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We currently have a through the wall fan in the bathroom which is ... "rubbish". Apart from performance and noise (to the point where SWMBO will switch it off before showering), it's at the wrong end of the bathroom - as far from the shower as it's possible to get. I'm thinking of putting an...

We've just had a Keston S30 installed in our rental flat - it was the only option that worked for flue routing, and even that was tricky. There's something I can't find answers to in the manual - and I note the online manual is an older version (04/2023) than the printed on (09/2024) one that...

Anyone like to offer an opinion as to the function of this hatch ? It's clearly been built as a hatch - lined and with trim underneath. It's on the landing in line with the top of the stairs. Underneath (last photo) there's a sort of shelf at door top level, accessed from the under stairs...

As a stopgap measure, in some rooms I have Salus RT510RF stats which I've paired with two receivers - one receiver in the room controlling a thermo-hydraulic actuator on the radiator, the other in the cylinder cupboard to switch the pump*. Eventually the plan is to hardwire everything as I...

I know this has been asked before - and I've read some of the answers which seem to come down to : * Make sure boards have been kiln dried & acclimatise for at least a couple of weeks. * Little difference between redwood and whitewood pine. * T&G red/whitewood boards -> ply -> OSB or chipboard...

Our old Stihl strimmer has packed in, and the local dealer says it's too old to get parts for ("it probably has a "Made in W Germany sticker somewhere on it" the mechanic said) - but I'll look into that another time. So it thought, the split shaft tools I inherited has a strimmer - but the...

A while ago, while looking for something else, I came across a video on Youtube where someone was making a big deal of selling euro cylinders with "stubby" keys that can be left in without stopping the other side of the lock being used. so you can leave a key in the inside without locking anyone...

This is in the tank at the church hall, I suspect the battery is low or flat. A while ago the display was alternating between a reading and "c", now it's showing "r", and the red LED is flashing. When I try searching for instructions, I get lots of hits for the newer types, but few that look...

We have poor dynamic pressure, so if someone opens a tap the shower reduces significantly. With certain taps, they reduce the shower to a dribble. Is there a valve that does the opposite to a PRV, reducing the flow if the inlet pressure drops below the setpoint ? I.e. it'll throttle the tap...

1940s (we think) ex council house. The main roof is slate, originally with torching & no felt - so I assume the bay was done the same. I'll shortly be replacing the facia and soffit on the bay. When I did the main ones at roof level, there was virtually no gap between top of the brickwork and...

Not sure whether this should be here, in doors and windows, or decorating ! I finally got round to looking at the front door. The frame had movement when we bought the house, luckily it turned out to be a simple "not fitted properly" problem rather than any of the more serious problems that...

I need to adjust daughter's front door but not certain how. There's two small screws on the back - which are completely loose on the top two hinges. Is it simply a case of screwing those in, or something else ?

I've been having some interesting conversations with my engineers - in one of our properties the boiler is well overdue for replacement, but hasn't so far due to problems routing a flue to comply with current regs. The boiler is in a garage underneath the flat. At present, the flue goes through...

I'm replacing soffits and fascias, so have the chance to put a bit of conduit from the soffit into the loft. Planning ahead eventually we'll have a fibre service instead of the current copper - eventually being the operative word in our case as our exchange is merely down for "some time in the...

It's this system again ... As I mentioned at the end of that thread, we decamped to the church hall for a couple of months - smaller and cheaper to heat. Left the church just running on the frost protection, till it ran out of oil because I'd not been keeping a good enough eye on it :rolleyes...

Old Ferroli combi boiler (with the combi function no longer used, I believe copper HE), directly charging an approx 170l thermal store. Does everything I want from it - or will when I find time to get all the controls as I want them (individually controlled rads, variable flow temp depending on...

One of our lasses asked me to look at the floor in her spare room - there's been a hole in one place for a while which they put a sheet of board over, now another hole has appeared : It's crumbly round the hole and easy to break more bits off - I can literally grab the edge of the board with...

Situation (as if you'd not already guessed) : Extension built about 10 years ago (by previous house owner). Paint appears to have been applied to fresh plaster without a mist coat. So with very little provocation it peels off. And now we're re-decorating - doing some alterations (extra sockets...

Is it me, or is the trend these days to make everything maintenance proof - i.e. once built there's no 'king way to do anything to a house short of hacking stuff apart in a way that didn't used to be needed :unsure: I was brought up in houses with traditional floor boards - this is the first...

We have a house where the previous owner built an extension - 4mx5m approx living room. When I first looked at the house I knew the floor wasn't "right" - there's part where you can feel a slope under your feet. But like a lot of other issues, the benefits (house is the right size, garden big...