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hi, I have just bled all my radiators and have lost pressure on the radiator system to 0.6 bar, just below the 0.7bar required for the central heating to fire. There are two grey valves beneath the boiler for repressurizing I have turned both to the on position (and tried every possible...

hi, I have an extension in my kitchen with white wooden beams. Due to condensation, mould is growing on the beams. I am repainting and want to apply the best anti mould solution. I am considering a water based outside paint (dulux weather shield plus anti mould additive) which should...

hi, i have several standard kitchen cabinets which will have 4-5cm of decorative polystyrene mouldings stuck on (don't ask why!) making the cabinet doors effectively 6-7cm thick. Does anyone know of a cabinet hinge that can open with doors this thick? thanks t

Hi I have a 40mm walnut hardwood worktop. I wish to give the kitchen a 'boxed' feel so at the end of the units, I wish to run a 27mm thick piece of worktop down to the floor. This will mean joining a 27mm worktop to a 40mm worktop at right angles vertically down to the floor. The...

Hi Can anyone tell me where I can get a cheap jig for cutting just the holes for the bolts that join worktops. All the jigs I have found are expensive and can be used to cut the entire worktop in may different ways I just want to cut a bolt hole and don't want to pay £100plus for a jig that...

Hi, I am installing a washing machine and dryer with an occasional iron in the basement and need to install the sockets for these. I want to run a 3metre spur from the existing socket ring system on the ground floor. The appliances all used to be plugged into this ring system but now will run...

Hi, Just just had a large bay window bricked up, bond coat applied and then a skim across the entire wall including the window. I am installing kitchen units across the entire wall. The job looks fine but on closer inspection is no good. The part of the new wall where the 1.2m wide window...

Hi, I am bricking up a window with breezeblocks and a plasterer is coming to bond and then skim the new brickwork. How soon after the blocks are laid can this work be done? I am intending to do the plaster work the day after the bricks are laid. Is this too soon? thanks

Hi, I need a small access panel in my tiled floor. (not yet laid). I really do not want to have a large tiled manhole cover in my kitchen floor. In fact, I dont want to see anything. So my thinking goes that 1. I make an access door in the under tile ply wood and make sure the door...

Hi, A pro plaster is giving my wall a skim so I have a perfect flat wall for kitchen unit installaion. How long will a skim coat take to dry to the extent that I can hang cabinets from it (i.e. drill it and add wallplugs etc). I have a small time window to get the kitchen installed as the...

I have nice new untreated oak kitchen worktops. I do not want to oil them as oil turns the oak yellow, is not fully water proof, needs constant maintenance, and with each coat, builds up over time to give a shiny messy orange surface. I am going down the water based varnish route. Lovers...

Hi, I am putting my Bosch washing machine in the basement and I have no drainage. The distance from the outlet at the back of the machine to the ground floor drain is 5m horizontal and 1.5m vertical. I really want to avoid a sump pump. Can internal washing machine pumps handle this...

Hi, I am upgrading my water cylinder to an unvented system. My cylinder is in the basement so I am looking at getting some sort of sump pump to allow for drainage from the cylinder. Can anyone tell me how much water discharge I can expect from an unvented cyclinder? My impression is that if...

Hi, I have a single story bay window which I want to remove and brick up the whole so the inside wall is flush. The bay has a 1 foot wide lead roof and is rectangular in shape. As there is nothing above the bay, can I assume that removing the bay structure alone won't bring the house...

Hi, My grundfos 2bar -ve head twin pump packed up and I have bought a like for like replacement. The old pump (and new one) is located in the basement on the floor next to the hot water cylinder as it should be. Both the two inlet and two outlet pipes to the pump have a valve allowing...

Hi, This is probabaly really basic but please humour me. I have a 1m x 20cm strip of wenge wood that is 8mm thick. I want to cut it along its length in half. Howvever, the edge of my new strips must be at a 45degree angle so that if I hold the two strips together, I get a 1m long L shape...

Hi, I have a staircase with a newell attached to its base. The base is 100mm and I need to remove the newell and cut the base in half at a precise 85degree angle. The base is still attached to the staircase so I have to saw at an awkward angle. I don't trust myself to get the correct angle...

Hi Can anyone tell me on a cheap brand of shower pump that you can fit near the shower rather than (miles away) in the basement. My shower is on the top floor at same level as water tank and my cylinder is in the basement so I suppose the 'pump' needs to suck rather than pump. I just need one...