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Hello DIYnot community, I'm after a bit of advice, I am converting a double garrage into a study/office, thought I'd do it right and get building control notified etc, all is fine apart from the nice lady said i need 25mm free air ventilation as the roof (pithced) is unvented. She told...

Right then! I am in the process of hacking my central heating about, did have a vintage oil boiler but have decided to go green and get a log burner with back boiler (rated at 9kw to room and 9kw to water) the existing system has a 28mm gravity dhw circuit which is fine and a 28mm vented...

Hello all, I have just moved into a new house built circa 1938 and I am in the process of doing the dowstairs loo which involes new downlights, I have removed the shower and pull cord lightswitch and noticed the ceiling was made of board rather thatn lathe and plaster which is what I...

Hello all, I have just moved into a new house and it currently has a vintage oil boiler that costs a fortune to run and is properly clapped out, my question is..... Am I being stupid by thinking I would be better off to get a multifuel boiler stove to run a majority of my central heating...

Hello all, after a bit of advice, I have a chaffetaux maury combi boiler with a horizontal flue that extends approx 3metres through the ceiling to outside, I have been installing loft insulation and found that the only thing fixing the pipe in places is the cowl outside, the whole assembly...

Ok i've got a bit of a problem and am unsure who i can get to fix it, Earlier in the year we had a plumber in to do some central heating work for which he needed to turn of the mains which he did on the rising main stop cock in the house this then started to leak after he left, so...

I may be foolish but I want to have a go at building a garage myself and unsure about which type of construction to use Currently in place is a detached timber item that is solid but leaky draughty and has no solid concrete floor just old paving slabs and rubble from where the old outside...

How doo, i'm looking to fit a new bathroom suite, and want to replace the wc but am unsure / apprehensive about taking the old one out. I have seen other posts relating to the outlet of pans being cemented into the floor / clay pipe, other posts say that the best way is to smash the pan...

Hello all ive just bought my first house and recentley moved in, alls fine apart from the plumbing seems to be a bit of a botched diy job, every time i run a bath or use the hot water tap on the basin for a while the tap in the kithcen airlocks, is this something that can be easily...