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morning, we had our extension finished a few months back, noticed its very cold even though we have two radiators (bigger than were there before although on one side of the room) the skirting board has not been installed yet but there seems to be a draft from the black (think its the damp...

Hi all we had two radiators installed , heating has been on and it looks like it's pushed through the wall, I can't wobble it it seems pretty rigid where it is, I guess the heating on has made it move. Never seen anything like it I have messaged the plumber tonight but I'm assuming the whole...

Afternoon, I had an extension built which started at the end of February 2025, the build should have taken about 8 weeks, but in the end it dragged on for 3.5 months due to delays with materials, etc. The builder was decent in many ways but very disorganised - he always left ordering materials...

afternoon all Ive had nothing but issues with my gate since it was installed a couple of years a go, but today it opened fine then wouldnt close, its showing a Err 3 code which seems to be photocells, ive checked those and they have not been hit or moved, one side of the gate the sensor has a...

Hi all , I ordered a taller fridge freezer for more space finally got it in today (despite arrow XL scratching my floor bringing it in the house) but I've got a problem. The doors of the fridge freezer do not align with the outside cupboard doors, the fridge before was 177cm and this one is...

hi noticed last few days that there was water under the boiler, manage to get the camera in there at its this pipe, upon zooming in you can see there is a tiny crack in the pipe, is there something i can block the crack or is it a case of cutting the pipe and putting more in its place...

Cant make our mind up on bay or flat window for the extension, the opening is only 1360cm, so we could get away with 60cm 3 pane bay window, the rest of the house has bays that's why i think it will look better, builder thinks flat window. Flat or bay? what do you think.

hi all i have a David wilson house, built 1997, builder found a brick to match the house but its a deeper red than what is on the house, ours is quite orangey, tried googling David Wilson orange brick but didn't give me any clues, bit of a guessing game really. the closest i could...

hi all, where do i start, April 2023 we decided that we would like to extend our lounge out to the side of the property to give us some more room, we also plan on creating a pantry style cupboard behind the larger extension and have a knock through from the kitchen to access that pantry (we plan...

hi all, been reading through the posts about replacing the battery, i last replaced it in 2020. I have the new battery and a engineers code Do i type in the engineers code, then pull fuse, then undo the cover and replace the battery? or dont bother putting it in engineer mode and taking...

hi all, ive been left to sort out a sliding gate track, the concrete breaks up every few months, and the actual track is now moving up and down when a car goes over it. Gate company have gone bust so im going to try to tackle myself, plan was to buy a new track, the guy there asked is it...

morning, i need to take the u-bend off the bathroom sink which is mounted on a cupboard/drawers, there is about a 5inch opening and i just tried to use some adjustable water pump spanner, i cant really get any movement on it to open the waste pipe. is the a particular spanner or wrench for...

hi all, i was just discussing and showing my project to one of the builders at our workplace whos doing some work here, we are going for outdoor porcelain 600 x 600 tiles, i've got a sold base of mot type 1, there is alittle more leveling to do, but when i showed him, he said for porcelain...

Hi all, we have a wireless lighting system installed in our house, its about 10 yrs old, no switches on the walls just a remote control. About 6 months ago The pendant lights about the sink were on constantly on and it was the transformer, I bought some bluetooth bulbs and for a few months...

morning all we recently had some pallets and scaffold boards as a cheap decking option until we decided whether we could go for the composite decking or paving. having tried the decking for 3 years we didn't like it. We have seen some nice porcelain tiles 600 x 600 , ive uploaded some...

hi all, i've had my extension plans drawn up and after they were sent to me he said i will need to find a structural surveyor. I employed a structural surveyor and he has drawn and sent plans to me, i've been sending those to builders to get a price. A question as i'm getting several...

Hi ive removed the stump (hedges were here before) I was going to get someone to relay the driveway upto the hedges but budget cant stretch. instead ive bought a 5mx 1m artificial grass offcut, for a small area would you still MOT type 1 and then sand it and wacker plate it all down? or...

hi had a gate fitted and the remote buttons will open gate fully or they open just for a person to come through, if you call the gate to open then it only opens and closes fully, is there any way to set it to open like the the remote control. I have the NET230N DEA fitted as the control unit

looking for ideas on trying to tidy this gate channel/track, i cant make the concrete level as the gates wheel runs along it. i've clean with a brush on the stones, just looks shoddy but driveway is on a slope so the track had to bed in that side for a level gate. was thinking maybe grey...

Hi all im looking for some help I have the ecoplus 428, its about 7 yrs old, the boiler was initially showing a F.29 and a f.28 error code, but it was mostly showing f.28 when i reset. I bought a new PCB unit and the plumber replaced it friday, it was working after he programmed it to the...