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Posting here as I don't know who to ask for help/ what tradesmen can advise me. In the last year an occasional whiff has turned into a permanent stench coming up from under the suspended timber floor. We had a rat problem last winter which was solved but has left the loft insulation smelling of...

Hi, My oven decided to go with a flash and soft bang last week when the wife went to switch it on. We switched the isolator off, turned the fuse box back on, then forgetting to turn the oven on/temp knob off, turned the isolator back on. The oven came on and heated up as normal, and then...

Said he's installed 200 of the vitoden 100w, had a problem with 2 of them. Has had the same boiler himself for 9 years without issue. Warranty is boosted to 5 years as he's trained with them. Seems an good guy, our kids goto the same school so i'd be nagging him everyday if there was an issue...

I may have misread, but is 5TIMES having a go? If you must know I have a modest 8yo family car and live on a very tight budget. Its taken most of this year and no family holidays to put this money together for a new boiler. I've had 4 quotes on various boilers which all came in around the...

Thanks for the replies everyone. I'm in North Manchester. So scratch vokera and glowworm off the list. 3 of the installers said a flush was unnescesary. Lookin at boiler prices against quotes, installers are all coming in around £400-£450 + boiler cost, which seems fair to me, but not if...

That explains that one. Forgot to add a quick pi of the drain off radiator water:

Hi there, Had 4 quotes not for central heating boilers, 2 guys out of the yellow pages, 2 recommended. Prices seem reasonable all round, but everyone manages to cast doubt in my mind over using them. First problem is boiler selection, I've sat and read countless 'which boiler is best'...

Hi, Moved into a house with a converted loft bedroom. Its been freezing up there this winter, which leads me to believe the texture painted plasterboard ceiling is nailed to the roof beams with no insulation. Any ideas how I can insulate? Thanks!!

Be aware that your water supplier will deny responsibility at every step - It took me a jetting company and a drain surveying company before by supplier would come and have a look. Turned out it was there responsibility, was only a blockage. £5k? Have you been in touch with your home...

Note to self, read what you've written before posting it... I footed the £95 the jetter asked for on friday, water board paid for the rest. If they'd have just come out the first time i'd phoned them (before i called the jetter) I'd have paid out nothing. Of course they insisted the problem...

Hi, Just thought I'd follow this up. Now unblocked!! I Cut a hole in the pipe (like a slice of melon) on Thursday evening. Stuck the drain rods down, got to 30ft (and off my boundary) and came to a bend in the pipe, but no blockage. Couldn't explore further, so called in a jetting company...

Hi, I know there should be standing water in the trap of a gully, but should there be standing water in the drain pipe that runs to the main sewer? Just trying to get an understanding of my blockage. I've had 30ft of drain rods down the pipe and not run into any blockage, theres a bend beyond...

Er, not sure of the history between you guys, but am i ok cutting holes in pipes or not really? I'm concerned about repairing said hole. I noticed this on screwfix: could I cut a section of pipe, unblock the drain, then put this over it?

Softus, I have been looking into full arm gloves.... whats the other device you picture? Agile, I would rod back towads the house from the alley sewer, but the pipe must take a turn somewhere to end up in the direction it meets the sewer at compared to its path from the house...

Hey, it worked. magic. On your 3rd point, would it be ok then to drill a 20mm hole in the top of a drain pipe and use it to stick drain rods down to stab at the problem? I'd have to just use the rod with no attachments, otherwise risk a larger hole.

Hi softus, I know drain rods are my tool of choice, but I have no where to stick them - I cant access the straight stretch of pipe, only the trapped gully. I dont think drain rods will go through a U trap and round a right angle. links to image: (i hope)...

Hi, Basically i've got a blocked drain and no access to it to give it a good rodding. I can put 2 buckets of water down the trapped gulley and get nothing back up. A 3rd causes the water level in the trap to rise and flood - the system backs up on itself. If I leave the drain 20 mins the...

My old gaff had a boxed in soil pipe running 4 metres, starting 6" off the ground, sloping to ground level where it left the house. Never had any problems in the 2 years I was there. 'not much of a slope' is my answer! BTW, I didn't know this, but a soil pipe does not actually contain soil...

Thanks fo all the advice!! Probably is a bit dangerous. I could always cut the tree from ground level. Theres about 2 square miles of woodland, 1 tree isnt going to be missed.

Thanks for the replies, and the spelling corrections - I did spot that one but was too lazy to go in and edit it, You all knew what I meant anyway. I don't have a neighbour for the tree top to fall on, its in a wood next to my house. Its an ash tree, so will attack it in the coming month. Was...