Search results

As you may guess, it's a new build. There's a lot of chipped bricks and what I feel is pretty poor pointing all round. Or am I being a bit picky? What's your view on the quality, or lack of? Cheers

Hi everyone, Our boiler is directly under our bedroom, the main heating feed and return pipes run directly where our bed is. This can make things very hot for all the wrong reasons. Would taping a thin layer of insulation foil on top of the floor (under the carpet underlay) help block rising...

We had a patio laid in October (delayed from August). It's in lovely 900x600 ceramic patio tiles. It was laid by a company, not me. So it's not really DIY as per se! While clearing a path through this week's snow, I noticed some of the tiles are "creaking" when weight is put on them. (No...

Any views would be greatly appreciated on this one! We had our garage converted in Nov 2014 to a room to use as a study. We used a contractor who arranged everything and all the trades. Today, I had an electrician replace some outdoor sockets and a run of SWA that feeds them. He wanted to know...

Hi everyone, I'd appreciate your opinions on our current situation - what would you do? -- House bought 3 years ago (1999 build). Moved in, noted the boiler fan was very loud and had it serviced. Engineer said fan could be on it's way....but could also just carry on and work for a number of...

Hi guys, I'd appreciate your comments on this. TLDR; Is this bacterial growth? Quick clean out and bleach should fix? Maybe a biocide? ---- Usually keep the system well maintained. Six months ago drained and bleach cleaned the header tank (was generally OK, only had 2-3mm of sediment. Hadn't...

Hey, We've bought some trellis to soften up the top of the harsh 6ft fence and put some climbers on too. I noticed that the bottom of the trellis has a channel. There's no drainage so I'd assume this means it'll collect sitting water and promote (eventual) rot? Is this nothing to worry about...

TL;DR; Is it possible just to buy just the outdoor unit? All I can find online is a full split kits with indoor/outdoor. The outdoor unit is a KFR-66GW. (for ref, indoor unit is LD-24CHS) I can't find that specific unit for sale on its own, so do you have to buy like-for-like, or can you use...

Our living room has 9x halogen downlights that I'm planning to replace with fire rated fittings and dimmable 5w GU10s. Current fittings are 12v, each light with a transformer all cabled with 2 core square - no earth. I have to swap out the 2 core for 3 core to reintroduce earth*. Cable run...

Turns out that our bedroom light (8 x 5w LED downlights) is wired into the smoke alarm circuit - as labelled on our RCD. Looking online it seems that this is OK in a domestic setting, where the smoke alarms have a backup battery, etc. Is it worth re-wiring them so they run on the actual...

This is more of a telling off for my own carelessness and a reminder that LABELS ON A UNIT MIGHT NOT BE CORRECT and you can't trust them, unless you did the install.... While not a disaster, it could have been. Our house is 15 years old. Extension is 10. We bought it 14 months ago and I've...

Hi, I'd really appreciate any help so I can try to understand what this issue could be better. I've read around a lot online but can't find anyone describing a similar issue. When the boiler starts from cold, there's a large 'thump' from one of the pipes near the boiler (or that's what it...

The downlights in our living room are 'open' downlights (not fire rated), MR16s in parallel with 35w bulbs. Each fitting has its own 12v transformer. Since some fittings are covered by insulation (single story extension) I plan to swap them out with Aurora UNIF792SN - which can be covered with...

I'm replacing a load of 'choc blocks not even wrapped in insulation tape under insulation' which junction boxes. Example: https://img42.com/0pvmr I'm aware there's a few options on these (standard round junction boxes, Wago, Hager, Ashley, etc) - but has anyone used 'debox' available from...

Our MA1 sometimes (about 10 times in the past 14 months) 'sticks' in a non-resting position (i.e. Mid or Heating). The only way to 'reset' it is to remove power from the unit via the isolator switch. When power is removed, it goes back to a 'resting' position (W)ater. The spindle on the valve...

I'm slowly getting down to the 'minor' issues in the house we bought last year - this is one of them. On our front door, the barrel is about 2mm too short of being flush with the plate and about 0.5-1mm of meeting the plate (which is the issue) It seems entirely secure and locks fine, but it...

Short: Does anyone know where the freezer drainage hole is for this model? (It doesn't seem obviously visible and I'm not keen on removing the radiator as it looks pretty involved) http://www.tesco.com/direct/indesit-ctaa55-fridge-freezer-a-energy-rating-white-55cm/134-0782.prd Background...

The question is: Is having an air con unit being fed by a supply that goes through an outdoor IP66 RCD-socket unit against any regs? -- Long story short, we moved into a new house and it appeared the air-con unit in the conservatory was dead. Turns out it does work - it's actually on a...

Hi guys, The heating in the house we recently bought sometimes acts a bit strangely - I'm assuming it's the 2-channel Horstmann H21 programmer, but I'm not entirely sure. Obviously, I'll get someone in to take a good look but if I can just replace the programmer or thermostat to solve the...

Hi guys, We're having our integrated garage converted into a room which we're planning to carpet. I've just noticed that the new chipboard floor has been brought level with the hallway floor. Is this right / standard? Will it allow underlay and carpet to be fitted without a really high...