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Good evening, I am after some help/advice. I have sse home shield boiler care. I have the above boiler serviced annually. 2 weeks ago I had intermittent hot water. The divert valve was replaced by SSE, it was noticed the expansion tank wa leaking, this was also replaced. When the heating...

Afternoon all, I have a company coming round on Monday to erect a fence in my garden. The fence will be on top of a 1m high wall. The fence is 50cm in height. The company came on Friday to do a little prep work. The prep work consisted of cementing and screwing length of 6" x 2" on to the...

I stripped all the old varnish of my front door yesterday(Saturday) and applied two coats of "Ronseal Super Flexible Primer and Undercoat" the paint went on well leaving a nice smooth finish. I rubbed down with 240 grit after the 2nd undercoat had dried. This morning (Sunday) I applied the...

I am after some spindles as per the ones in the left hand side of the picture. I have spent many hours looking but have been unable to find ones to match. Any help as to where I could get some would be great. Cheers Russell

I noticed on my worcester 28CDi the pressure gauge was reading zero. I went to fill up the water level. When filling up the pressure gauge was not rising and water was gushing out of the overflow outside the house. Suspect pressure relief valve. I have found a parts catalogue online and...

I have been doing a lot of work to my property. I have got to the point of putting the down stairs radiators back on the wall. At the moment they are all fed from 8mm microbore, since reinstalling them they barely get warm. I have bleed the system many times. I have very limited access...

I am after some advice if possible. I have just dropped a ceiling in my house and found terminal block which is on the upstairs ring. Before I re-board the ceiling I am wanting this sorted out. Not long had my CU replaced but this was not found on the PIR. Can think of 4 options open to...

Everyday on the way to work i pass a white post with 2 orange squares on top, have always wondered what they are for, if anyone knows please let me know, have looked on google but having no joy. Cheers Russell

I have been slowly doing up my house, skimming the walls as I go along. Skimmed bathroom, kitchen and dinning room so far. Pleased with the finish I have got. Now I have come onto my front room, The room is 4.7m by 3.2m by 2.35m high. The walls are brand new square edge plasterboard, all...

I have changed 2 door linings and now looking for doors. Got the linings from b&q, they measure 1992x686, the only doors i can see are 1981x686, am i right in thinking that the 11mm difference between the door lining size and door is to allow for flloring?

Was skimming a wall yesterday when towards the end got called to my daughters school, so was unable to polish the wall, is it possible to pva and applied another coat and then polish this? Cheers russ

Came to shut and lock my front door today and when turned the handle all that happened is the handle spun, took the handles off and the lock off. The square drive through the lock just spins, as i know nothing about locks i am looking for a new one, hope someone will be able to help me...

Coming toward the end of a bathroom re-fit and forgot to put any supplementary bonding in, the old stuff was removed when the bathroom was gutted. The flooring is down and the wall tiles are all on, so running the earth wire behind the wall is not possible. Is it ok to have an earth clamp on...

Please bare with me, laptop waiting to get fixed so using my phone to add this post, so no picture at the moment. I am about to tile my bathroom walls with white tiles 33cm by 25cm, going to be doing them in a brick effect pattern. I will be using a boarder made up from black gloss tiles 10cm by...

I am about to fit some laminate flooring which is tile effect, 4 tiles per board. I am unsure weather i should find the center of the room and work out from there(give even size tile at each wall) or like you would normally start in the corner of the room. Any ideas on the best way...

Bathroom all plastered, and dried. Had the bath roughly in position before to get the plumbing roughly there, Went to install the bath properly today and had big problems. You can see in the picture, the red line is where the wall is and the black line where is should be. I am left...

I am about to undertake my first bathroom floor tiling job, i have over boarded with 12mm WBP ply, i am using 600mm by 600mm tiles. I am going to use "BAL Single Part Flexible adhesive" as the tiles are a gray colour i am unsure if white or grey grout would look best, what do you all thing would...

In my local supermarket the other day and they had a barter board. The idea is if you need a plumber, builder, tiler you write on the board your request and what you have to offer in return, could be a trade you have or a skill. ie "Plumber required to fit a 3 radiator in return for a days...

I am due to have my fuse box replaced next week, for a consumer unit, before it is replaced I am in the process of removing the old wiring from the old heaters. When removing wires from the fuse box today I knocked the incoming earth wire and saw a spark between the wire and the fuse box case. I...

I have skimmed a few walls in my house, I am very happy with the finish. I am gonna try my first ceiling tomorrow, it is only 2.4m by 2.4m. The walls that I have done have all been plasterboard, on the ceiling I have flacked off all the loose paint. Should I do one coat or pva/water mix let this...