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Hello The hot water is too hot. I have checked the water on the boiler and it shows 45 when the boiler isn't fired up. When it is fired up, it increases to 63. I have read online the DHW should be set between 50 and 60. I feel mine is actually set at 45? Any advise please?

Hi I've had a problem with a toilet cistern - basically it started to continually leak water into the bowl from the cistern. Plumber has been out twice now and the problem has now come back. The last time he came out, he replaced the syphon and it appeared fixed for a few days but has now...

Hi I'm doing a feature wall for my son's bedroom - no chimney breast and no large pattern. Its just brick effect wallpaper. I've worked out that it's five and a half widths/drops of wallpaper. Where do I start my papering? Also, I seem to remember my dad telling me that I paper away from...

Hi This is a follow on to my earlier question regarding the baxi boiler. The house is a one bedroom starter house and it's very small. Currently the boiler is located in the kitchen in a floor based kitchen cupboard. It is a conventional boiler. On the external wall there is a guard -...

Hello I have a small baxi boiler mounted in a small 1 bedroom house. There is a thermostat in the living room but for some reason it does not work. There are TRV's on all the rads, apart from the boiler. This radiator seems to stay on all the time (I think it is something to do with...

Hi I'm looking at having the whole of my house cladded. At the moment about 3/4 is a sorted of pebbled painted render and below that, the bottom of the house is flush brick work (pic attached). I havent had any builders round to quote yet so I dont even know if is possible. Is there a method...

Does anyone have an idea of the cost to buy the concrete woodgrain effect coloured cladding. I've googled but I can't find any prices. Also, how do you calculate how much you need? The cladding will have an overlap to look shiplap.

Hi I've got two venetian blinds that I want to put up in my son's bedroom. Please bear with me I'm a woman with a drill in my hand but I don't know what to do properly. I've googled a you tube video that makes it look easy - but I know it's not! I'm mounting onto plaster/brick. What size...

Hi We are in the process of having our bathroom finished off. I've got a handyman in to do a few bits and I asked him if he could 'fix' the toilet seat. Basically, it's all lined up and you sit on it a few times and then it starts moving. It is a slow shut toilet seat. The handyman has...

Hi My boiler (Vailiant 837) has been fitted but the plumber has left a bucket under the condensor pipe. He has done this because, later on, I'm relocating the washing machine. I will be having a hole knocked out of the wall and waste put directly into the drains. He said he will finish it...

We have bought the above doors from Wickes, the doors have narrow vertical panels cut into them : I don't want to paint them. I'd like them to look natural. What is the best product to decorate with - do I have to varnish or can they be waxed? If waxing, is that better than varnish? Many...

Hi We have bought the above doors from Wickes, the doors have narrow vertical panels cut into them : I don't want to paint them. I'd like them to look natural. What is the best product to decorate with - do I have to varnish or can they be waxed? If waxing, is that better than varnish...

I have uploaded a picture. The wall is double skinned. I went round to the next door neighbour and the wall has started bowing on their side but no evidence of the weed coming out. The weed has definitely got in from my side and is growig inwards. I need to make the wall safe and obviously...

Hi I bought an Erbauer Electric Plane for my husband to plane down a few doors (bottoms). First door, triming off 8mm. He did it in 2mm increments. Great job. Next door, he had to trim 20mm. He did it in 4 mm increments but when finished the bottom wasn't flat, but it was slanted. Does...

Hi I've got a corner bath that has to stay put for a few more years - it might even come back in fashion soon! I need to replace the bath panel - I ordered one but it has come up too small. Please tell me how to measure corectly. The bath fits into the corner of the room and both sides are...

Hello The taps (plastic) are missing from the connectors on the filling loop and there is a rubber gromit missing - identified by Homeserve. They want to charge me the earth to replace. Can anyone tell me where to order these parts please? The boiler is a Vailient EcoTec. Many thanks. George

Hello 5 years ago I had the interior of my dads bungalow skimmed. Two years on we had really bad rain that penetrated an external wall and came into the bedroom. We used a dehumidifier and eventually it dried out. But some of the plaster became damaged with sort of raised bubbles in a few...

Hello I have to redecorate my fathers bungalow. He has lived there for 5 years and it was freshly decorated for him. He mainly smokes in the one room - between 20 and 30 per day. Is there anything I should do to treat the surfaces before painting? Also, all the woodwork is oil bound gloss...

Hello I am getting ready to part-tile the bathroom and would appreciate some advice on preparing various areas. At the top of the bath I have created a small stud wall to hide the shower pipes. The face of the wall is Aquaboard so I know I am good to tile on this. The side of the stud wall...

Hello I have been having trouble fitting a wooden curtain pole above patio doors. Finally got the pole up but a week later the fixings have come out of the wall and the poll fallen down. I used the screws and raw plug that came with the pole. There is a lintel above the patio doors. I'm...