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Just coming to the end of redoing the downstairs hall and installing a downstairs loo, final job left is to tile the floor but i don't know what sort of floor i have. It's a solid concrete floor with a smooth brown shinny surface. is this the damp proof membrane what is it called ? can i tile...

Hi all, I'm looking to tile our hallway, I've done a few bits and bobs in the past but never a whole room, although it's only about 2m x 1m. I'm a little concerned that i will need a special adhesive to go over the floor as it's covered in a shiny brown what looks like damp proof membrane. It's...

My father in law had just built a new shed at the bottom of his garden and would like a phone in there so he can ring his wife when he wants a cuppa! Problem is it's nearly 200ft from the house, he doesn't mind running a new telephone cable down the duct with the power cable, but will it work...

Hi all, I've got a bit of an interesting dilemma. I've installed a couple of large water butts inside our conservator to act as a thermal store to prevent temperature spikes. They heat up slowly in the day helping to reduce high day time temperatures and then slowly release the stored energy...

Hi there, I've got a problem with damp in our downstairs loo. There has always been a little bit of black mold on the wallpaper ever since we moved 10years ago but i'd put this down to it being a cold external corner of the house which was poorly heated as the radiator in there hardly...

Hi all, I've come across a bit of a problem in a house that i've never seen before, it has all electric heating, 10 storage heaters and 2 imersion heaters in the hot water tank. My problem is one of the existing 30A fuse holders that feeds 2 of the storage rads has overheated and melted part...

I'm looking into a way to prevent my central heating from coming on if my log burner is lit in the lounge. I basically want to install a 2nd room thermostat in the lounge above the log burner, so that when the fires lit and it quickly gets above 25C it will prevent the normal room stat in the...

I'm now totaly confused :!: I've been given a load of reclaimed engineered oak flooring whicj i intend to lay in my lounge over a solid concrete flor. It was removed because the new owner didn't like the colour and had only been down a few weeks! My friend who carefully lifted it told me...

I've managed to aquire acout 120m² of Oak Engineered flooring that was removed from a building after only being down for a few weeks. Its got a good 6mm of real oak on top and is 22mm thick overall, so it looks like it's good quality. It has got small traces of glue left on the touges and...

I've got a problem with a thermal storage set up basically the system is a thermal store heated by a gas boiler also running the central heating. The thermal store is fitted with a mains fed heat exchanger coil which on exiting the thermal store goes through a mixing valve to a preset...

Hi all, I've got a couple of questions regarding the instalation of a log burner with a back boiler. I've looked at a couple of systems to link it into my existing centeral heating but if you consider the additional costs of the installation, it will take years to pay back so i might as...

i've just finished building our new garden room (basiclly a timber frammed conservatory. The wall adjoining the nebiours is timber clad as is the lower part of the glozed walls and door. My girlfried has decided that she wants the timber cladding painted in a off white colour like apple white...

I'm getting a build up of a clear jelly like substance in my feed and expansion tank for the central heating. It's a new system with all the correct system cleaners and inhibitors in. I've emptied the tank washed it out and refilled it and added a fresh dose of fernox, but still after about 6-8...