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Hello all Last night, I removed a radiator from my kitchen, since it is going to make room for some kitchen units. I intend to put in an under cabinet central heating kickboard radiator at some point, so wanted to keep the feed and return pipes and the valves as they were. So, I used a...

Hi all - I hope that I can get some help with a water pressure problem I have. Background is that I bought a 1907 farmhouse last year and, during the winter had frozen supply pipes into the house. The mains supply is cast iron until it hits our boundary, then turns to 32mm MDPE as it runs...

Hello all. I have a roof problem that I'm hoping I can get some advice on. I have a two floor 1907 farmhouse that has a ground floor gable end extension. The extension has a slate roof and the abutment between the extension roof and the wall of the main farmhosue is weatherproofed by lead...

Hi all I recently had a local plasterer do some repairs to a wall in my utility room. The upper part of the wall was fine and didn't need any work - but the lower part needs to have some rough areas and channels repaired. I asked the plasterer whether I needed to mist coat the new plaster...

Hi all Looking to se if anyone has any experience of using a Grundfos Homepump, like the one in the link: http://www.bhl.co.uk/product/GRUNDFOS_HOME_BOOSTER_SET_COLD_WATER_37_BAR_PUMP My water pressure and flow rates aren't good enough for an unvented cylinder, since the private pipe...

Hi all Need some help and advice with the roof of my 1907 farmhouse. Bought the house last August and have a slate roof that buts up to keystones on the main part of the house. Also have a gable end extension that also has a slate roof. So, have the following problems: 1. On the main...

Hi all I have a potential problem with a concrete floor in a utility room that I need some advice with. The concrete floor is lin my utility room which is a gable end extension to the mail house. The concrete floor is level with the outside drive, and there are a couple of steps up into...

Hi all - would be graetful for any help with the following: I currently have a hot water system that I inherited when I moved into my house about 5 months ago. I have a Grants outdoor oil fired boiler which has two pairs of feed and return pipes. These pipes appear to seperately heat the...

Hi all Have used this forum a lot over the past year, but this is the first time I've a problem that I can't solve. I recently bought a house that has a recently installed (1-2 years ago) central heating system. Whiel the downstairs radiators work fine and are hot from top to bottom, I've...