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Detached 4 Bed house. 10 year old Worcester Greenstar 40 CDI boiler. When this was plumbed in the system was changed - The CH top-up tank was removed, an expansion tank added, together with a pressure gauge outlet and top-up tap. I guess that means the open/vented system was converted to a...

I have a basin mixer that has always been tight and with fairly low flow of water - just about suffice pressure & mixing functionality. Now mixer has loosened significantly, and no water coming out. I'm thinking it means either a broken cartridge (replacement) or a whole new faucet? The Mixer...

I was going to insulate my loft under the Government’s CERTS-backed scheme using Mark Group (Yea haa?) - but was hesitant as they refused to deal with boarding and electricals properly: That scheme has now expired. According to Mark Group's survey I have 70 sq meters of loft with 25mm of...

We need to get a new sink & tap for kitchen. Planning on getting a Blanco (BlancoMetra XL 6 S Silgranit) which comes with: Cleo BM6100 chrome tap With 3.5inch pop up waste kit BFK003 Plumbing kit (BTW also planning on fitting an InSinkerator 65 (with airswitch) too on a new...

I'm trying to pick a water softener to go in a newly re-modeled Kitchen: House is family home, normally 4-5 people, 3 bathrooms, but often 7 people, and sometimes 12 people when guests visiting) Listed below with Pro's (+) cons (-) are the models I'm considering at the moment - I would value...

I'm not a builder / technician, but I am a bit techy. I'm getting to floor stage on an 12 sq. m extension to a 17sq m kitchen (ground floor). We want to put in underfloor heating in the new larger floorspace - water circuit, not electric. The house is a 1960's detached. existing...

I'm doing a small Kitchen extension. Front of house. Site is slightly sloped going down to house from the road. Most of the area is crazy paved driveway on a hard concrete base of 2-3 inches. Trenches were dug to 1.7m to keep inspector happy WRT youngish oak Tree 11m away. Concrete...