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    Ravenheat RSF82E problems

    Hi, We moved into our house about a year ago. The boiler has never been quite right, it's always difficult to get constant hot water out of it. The boiler was installed in 2003. The boiler in question is a Ravenheat RSF82E, we have a 4 bedroom semi-detached house with 7 radiators and a...
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    Expanding Foam....

    I've never used this stuff before and it all went pretty well until clean-up. I had the smallest pea (can't have been a few mm across) on a tool and absent mindedly cleaned it in the sink... Few hours later.... Honey, the sink appears to be blocked...... Had to dismantle the...
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    Floorboards in bathroom

    I'm renovating my bathroom (which was a bit of a bodge). We have ripped up the old ugly tiles and now are left with the original floorboards from the 1900s. They seem to be in pretty good nick so we are planning on keeping them as they are and painting them. What's the best way to seal them...
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    Joist Insulation + Electrics

    Hi, I've insulated underneath my floor (between the joists) using 100mm celotex insulation sheets. The space is in the cellar and full or rubble so the room above gets very cold in the winter. The space has some electrical wiring in it (from the main fuse box) and some gas pipes (the main...
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    Excavating Cellar

    Hi, I've recently bought an 1870s end-terrace and it has a narrow cellar underneath the stairs. There is a bricked up wall which leads onto another room though it's been mostly filled with rubble. My question is this, is it worth removing the partially bricked-up wall and excavating...
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