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Hi All Putting gravel over a lightly sloped tarmac path. Using a plastic Gravel Grid to keep gravel in place. I want to fix the gravel grid down. To a certain extent the gravel will also be holding the grid down. Not much force on the fixings. Was thinking of using self-cutting concrete...

Hi All We have a Vaillant EcoTec, PDHW design install, with a MegaFlo unvented cylinder and also a Stuart Turner Mains Boost vessel and charger. Looking for someone to check the PDHW is properly set up, do a service and also fix an issue with the Stuart Turner install. Trouble is finding...

Hi I have a garden wall which in some places is two courses high, in others about 10. It's a sloping curves wall. It's poorly built. I need to do a short term (3yr) fix to make is slightly more presentable. There is no DPC. The soil side is bare brick. I've read that it cannot be rendered...

Hi All A new to us heating system but without any guidance or handover given, so we are a little lost! The boiler is showing low pressure and needs to be topped up. But I cannot see where or how. The cupboard has Vaillant EcoTecplus 630 Megaflo Unvented cylinder Water Softener Any...

Hi I have a small garden retaining wall. There is no damp proof course. The brick is directly against soil. I want to render the wall. Will the render stick? Will the bricks get damaged further by the rendering trapping the moisture? What render should I use? Many thanks

Hi All Grateful for a product recommendation please. Looking to distribute the following to 8 TVs. The distribution amplifier will unfortunately have to be out at the furthest point from the aerial. The aerial run goes from the roof to the basement. The aerials wiring then goes from the...

Hi All Due to out incoming water supply, we were advised to have an accumulator Our engineer reviewed and specified and was to install a 330litre Salamander Accuboost Pumped Accumulator. These are now completely out of stock. Instead we are being supplied with A Global Water Challenger 300...

Hi Please can someone let me know the minim serviceable area around a Megaflo System Ready Eco Indirect 300L It's being housed in the same cupboard as the boiler, just trying to working out how close the Megaflo can be to the Boiler. The Boiler has a minimum 5mm gap requirement. But a...

Hi all I've been looking for ages and I am stumped. I would like a system that can control : - system boiler and modulate it - unvented HW cylinder - one zone of UFH - Two zone of Elec UFH - operate smart TRVs Everytime I think I've found the answer, I find some issue... Wiser doesn't...

Hi all We've got an old Vaillaint Ecotec 637. There's a header tank and an old copper HW cylinder. If we turn on the CH the boiler does not fire up. If we turn on the HW the boiler does fire up. If we have the HW and CH in at the same time, the boiler heats the water and one rad, but turning...

Hi Guys This is a follow-on from thso thread: https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/is-this-as-terrible-as-it-looks.585203/ In short we unfortunately hired one of the bad guys. Despite him having many good reviews (Checkatrade, Bark, Mybuilder, RatedPeople) we were left in the situation of the...

Hi, I've had a nightmare with this roofer from the moment he showed up. He's also just been awful demanding his money (the majority of which I've paid) despite him not finishing the job yet and leaving my property like a pig sty. QUESTION: Am. I going to have loads of problems with this roof...

Hi I currently have a lintel that is D230mm x H160mm It across a single garage. It has cracked and needs to be replaced. The builder has said he cannot get a lintel that is 230mm Deep. He therefore proposes to bolt together TWO 115mm deep timber posts. The lintel has nothing above it...

Hi, Before i contact Thames Water/OFWAT, looking for a bit of advice as to how to present my issue. The situation: - Thames Water - Pavement immediately outside my property there are TWO stop-taps. - 1 stop tap = my property. 2nd stop tap = next door. - My water pressure sometimes drops...

Hi The previous owners were awful at property maintenance and it appears that an overflowing gutter left for years has caused this section of Cornice to get damp. It now has a crack running a couple of metres. The gap isn't too large. I'd like to try and save it. We are having work done...

Hi Guys If you'd seen my scribblings on a piece of paper you'd laugh. Please can someone with a few more braincells help! Toilet is to be on Upper Floor of house Soil Pipe must be run along joists, it cannot drop into ceiling below. Joists are 7 inches deep Soil Run is max 7 metres (likely...

Hi All I see this has been covered before, and I've searched, but grateful for a bit of advice. Thames Water have been renewing the mains and pipes, up to the pavement stop cock. Everything is new. I went a spoke to a couple of the blokes working for Thames Water doing the work in the...

Hi Firstly, gutters are 3 storeys up, I don't ha e a ladder, nor head for heights to fix this myself. Water comes off a large gable end, rushes down, hits the gutter, then the water splashes over the edge of the gutter. The gutter is half round plastic. (note this only happens on one side of...

Hi All We've moved into a "new" old house. We have the following - Vaillant Ecotec Plus 637 boiler - very old copper hot water cylinder in basement - header tank in loft. Something is tripping the circuit that the Boiler and Cylinder are on. We do not need hot water from the Cylinder. As...

Hi I've got a Victorian house with tall skirting boards. The sockets are in the skirting board. I want to limit disruption to the skirting and the wall. If I'm having a partial rewire / do other internal works requiring Regs (no extensions, just removal of internal walls and inserting...