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Can anyone recommend a good quality timber folding loft ladder? It will be used regularly so would prefer something with larger treads that is easy to climb with a shallower pitch angle.

We have just purchased a property which was in need of a rewire. The rewiring has now been done and the plasterer was due to start in a couple of days. However on inspection some of the chasing is not deep enough in a couple of areas and the metal plate sits outside the depth of the wall...

We are thinking of having the chimney removed in one of the bedrooms to make way for a staircase straight into the loft. Potentially want to turn the loft into a fourth bedroom. What would be involved in doing this and if the chimney was removed in the bedroom would this mean evrything above...

We are in the process of purchasing a property and from experience I had an electricity test carried out at my own expense. The property was built in 1965 and from the electricity report it is in need of a complete rewire. The property is currently a rental property and the tennant was...

We are looking to purchase a house that is approximately 40 years old. Our mortgage company has already done a survey and the valuation has come out satisfactory and the the mortgage been agreed. The property has been double glazed at some point in time and a couple of years back the whole...

We currently live on a main road where a bus service operates every 10 minutes from early in the morning until late at night. We had UPVC double glazing installed last year which has made a difference but you can still hear the vehicles passing by. If i was to install secondary glazing at...

I had to make an opening in my upstairs chipboard flooring to access a leaking central heating pipe. I have found the leak and hopefully plumber coming out to sort it tomorrow. The question i have is can i repair just that section or do i have to replace the whole panel of the chipboard...

We are looking at replacing and tiling our bathroom and have found some rough porcelain tiles that we really like. However the tile has a jagged design and was worried that when the sink, toilet, shower and bathroom accesories are put into place then wont be against a smooth surface and wont...

We are looking to change our old conventional G rated boiler. It is currently a potterton prima 40f. Looking to change it to a 12kw baxi solo A rated boiler. Reason we are looking at 12kw is so that we can use the original gas line otherwise we would need to run a new gas line from the...

The pressure on my worcester 24i junior combi is running way too high when using the central heating and is rising to over 3 bar! Did a bit of research on the forum and tried pumping the the expansion vessel with air. I did this by draining the system so that the pressure was down to zero...