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Bear with me., this is heating related: All sockets tripped -Thought it was caused by an old coffee appliance my husband was cleaning out. We checked the fuse board and the RCD wouldn't reset - unplugged everything, then reset it - sockets back. The heating system/burner had no life. Husband...

Hi there, after noticing a dripping leak from the oil burner chimney pipe, we had a flue liner put in the chimney (there was none) The new flexible liner seems to be giving off a seriously strong smell, I should mention that our oil burner is inside our house in a room off the back kitchen. The...

HI Guys, There seems to be a leak coming from the concrete surround that the oil burner chimney pipe goes up through - see photos. We had a plumber out today who said its nothing serious...probably just rain water coming down the chimney?? He didn't do anything, suggested if we wanted to get a...

Hi there, our sun room/windows on living room are really draughty on the corners. So much so, that if you put your hand near the sill you can feel the wind coming in. Is it a builder or a window company I need to get advice from? House is only 12 years old. 3rd photo is of sill when I...

Hi there, following a chimney fire 3 years ago in our new house, we got a new stove installed and the flue lined etc. However, the new stove - Morso - has an acrid smell each time we put it on. The smell really catches our breath and stings the eyes, so each time we chance putting it on, we have...

Hi there, my Dad (who lives in Ireland) had a sky box installed years ago and cancelled a month ago as it was getting too pricey. Dad wants to connect a free view box now but the fascia plate on the wall is for sky aerial connection only (in Ireland when you cancel sky most of the channels on...

Hi there, we're getting the bathroom sorted following a leak and have replaced the shower tray. Unfortunately the previous shower tray was a different shape and we now have a gap between the shower tray and the floor tiles. The tiler has scratched his head for a solution, we cannot get a match...

Hi there, some advice please. We recently went through our home insurance for water damage. A local building company gave the quote for repairs, loss adjuster came out etc. So the insurance company have given us a cheque for the repairs (less the VAT), the £ is sitting in the bank, we have not...

Hi there, We have a two story house with its own sewerage system. we've noticed the water level in two of our three toilets has been either low, or when flushed rises up and is slow to go down. Also, when running taps in the upstairs bathroom - which has been recently renovated- gurgles a lot...

Hi, i only want to floor a 'path' in our attic down to the MEV air unit that we have for maintenance. Our attic is very low and cramped and engineers are reluctant (fair enough) to service our machine if there is no floor. So, if i only want a path, can i put loft chipboard panels directly onto...

Hi there. Some advice please, we are having our bathroom and en-suite refitted and the guys who are completing the work have stripped out the rooms. My question is, i'm not sure that they have any intentions of removing the ply-board in the pictures which to my untrained eye looks rotten - the...

Hi there. Some advice please, we are having our bathroom and en-suite refitted and the guys who are completing the work have stripped out the rooms. My question is, i'm not sure that they have any intentions of removing the ply-board in the pictures which to my untrained eye looks rotten - the...

Two radiators in living room on opposite walls, one with heat, one without. One without has no heat in piping at all. Any suggestions as to what could be up? Thanks

Probably another silly question, but how do i identify what type/make of septic tank we have in our new house? We've had some flooding issues around the house and i want to understand how our tank works if i have to pump it (or anything else) What i can see: There is one central large pipe...

I have a pressurized hot water system (we have constant hot water) which had been dropping pressure slowly, we couldn't find any leak so just kept re-pressurizing it every now and again - we are planning on refurbishing the bathroom so were going to get the plumber to do all (sort out pressure...

Hi all, thanks for reading this. We wanted to refurbish the bathrooms and got a few bathroom guys out to quote - one checked our boiler room (oil burner is inside house beside water storage/valves/pressurized system) and said our pressure appeared to have dropped and therefore we must have a...

Putrid smell coming from trap of ensuite shower that hasn't been used in over three months, main bathroom shower being preferred. Tried all sorts of cleaning products but water all disappears, no lying water in trap, can also feel air coming up trap. Any ideas? :cry:

We had a chimney fire and the insurance company is dealing with it. Cctv showed a cracked flue just at the turn and the grouting/cement joins between stacks are quite wide. Their solution is to put flexi liner in the chimney and replace our stove. The guy delivering the new stove has got me...

Hi there, our recently purchased house (roughly 9 years old) has issues with the guttering! Please see attached photos. I had a gutter guy out and he said there was no problem with the gutters, in fairness it was a dry day and i didn't have photos to show him. We've cleaned out the...

Hi there, the chimney in our recently purchased house went on fire the other night! Drama. All good, but the fire service had to put the stove outside and remove the connecting pipes in order to get access to the chimney to put out the fire. They broke the fire board to get to the...