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Hi All, I'm shortly to be laying a slate hearth, and wondered what is the best mortar mix to use. It will be for a woodburning stove and so will get relatively warm. Do I jsut use standard mortar (with colouring) or do I need to use lime etc? Any advice on the best mixture to use is appreciated!

Hi All, I'm looking for some advice on the type of CH protector I should use...got a sealed system, WB greenstar CDi boiler, and WB hot water cylinder. I seem to recall the plumbers who fitted that little lot saying that we should use a specific type of protector because it's a sealed...

Hi, I've got a slate hearth that needs to be layed onto a relatively levelconcrete sub-hearth. What I really need to know is how to adhere the one to the other, and does anyone have any tips / tricks on ensuring that the hearth ends up level? In case it's useful, we've got a single piece...

Hi All, I've got hopefully a little query - looking for some tricks of the trade! I'm trying to install a radiator - I know how to do it, but with this one I'm struggling, because the pipes coming up to the valves have an S bend to get around the joist, rather than being a straight bit of...

Hi, Back in November we were having the chimney rebuilt on our three storey house. That required scaffolding (no access for cherry-pickers) and so, knowing that we would be buying a stove at some point in the future, we got a stove company to line the chimney for us at the same time (saving...

Hi, We've got a 200 yr old house, with 200 yrs worth of paint on just about all of the woodwork. We've probably got 15 layers of paint, the top two or three are modern paints, but the rest are probably lead-based. Nitromors gets through the top layers, but the lower layers seem just about...

I'm trying to disconnect some of the fittings from the top of an internal soil stack, so that I can alter the position of the toilet. This sounds like a silly question, but are there any tricks or tips for disconnecting the push fit soil pipe? (as far as I'm aware, it's pipe with a...

Hi, I've got a three storey house that needs central heating. I think zoning is the only sensible option, but not sure of the best way to do it. I think I should have a manifold per floor (4 zones each) rather than having one big manifold - does this sound sensible (wanting to reduce the...

Hi, I've got a 200 year old house with no heating or hot water. It's 3 storey, with 6 bedrooms (although some will be used as living space) and probably 3 bathrooms. I'm looking into zoned heating. We would however, need at least 12 zones. Underfloor heating isn't an option, and the water...