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Hi all, posting this on behalf of my dad. He has got a Worcester Greenstar 35cdi (approx 12 years ago fitted), Recently hes been having issues when calling it for heating. It sends the signal to the boiler, the boiler fires up, you can see the temp rising goes up over 100 then shuts off again...

Hi all, i wish to try and blend my ceiling in with the coving, the ceiling has been put up ontop of the old ceiling, plaster boarded, left the coving up as its very nice. There is a step now between the plasterboard and the coving. What filler is best to go along and smooth / blend the both in...

Hi all, i want to add some insulation to my kitchen ceiling as there is very very little there at the moment. Basically we added a new ceiling years ago, not attaching to old joists but added new ones. above our current one there is tongue and groove. We had downlights and the draught that came...

Hi all have done some work upstairs in house put new wiring up there for the sockets. Used 2.5mm t&e for the ring, however some of the cables run through 100mm insulation and some through 50mm insulation acoustic type. What size mcb should I use? I have done some digging about some days 32a be...

Hi all, currently doing the upstairs out. Have one slight problem, the room use to be 2 rooms it has been converted to one bedroom. There use to be a length of timber running along the ceiling where the old stud was. One room the ceiling has been done with a mortar mix and then plaster, the...

Hi all, currently doing the bedroom out. We are insulating the walls that's why battening worked out cheaper than getting the insulated plasterboard's. I have put all the vertical battens up 400mm centers, from floor to ceiling. Also put a batten along the center where the 2 boards will butt...

Hi all, currently in the process of doing our upstairs out gutting the lot. We wish to add 2 additional radiators to our combi system Vailiant ecomax 824e. Looking at the manual the max heat output is 18.4kw @ 80c flow 60 return. Not sure if you can work it out by the size of the current rads...

Hi all, just in the middle of creating a small wc in our bedroom. My question is can i run a 10mm pex pipe feed from our bathroom hot water pipe to the upstairs toilet basin? Reason im asking is because its about a 12 meter run of pipe was just thinking the boiler would heat up less water etc...

Hi all my brother in law recently plasterboarded a wall using battens and asked me to plaster it, only done few jobs in my own house. The problem is somehow the boards where they join have steps say 5-6mm step on the joins. I wouldn't tackle this with board or multi, would you recommend using...

Hi all currently sorting my upstairs out, chiselling all the awful mortar which is 2 inches thick lol. I plan to batten the walls and screw plasterboards to them. What size timber is recommended ? Was thinking of using 2x2 as I previously done in my bathroom. Is that the normal size to use...

Hi all, i done my kitchen out a few years ago and fitted standard gu10 bulbs in there. Having being a single storey extension and no insulation i get a hell of a lot of draft coming through all the fittings in winter its freezing out there. I did think about fireproof hoods but the void is...

Hi all, this weekend i plan to clean the system out using Sentinel x800 without powerflushing it. My boiler is a Vailiant ecomax 824e does this have aluminum heat exchanger or am i ok to leave it soak over night? I have also fitted a magaclean magnet filter to trap any deposits. Plan to...

Hi all, not sure if this is to go here or in plumbing. Basically, I have purchased a Hive active heating controller from British gas (supply only not installation). I ordered it yesterday so has not arrived yet. However, I am going to ask a friend of mine to fit is as he is a domestic...

Hi all, having had all this bad wind lately i realize its time to reseal the double glazing. I used a cheap silicone last time didn't last 2 weeks. What silicone is best these days? They have a few on screwfix website but if anyone can recommend one in particular that be great :) much...

Hi all i have a vaillant ecomax 824 2e boiler, however its developed a fault. When running any tap/shower etc, after 10-15 seconds the water drops in temperature, you can see it drop on the boiler display. On the status its showing up as status 53, which ive read is: S.53 Appliance is within...

Hi all, Got a bit of a dilema... Our Stop Cock in the house had quite a bad leak so i decided time to change it..... However the pipe coming in from the house is black and is 17mm in diamter. I was hoping this was just 15mm because i just bought a jg 15mm stop cock from screwfix. What is the...

Hi all, Today when running the hot water tap i heard a loud rattling/vibration noise. Noticed its coming from the boiler. It's never done this before nothing has changed from yesterday to today with the boiler. The noise comes when the boiler gets up to its correct temp noise only occurs...

Hi all, I would like to create some sort of insulation / sound proofing where my roller shutter door is. The door will not get used very often maybe once every 3 - 4 months or so. I would like to have my garage as a mini gym. However i want to insulate where my garage door is. I was thinking of...

Hi all i want to fit some vinyl lino the Roll type. I will be fitting it to concrete, what adhesive is best to use? ive never layed this stuff before. thanks in advance

Hi all, just done a little bit of plasterboarding however with walls being not square i have some gaps where the plasterboards butt upto each other. Whats best filler to use before plastering? can i just use normal caulk filler? thanks in advance Lee