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I have had my quary tiles lifted to find crumbling top layer of concrete underneath concrete was ok. Its the been screeded with sand and cement left overnight to dry and next day its had laybond screedmaster ultimate put over it. I have a few concerns 1.the council did not use a dpm under the...

Hi I live in a council house and we want some flooring in our hallway. We are not sure yet what were gonna have but either be vinyl laminate or tiles. The house currently had tiles in the hallway laid on top of some other small orange tiles. The proper tiles were dipping near entrance and in few...

Hi I live in a council house and we want some flooring in our hallway. We are not sure yet what were gonna have but either be vinyl laminate or tiles. The house currently had tiles in the hallway laid on top of some other small orange tiles. The proper tiles were dipping near entrance and in few...

Is there anything I can do to hide the wood underneath the upvc window sill or any other solutions to make it look more better. I was thinking of plastic corners and scribing to fit the wall. Can I close it up or would it cause any problems ie wood could rot Thanks for uour time for reading...

hi i believe this is the most preferred method of installing laminate flooring when it comes to door frames. I have a few questions 1. is if it take this approach will I have to remove anything off the locking mechanisms and have to use glue? Or is this not the case? I ask as Im...

Hi I have fibreboard underlay in the instructions for the underlay it states if using this product on ground floor you should also use vapour barrier or damp proof membrane beneath the underlay. The ground floor is wooden floor boards and there are 2 rooms I need to do. There is a small section...

What can I use to hide the brown line .not sure if colourfill will help as there is nothing for it to sit in

Hi all I have 3 lots of 1000mm(L) X 700mm(W)9mm(D) exteria ply which i have screwed into the floor boards in 3 different corners of the dining room. I have done this so I can place my fridge freezer, washing machine & dryer on. I Have left an expansion gap of 6mm between the ply & skirts. I...

hi all i have done a google search and forum search but coudnt find any related info. Problem im having is my kitchen sink overflow pipe leaks at the connection to the sink waste just above the trap.It pushes onto the fitting on the waste and is leaking. any ideas on this one anyone? I also...

hi just wanted to double check as been advised by someone that i need an ir test done as when decorating i took the plug sockets and light sockets away from there back boxes, I stil left the electrics side (wires)connected. Mind you i also changed a batten bulb fixing into a pendulant one, so i...

hi i have 2 old radiators where the blead valves are on the back of the radiators. Unfortunatly both radiators are leaking from blead valves. i dont think i can remove the entire blead valve out from the radiator as its just a round circle, not the type which i could turn with a tool. The only...

i am changing a batton light fitting to a pendant in a room. but im stuck enfortunatly. Currently i have disconnected the old fitting and have just 2 wires coming out from the celing. The 2 wires each have a 2 core and earth. 1. I take it one of the wire is the power in and the other is...

can a ch system be balanced if the radiators had the trvs and lockshield valves on the wrong pipes? the trv and lsvs are bidirectional (flow both ways)? thanks

i need to replce a 15mm copper pipe piece and replce it with new peice, the peice come off a tee peice. problem is the is water in the pipe how does one remove this? i have a syphon typ thing rubbish one really. it has 2 small hoses and one manual pump. Is there no pump i can buy that will suck...

hi i fited some new valves to 2 radiators yesterday but i was getting some drips i had a few questions 1 can ptfe tape be used on the valve body both ends ? 2 i used the old nuts and olives on the copper pipes should i have used new thanks

on a britony combi when boiler is set to hot water only the pressure reads 1 bar but when i switch it to hot water and radiation the pressure gauge shows different much less than 1 bar. 1 i beleve the boiler should be running between 0.7 and 1 is this right? 2. is the pressure change when...

i tried to drain down my central heating system today, however i failed. i have 2 drain cocks located downstairs. 1 in the hallway and 1 in the dining room. the boiler is britony combi 100. i connected a hose to hallway drain cock and turned the square thing but nothing came out i cudnt remove...

hi im going to drain the ch system on my britony combi 100 to fit same rads and trvs on. i wanted to know how to shut the boiler down correctly to allw me to do this. 1. turn the control knob on the left all the way to the left which is off 2. do i need to turn the tap under my kitchen...

hi im going to be put a few rads on a sealed system with new trvs. i wanted to know 1 if i should also put a new valve on the other end? 2 am i right in saying its called a lock shield valve? 3 are they bi directional? 4 once fitted should i position the valves to open position then use...

hi just a quick question. when connecting trvs to rads i understand the copper pipe giving or taking the water from the valves needs a olive on. 1 is it the same for the end that goes into the valve from the rad end? 2 this is a really silly one does the olive go into the adaptor end...