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A figure of 1.6 is thrown about for a cavity wall and 2.2 for a solid wall, however that cavity wall figure is wrong. I've just drilled 2" holes in my 70's cavity walls to fit polystyrene beads n the draught flying out of them blows the beads back out!! prior to doing this, I could feel the...

I have a combi so I only need single channel, I also want to hardwire the thing n have no intention of talking to the thing on the phone or internet. Does that mean I can just buy the thermostat n it will work?

Everyone in the world is obsessed by mobile phones n apps..................except me! I need a new progstat for my intergas combi..............I don't want a nest n I don't want to talk to the stat via my mobile or the internet, I realise this makes me a weirdo, but heyho that's me. What I do...

I'm extending the garage n porch across the front of my house (3 feet forwards and 25 feet across), It won't be 'lived in', you've told me I need PP, but can I just go ahead once I have PP or will I need regs approval too?

I have a 1960's detached house with an integral garage, I want to extend the garage forwards by 3 feet in order to butt up to the front elevation of existing porch (this will also increase the width of the porch by 4 feet), I know the permission document says permission is needed if you want to...

I'm all for insulating everything I can (including the 55mm cavity walls in my 1960's house with polystyrene beads).....................BUT...............whilst being effective, it probably aint as effective as what people assume. 2" of any insulation will only slow down heat loss, would anyone...

I've been tiling me bathroom.............I just love the way those naughty little spacers are desperate to leap out the tiles the second ya start 'adjusting' them!! Anyway, I've been using screwfix cement adhesive for the wall tiles, can I use this for the glass mosaics?

.............n there's a million facts n figures to support it n given the choice, I would live in a brick house with 24" walls, 12" of which would be polystyrene, but that aint gonna happen. So, lets say I have a modern house insulated to the latest standards with a gas boiler n radiators...

I'm fitting a smaller window in my bathroom today (12 Dec) (each side of the opening will be bricked up by 9"), I'm thinking of adding some frostproofer in the mix, does the stuff actually work?

I've just moved into a house, had a new boiler fitted, but the plumber hasn't wired up the UFH. This system has been superseded by a control centre and 2 wire actuator heads. Can anyone tell me please how to wire the heads (2 greens, blue n brown).

The kitchen and dining room in the house I've just bought have wet underfloor heating (2 circuits each with a roomstat), it's about 20yrs old and the manifold has leaks. I've just had the boiler changed and now to remove future aggro, I'd like to sling out the old manifold and bung in a nice...

Hello plumbing whizzkids, I've just had an Intergas 36 installed with a magnaclean and an inline scale reducer magnet thing.....................BUT...................do those magnet things actually work???

The rear of my house has a downstairs extension and a 2 storey side extension that goes out 10 feet at the rear. I'd like to make the last remaining rear bedrooms larger by adding an extension over the downstairs one and adding onto the side of the existing upstairs rear one. The house is...

I'm moving shortly into a house (5bed) that has a potterton Suprima boiler, years ago I had one of them n it blew a board every year!! I have no doubt it now has the 'upgraded' board, but why mess about the the nasty old thing?, just sling it out n the cylinder n get a combi. I think an...

I only want to fit the things once and don't want problems 5 years down the line, so, I won't be buying from Wickes, BnQ, Selco etc............if you want trouble free, you have to pay a quality price to get a quality product. So...............which manufacturer am I going to go to??

A cold roof is supposed to have ventilation to dry out condensation....BUT........surely if you fit vapour check plasterboard on the ceiling, there won't be any condensation therefore no need for ventilation or am I wrong?

The vertical tiles on the upstairs of my house have previously been painted with tile red paint, it is all flakey, so I've wire brushed most of it off. I want to prime the tiles so this don't happen again in the future......what would you recommend?

A mate was walking along holding his granddaughter's hand, she started crying, so he looks down at her n asks what's the matter, she looks up at him n says 'my feet are too busy'

My daughter is buying a 1930's house, it has an extension, PP was granted for this in 1967, the solicitor says 'Ooops there's no building regs sign off'. But there must have been a time when there was no such thing as building regs. Could the extension be pre building regs approval?

This morning I bought 2 bags of bonding n one multifinish from Selco. I smacked on the bonding, waited 2hrs n went over with the multi............jeez, the bonding sucked the life out of the multi..............had to spray the wall so I could keep the multi workable. What went wrong?........the...