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Our house has single glazed upvc windows. Its ex council. They have a wedge profile outside and on the inside there is a 12mm or so spacer between the frame and the seal. Windows are all in good condition but i assume there pretty old. I cant afford to fit all new windows so wondered if...

Not sure if our heating has an issue or not, its our first house so ive never had to deal with this stuff before. There are 2 things that im unsure about. Its a pumped system with gravity hot water, glow worm fuel saver mk2 boiler. Ive done some work on the heating system but its always...

I need to move our heating thermostat to a more appropriate place. Its an old system with an old dial thermostat. I figured i might as well buy a new thermostat but then wondered if i should get a programmer and get rid of the old mechanical timer too? Our system is gravity fed hot water...

I need to balane our rads but have a couple of questions. Ive read the wiki, and understand, but it says to turn off the HW. We have a boiler and a cylinder for the HW. I dont quite understand the HW system though, im no plumber. How do i turn the HW off? We have 3 settings on the...

Could do with a bit of advice if poss. Our house has a boiler and hot water tank. Heating was fitted after the house was built, by the council. The heating pipework upstairs is all under the floor boards, but downstairs they have added a seperate drop down for each rad and run the pipes...

Im going to do our loft insulation. At the moment we have 75mm of insulation between 80mm joists. Im going to add another 200mm of insulation and want to board the 2 main sections of loft for some general storage. Do i really need to add more joists running across the old ones to support...

All 4 of the upstairs rooms in our 1950's built house have those ugly vent bricks high up on the walls. There is an air brick oposite on the outside skin of the wall. There is no cavity insulation and at the moment, single glazed UPVC windows. These will probably be changed for double...

we need to replace our electric shower and idealy we'd like a mixer shower. I have been reading and it seems the success of these depends on your water pressure. How can i measure it? Is there any other deciding factors? We have a seperate boiler and hot water cylinder. All i know...

I need to add 2 lights to my loft, one switch. I had already looked at the wiring diagrams sticky and just went into the loft to see what things up there are like. Messy is the answer. The origional rubber wiring has been replaced, its still in place though. None of the new wiring is...

First off, let me say, ive never owned a flat tv :lol: We will eventualy get a nice tv to wall mount in our living room. Buying the TV is not high on our priority list though, we have the whole house to renovate. I want to sort out the aerial and power sockets ready though, i want to...

Ive started laying the blocks for my garage but am now unsure if my plan is ok. Its not 100% a garage, will be general workshop so im trying to get it snug and dry. One short wall with the opening has floor just above outside ground level, but all other 3 walls have ground level 4 blocks...

Ive been trying to plaster our kitchen. Im a tiler by trade. Ive watched many plasterers, they make it look easy. It isnt! Ive now done one big wall (will be mostly hidden by units), 2 small walls and a little bit of ceiling. I still have 3 big walls and the main ceiling to do. I...

Hi, ive been searching the net for answers but cant pull together all the info i need. This is a bad drawing of what i want to achieve. Red is house, green is front lawn, little blue squares are gullies for downpipes, little yellow rectangle is step to front doo. Its not to scale...

I want to create a shelf in an alcove, so supported on 2 short sides and 1 long side. Actual finished shelf will be about 100mm thick. I dont want to see any fixings. Its to take a fish tank though so will need to support 250k, call it 300 to be safe. Shelf finish will be wood, but i...

Our house has a bay window with a concrete slab roof. I figured i should probably insulate this. No space on the inside though. A few years back i insulated 160 balcony slab floors on a block of flats. We used 25mm marmox boards bonded down with tile adhesive. I was thinking of doing...

Our house is ex council. At some point it has had single glazed UPVC windows fitted. They must have been in ages, but are in good condition. Nothing warped, bowing, broken etc, all catches work, got all keys, they seem very well made. Can we get double glazed units fitted to them? Seems a...

this cooker was bought second hand a few months back but only just fitted as we had to wait untill our kitchen was re-wired. Its gas hob, electric oven. The small oven is giving us problems. When you turn it on the pre heat light doesnt always turn on. The top element seems to warm up a...

I think ive almost finished digging out for my garage. Its light use only, few hobby benches and motorcycles. There is no car access. Floor will be 3-4" of type 1 then 3-4" of concrete. Maybe not quite as thick as it could/should be but unless this is definately going to be really bad...

It turns out the house were trying to buy is ex council and there is a covenant on it saying that i cant build anything anywhere on the property. without permission from the council first. I want to build a garage, without a garage the house is useless to us. Im trying to talk to the...

Wasnt sure where to put this, so can the mods please move it if they know a better section. I want to have a hardstanding on the front of our house. The front is small though, big enough for a car, but not much else. The hardstanding will also have small retaining walls on 3 sides (kurb being...