.S. in the meantime I noticed that Amazon seem to have them slightly cheaper: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Danfoss-Randall-FP715SI-Heating-Programmer/dp/B001HB9LAG Thanks again.

Thanks HertsBoiler, so would you say I need to just buy one and replace it? i.e. spend the £70, it's not a 'fuse' issue or similar?

Hi all I had a power failure earlier due to a dishwasher fusing. Sorted that, but I assume it had a knock on effect on my heating system. The Altech thermostat box downstairs is fine, the power box underneath is fine too, but the box above (not branded, assume Altech too - before our time) is...

After having an old gas fire removed and smashing out the 1970s brick surround, we are now back to the location of the original Victorian fireplace, which is to say, a hole in the wall, that I recently had swept. As luck (or foolhardiness) would have it, I've just purchased a largeish wooden...

Sorry, gents, been waylaid. This has all been very helpful, thank you for the responses!

I guess this is the best place to put this! In have a side path that I need to get rid of before winter comes. The person who lived in our house before us, stuck a path on top of the existing path, raising it up and tipping it inwards so that when it rains the rainwater scoots straight down...

Hello Chri5, many thanks for the advice.

We recently removed a laminate floor in the dining room of our house (lived in it for 3 months). At the back of the house, in the far corner of the room the floor there dipped an inch and a half under the skirting board. So, I removed the floorboards there today to see what the issue was and...

Hello Diyisfun, thanks for the reply. Possibly, but I assume the underling in a nationwide chain will have less flexibility to knock down their prices, and in the unlikely event they could, their marginal offer would still not be half price or less than the sale price which is what the...

Update: Well, I got a quote out of interest for somone to do this for me. 6 metres by 1 metre, remove old path and relay slabs on sand and cement. £900 for cheque. Ouch. So rather than playing with cement it seems advisable to do it myself with more of a dry mix and slabs..

A quick question that someone here may be able to help with. I need to sand four or more rooms and a hallway in my house. The floorboards are fit for purpose and in the long run better (£) than carpetting throughout. I would like to avoid though paying £2.50+ per sheet though at the hire...

Thank you Hugh. I am also now wondering whether it might be easier... to do it with gravel and a few slabs, once the old path has been removed. Will have a look here to see the right layer combination (sand, dry mix, gravel/slabs etc) and whether the more porous nature of gravel is not a...

Many thanks for the advice above and the link to the website, will have a look and consider the help/slabs option too.

We recently moved into our house. It has a couple of damp issues. One reason seems to be that the path along the side of the house was cheaply replaced some time back by covering the path that was there previously. Now it runs at a higher level alongside four air bricks that run along the...

Yes and no gasservice1985. Spot on with Isar, but was orange replaced with (used) orange, so will prob look at sticking it on some plan until it can be replaced with something better. We inherited it, sadly, didn't choose it.

Hello Dan, thanks for asking. In the interim I had the same guy back (as removed the fire) who spoke to the boiler technical team and thereafter took the 'plastic box' out and replaced it, seems it was the transformer that had melted, as could be seen on the outside of the box once it had...

Hi Fireman T Thanks for the reply. Yes other gas appliances all work and he was gas safety registered. The boiler did work immediately after as I had a shower. Then not. It's 3 years old so I was surprised (perhaps I shouldn't be) to see it go within a couple of hours of the gas being...

I had a gas fire professionally removed recently and a few hours later our gas boiler stopped working. Odd coincidence. The boiler just will not switch on. It is not a fuse issue. Might it be to do with something else related to the earlier removal? Like to get an idea before spending...