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We’d like to get a new carpet for our hallway, stairs and landing. We have had a quote and annoyingly a join is going to be needed on the landing. This is apparently because you want to keep the carpet all in the same ‘direction’, otherwise it might look wrong. The join can be avoided simply...

I replastered the ceiling above my shower cubical (see picture) and sealed with Zinsser Bulls Eye then gave several coats of Dulux Easy Care Bathroom paint, but after a few months the paint has started flaking off. Is there a more robust waterproof paint that someone can recommend that won’t...

Sooner or later I'll need to get this boiler replaced (although I'm tight so it'd have to pretty much corrode away to nothing before I did!). The house is a 'system' setup, with a megaflo tank, but as you can see in the pic the boiler is a conventional boiler. The pump/valves/expansion tank...

As you can probably see, my en suite ceiling needs sanding back and replastering. Is there a clever way or knack to remove these combined downlight/extractors from the room? It’s in the apex of a roof so /very/ difficult to get to the other side of it

I have a peculiar problem and I wonder if anybody has any ideas. I've experimented thus: The megaflo tank is full of hot water. Put the kitchen tap on hot, with no other taps on. Temperature at tap is 38ºC (i.e. poor). Now, with the kitchen tap still running, turn another random *cold* tap...

I have just moved into a house which has the above unit fitted. According to the manual, it's a "Combined Primary Storage Unit (CPSU) for Domestic Hot Water Supply and Central Heating". A little different to a standard combi-boiler, given that it has a thermal store. The system pressure on...