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hi guys,i have a bit of painting that need doing,on some wood and some smooth masonary,all black. my question is,which will work/look the best. wood paint on masonary or masonary paint on wood.the wood is high up and will not be noticed as much. i know i should buy a tin of each but if i can get...

hi guys,i have a old potterton ep200 controller,was looking for replacement and im looking at this. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Potterton-EP2-Twin-Channel-Programmer/dp/B00OTTRUYW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487115225&sr=8-1&keywords=potterton+ep2+programmer+electronic+2+channel the problem i have is...

hi guys,was wondering,my wife locked herself out of the house last Saturday around 12noon,i wasent here so she called a locksmith company,dont want to name them yet but they seem a big company who likely sub-contract out most of there work,or francise it out. he drilled out the ERA yale...

hi guys,ive got a question,my Honeywell hot water valve,2 port,will not open when I request it from the boiler control,boiler will not even fire up,been having trouble for a while now and 2 motors and the whole valve changed plus the sensor on the boiler replaced,it allways works for a bit then...

hi guys,i cant get hot water only from my boiler,i have to have the CH on aswell to get hot water,there is 2, 2 port valves upstairs,both the little levers have compression when u pull them across,but when the CH and HW is on the lever on the HW is floppy,ive changed the HW valve and motorised...

hi there,i turned off my hot water/central heating at controls and went on hols for 2 weeks,when I came back, turned back on at controls and now I have to hot water,boiler fires up ok but there dosent seem to be any signal being sent to the hcv in the bathroom.no probs with the central heating...

hi folks,was looking for some help,my neighbours roof and mine are joined,ie all one unit,today he got a roofing firm in and took up the middle tiles and put in some kind of silver alloy joint down the middle and then put the tiles back down,they also flashed the chimney. I remember him saying...

hi guys,after my last attempt at fixing my CH motorised valve,i got the system drained,valve replaced,but the header tank was full of soft sludge,the system was refilled without adding the inhibator. what im going to do is tie up the ballcock,plug the hole into the system and clean out and wash...

hi guys,i have had a corgi 2 port zone valve fitted on my CH system about 2 years ago,bought new,link below. my question is can i remove the acquator? on it like the honewell valves with the dimple on the cover to save me flushing the whole system. many thanks...

hey lads,im going to tile the floor of my local pubs toilet and was wondering if these will be good enough,floor allready prepped with self leveling compound,was looking at the porcelien tiles but more expensive and a lot harder to cut. any advice muchly apprecieted,cheers...

Hi there,my CH stopped working so i changed the motor on my 2 port honeywell valve. CH works fine now but the valve does not close fully now and leaks a bit when the CH is off and cools down,does not leak when CH is on and heating the house. Did i miss something when i replaced the motor as...

need some help/advice guys,i changed the motor on the HCV valve when i stopped getting central heating,got it going again but when the valve is closed there is a leak,it dosent leak when the CH is on,only after its off and the pipes have cooled down. when I wired the new motor up there is 2...

hi there,need some advice,my hcv in the bathroom,i changed the motor and had to spin the valve around a bit to get at the little screw and now the valve is leaking. my question is if I use an adjustable spanner on the bottom nut and the top nut,which way tightens,dont want to go the wrong way...

hi there,im painting my wood front door,primer,undercoat and top coat of satinwood,now I have some clear floor varnish left over,can I use that on the door or is there special varnish just for doors,many thanks

hi guys,in looking to tile the outside of my house with slate tiles,the problem is the ones I really like say for interior use. the area will be about 2m sq and will take any foot traffic into my house and neighbours house. its pretty uneven so will be using a morter mix to lay the tiles...

hi again,awesome forum this,was wondering anyone got any ideas on my problem. when I turn of the hot water from the control panel I can hear the control valve closing upstairs,its a loud whirring sorta sound and only lasts until the lever is fully closed. ive tried wd40 sprayed down between...

hi there, need some advice,i got a wall,3ft high and nearly 1ft wide,its been rendered and painted years ago. I want to build 3 plinths on it,1 each end and 1 in the middle,2 bricks wide and 4 high with a 1ft square,30mm deep concrete pyramind pier cap on top of each. now can I lay the first 2...

hi there,hope someone can help,i tried to lift an intregated manhole cover,ie,paved blocks sitting inside lid.got the handles up on both sides but no way it was coming up,ended up pulling the whole frame and a load of blocks around it out. even when i got it all out,tried battering it out from...

hi again,got a problem and hope someone has a fix. the 2 motorized valves where changed last year,everything working fine until yesterday,no hot water. with hw and ch off,the little levers on the valves have pressure and when pushed fully over they return to the normal setting. when i turn...

hi guys and girls,my neighbour had a leak in his kitchen,his builders where in today and reslated his side of the roof,before there was ridge tiles running down the middle seperating the two roofs,this is how they left it,there is a metal kind of drain in the middle now but my tiles dont connect...