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Hi, I hope someone can help. I've just taken up some terracotta tiles from a kitchen floor, but in some areas they have taken the badly-layed screed with them and left holes up to 30mm deep, some down to the insulation :-/ I'm having someone come to apply a latex screed to the whole floor...

I have a flat in a large modern block (about 10 year old) and the management have declared that to bring the block up to 2013 regs the current gas boilers need replacing as the flues are unable to be inspected along their length. The supposed discounted options given to us by a large company...

Anyone used Ezy-drain? It's a drop-in system to create a soakaway for a septic tank or other soakaway. I need to repair my saturated soakaway and it looks like an easy solution. A day with a hired mini digger should do it. Just wondering if it has any drawbacks or if the performance is...

Hi all, my septic tank is failing and now is the time to connect to the main drains I feel as we'll be doing another extension soon that will require this. However, rather than connecting to the road, we have an agreement in writing to be able to connect to next doors drain system. The...

Hi everyone, I have this model boiler in my house heating six radiators and supplying hot water, it's about seven years old. Just today it started making a little more noise than usual and was squeeling when it turned itself off. At the moment, it appears to be on though perhaps a...

Hi, I've installed piped underfloor heating in my kitchen extension and it will be eventually be connected to a manifold in the old kitchen that will become a utility room and a bathroom. I won't be doing these until the new year so the floor remains unused. In the old kitchen is a...

Hi, I have a terracotta floor in my old Victorian house. I don't think it's original but it's seen better days. The tiles are still all in one piece and would look fine if they were cleaned and resealed. However, the grout is filthy and it makes the floor look very grubby. I've tried...

Hi, new user here, been browsing for a while and now I have questions! I'm going to build some cabinetry for the kitchen and I like the sound of biscuit joints: strong, accurate (with a decent jointer), quick and neat. I know they will be fine for carcasses etc but what about...