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Hi, have an unvented hot water system (no central heating) and a solar panel on the roof with its own storage cylinder. I want to put the solar water straight into the houses hot water feed on a motorised valve operated from the thermostat in the solar panels cylinders thermostat. Is...

Hi, can anyone tell me what would be the best saw to use to trim down hardwood doors (and other items) to get the best finish. Ie would it be one of the use and throw type saws or an older fashioned saw that you sharpen the teeth of or an electric type? Basically I want the finest cut without...

Hi I extanded the pipes from the main flow and return to my radiator (the pipes that branch off to the rads- lets call them mini F & R for tihs post) by about a meter and added an elbow on both mini f & R and now the mini flow gets hot all the way up to the rad but rad doesnt get hot &...

Hi Chaps Ive put a rough floorplan of my flat here I want to lay wood laminate all through the flat (except bathroom and wc) what im not sure about is if it will look ok just laying it continuasly through the whole flat i.e no joints between rooms do you think it would be better...

Hi Chaps Ive put a rough floorplan of my flat here I want to lay wood laminate all through the flat (except bathroom and wc) what im not sure about is if it will look ok just laying it continuasly through the whole flat i.e no joints between rooms do you think it would be better...

Hi will be laying some laminate floor soon on concrete floor that is 2 storeys off the ground. would this mean that i would still have to lay a waterproofing layer? thank you

Hi all had a bit of problem today with ring main. i dropped acro on a socket that was due to come out, and it made a loud bang, one of the negative wires had blown and one of the positive was blown, i stripped the wires back down and reconnected but when i went to the fuse box to change the...

im refurbing a flat at the moment and i have concrete floors i have removed the skiring in one rooom as i wanted to put the skirting straight onto the laminate so to irradicate the need for beading/ quadrant. has anyone tried to take skirting off that has been glossed and refit after a light...

Anyone got an elephant gun?? http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-building-inspector-is-coming/4od#2931427

Hi seen a couple of posts covering this already but no deffinitive (if there is such a thing) answer Ive got a couple of kitchen refurbs coming up and wondered if you think it is ok to get one of the cheaper jigs that are being sold on ebay or to spend the extra money on a decent one(ie...

Am i right in thinking that these are thermostats or just heating controls? does anyone know if i can do a straight swap with these units with something a bit more modern? i tried to find the original manafactures but came up with nothing. there are 3 of them throughout the flat...

Hi All Got a flat in 4 story block of flats concrete floors want to knock kitchen into lounge, the wall is 2230mm in length. put in 4 acrows and took wall out leaving 1500+ either end for rsj. when i knocked the wall out the blockes were 2.5" wide (not surewhat you call these...

Hi guys do you know what company make these as im trying to extend a 3 year old kitchen but not sure where the guy got the doors/units from. b&q make the length of 715 but not the colour that i have... tried: Magnet b&q Homebase Howdens benchmark wickes any ideas? Tris

A word of advice for anyone that has a roofrack instead of a VAN!!! when strapping the ply to the roofrack, make sure that the overhang at the front is not too big as you will lose your wood (the front part at least) and pi** off everyone that is driving behind trying to go round the mobile...

Hello Chaps I need to replace the glass in a metal framed window, question is, can you tell me what sort of adhesive i should use? (will the linseed putty alone be sufficiant as adhesive) and also could you tell me what paint to use when painting over putty? Is there a mix that i can get...