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Hi, I'm trying and failing to come up with anything that will replace my old 1980s balustrade, either spindles or maybe glass. The problem is the 70mm newel posts are offset 70mm to each other. Not offset enough for a return. Any thoughts appreciated thank you.

Hi, we're finally got around to hopefully changing our old horrible looking stair handrail to new Newell posts, handrail, base rail, spindles etc. Problem being where the base rail would fit, it ends up at the top of the downstairs ceiling. Not in line with the top post to give a complete run...

Hi, My glowworm 18hxi has over the last few days fired up as normal, 30 seconds later goes to full throttle and stays there till it switches off from timer. It's also stuck on 73/74 in the display, turning the temperature dial either way doesn't adjust anything. The boiler is in garage and makes...

Hi, my daughter has a problem with damp on an external wall of a 3 bed semi. She bought house 2 years ago and just looked at previous survey that said "May need damp proofing in the future but not at this time". It was quite damp in places last winter, since the weather has turned is a lot worse...

Hi, I've just swept cracked concrete away from around downspout at side of house, and it came away in a few lumps. Pushed around the side of the downspout was plastic bags and someone just cemented on top of the plastic around the downspout. I'm trying to locate a 100mm grid drain that will...

Mother in law called me saying when running the hot water tap/shower the radiators were heating up. Got there and pressure gauge reading zero so tried topping it up but reading didn't move. looked online as saw the end gets blocked and a video on how to remove/clean. I undone the white plastic...

Hi, I've just had a new solid roof fitted on our conservatory. To replace the old polycarb one. The new one inside was plaster boarded and plastered. I left it 3 days and it had all dried out as plasterers recommended. I mist coated it 50/50 paint water, then 3 coats of Matt white emulsion. The...

I'm in the process of swapping years old radiators for new ones. Upstairs went ok and when I couldn't get exact size radiators I got up floorboards and adjusted pipework. Downstairs most radiators I can get the correct size except the lounge. I got the carpet up and found it was concrete. I need...

Ive got one polycarbonate roof panel that keeps slipping ever so slightly, took it off last year, cleaned up all the hardened tape which was stuck to the bars and the panel, and replaced with some double sided tape I had knocking about. I looked up yesterday and same panel had started slipping...

My tandem garage roof looks like it will be in need of replacement in the next year or two. It's got felt on it at the moment with chippings, no leaks, splits or flaps, looks decent ish, it just looks a bit tired and the overhangs into gutters are crumbling in places. I've no idea what condition...

Hi, I had a problem with boiler bypass a few months ago getting totally blocked with crud. I've decided I want to install some sort of inline filter to my open system. The best/easiest place to install would be on the return pipe to the boiler that's in the garage. The only place that it can...

Hi, I've got a Glowworm boiler (not combi) in garage with a frost stat beneath the boiler itself. Since before Christmas, the overheat stat has been tripping quite a few times with F5 on the display. I've thought I'd narrowed it down last week to a problem with the frost stat, which I replaced...

Hi, I've got an extension with a flat roof covered with fibre glass about 2 years old. For the 2nd time in 6 months I've had to clean the roof of green algae, there is about a 3 inch fibre glass lip over the edge of the extension and this seems to be causing green algae runs down the exterior...

I've recently moved house, my previous house had a combi boiler with a wireless Horstmann HRFS1 thermostat which controlled the heating very well. My present house has a condensing system boiler with hot water cylinder and controlled by a Drayton LP722 programmer. Is there any wireless...

Hi, any help appreciated with my CSI 85 that's been in the house 12 years according to the documentation. Any of the following can occur......... 1) While sparking to try to ignite pilot the gas valve clicks and boiler begins start up sequence again. 2)With pilot alight for no more than a...

Hi, I've got a Geberit toilet system, the flush pipe that pushes into the bottom of the cystern is leaking, I've taken it out, cleaned up the edges as it was slightly rough, the clicked it back but it still slightly leaks. What is the best way of curing this leak please, it's not like you can...

I've already tiled the bathroom walls 600x400 and have picked out some floor tiles the same size. My initial thought was to line the grout gaps up with the tile grout gaps on the wall you look at straight ahead when entering the bathroom. After reading the wall and floor tiling sticky, it says...

I'm going to be removing 3 lots of stud wall plasterboard and tiles and replacing with bare plasterboard...

Hi , Anyone got a rough idea of what a 1 sq/m of 400 x 300 8mm thick ceramic tile weighs as I've been reading the weight limits on various backings. Around the shower area it will be on new plasterboard, rest of the bathroom in plaster on brick. I cant get any weight of the tiles online so...

I'm in the process of chosing tiles for my bathroom, looking likely going to go for a light brown with a border then beige on top of that. Question is when applying the coloured plastic tile edging trim, which colour would you use for ceiling to floor strips, window sill to ceiling and...