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Do concrete fence posts have steel reinforcement bars in? I have a fence post right in the middle of the top of my drive that I'd like to get rid of; it's surrounded by tarmac, so digging it out isn't really an option. I thought about either cutting it with a stil-saw (but will be too dusty)...

I've been told that some smooth masonry paint will work wonders on a wall that ideally should be skimmed. Wall in question isn't in great condition, has a lot of scraper marks on, which will be filled and sanded, also some areas where paint has come off with the wall paper, but been reprinted...

Can't get my boiler to come on for either heating or hot water! There is power to it, I've go through the reset procedure, there's no air in the system as far as I can tell, I've bled the rads and the pump. The room thermostat is also doing its job. The overheat protection hasn't tripped...

Might be a stupid question..... I have a couple of old duvets about to go in the bin, could they be used as additional lagging on my hot water cylinder in The airing cupboard? The cylinder already has a tank jacket strapped to it.

We have a conny at the moment, we'd like to demolish and build a proper extension instead. Going to apply for permission etc... Hopefully in the near future. However, there is a sealed manhole under the floor at the moment which would have to stay anyway, but my questions are; How do I know...

Hi, The flue fan on my ideal classic boiler seems to be running noisily at the moment, I suspect that the bearings are on their way out. Is replacing the fan something I can do myself, I am an aircraft engineer by trade, but as such not a qualified gas safe engineer. Before anyone...

I though about buying a plug in timer for an oil filler radiator I have in the porch. Most of them state on the packaging that they are not to be used with heaters or dehumidifiers. Also on the pack it said total load not to exceed 13A or 3250w. My rad is 2kw. Am I missing something...

Hi all, Not being a very good week for me so far! Tonight, I was cooking on the gas hob on my Cannon C60DTC cooker, no problems there. Then a very loud pop and a tripped MCB, not the RCD. I have a brand new CU installed and fully certified to 17th eddition. Anyway, as the oven...

Please help, I've been through the wiki and found some good ideas, but nothing really helps. Problem 1 - upstairs radiators full of air. I've bled the rads with the heating switched off, got loads of air out and the rads are now full of water again. Thought I'd cured the problem, so I...

Hi all, Hoping I may be able to get some help on this.... I've had an extra bedroom put on the side of my house. The plumber who installed the radiator for me did the radiator and went home. Problem is, that I think the radiator has been connected on the wrong side of the motorised...

Hi all, I'm after some advice, I have 4 steel cavity lintles that I need to protect from the weather, but more importantly I need to give them 30 minutes fire protection. On my plans, it says to use fireboard and a skim finish. I am going to bond the fire board to the lintle, no...

Hi all, Hoping for a speedy response if possible... My front door handle on the outside has stopped working. The inside handle opens the door if you push it down, the outside handle used to also open the door if you pushed it down. However one of my kids slammed the door, now you can...

Hi all, I'm in need of some advice... I'm have a suspended wooden floor of which the underneath is a car port and is outside, the upper side of the floor a bedroom. On my architects plans it states; "Floor joists to receive 12.5mm plasterboard and skim finish to achieve 30 minutes...

Hello all, I'm currently building a first floor extension on the side of my house. The underside of the extension is open, to park the car under etc... Question is, what is the best thing to use to insulate the roof of the carport / extension floor? Should I just fill the areas between...

Hi all, This is my first post so forgive me if I'm not following etiquet... I'm having a new bedroom added to the side of my house, I'm a fairly good DIY'er, can do most things; however, I'm about to take on a new job that I've never done before. I'm going to do the internal work of...