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Afternoon all! I have a small office at the front of my house with a floating bay window, which I'd like to knock through to create a 'proper' bay so that I can create a desk space in the resulting recess. Having read up on a few other forum posts and spoken to some builders I have identified 2...

I've recently had a 3-way kitchen tap fitted (hot, cold and filtered). It's been in a week and I've noticed it's weeping slightly from around the edge of the hot/cold tap head. I've taken the tap head apart, hoping to find a loose nut or washer that needed replacing, but I can't see how to...

I'm looking at getting my existing conventional boiler replaced with a combi and having had Ideal branded models in my last 2 houses I was looking at doing the same again (Looking at the Vogue Max 40 this time). In my experience the Ideals have been well priced, trouble free and with an...

Due to some unusual wiring by the previous owner, there is a pair of outdoor sockets wired into a 13A RCD fused spur in my kitchen. Recently the weather cover failed on one of the sockets resulting in water ingress which tripped out the main RCD on my consumer unit. After fixing it and resetting...

I have air stuck in my hot water system which is characterised by a loud humming/vibrating noise coming from my hot water pump every 10-15 mins for about 3-4 mins at a time (presumeably as the pocket of air cycles around the system and hits the pump). I have tried bleeding all the radiators in...

Hi all, I am just in the process of having a new woodburner installed after having an old gas fire taken out. I am using a HETAS registered fitter for the job but have had builders in doing other work around the house as well. I have an external chimney stack so the fitter initially just opened...

I have an unsightly cable that runs around the outside walls of my house which I would like to remove. I suspect it is running into a pair of extension sockets that we do not need as we have wireless phones (the cable has been there since we moved in). I wanted to check people's opinions before...

Hi all, I have noticed these last few days (having only just switched off my heating), that when the hot water comes on, the radiators upstairs are also coming on (downstairs remain cold). I suspect this is an issue with the 3-way valve or some related item but just wanted to see if there was...

Hi all, My house has a conventional boiler with hot water cylinder upstairs. When we moved in, none of the radiators had TRVs fitted and most had leaky valves, but they all worked. In the last year we have had 3 of the radiators replaced with new, including TRVs fitted (decent brands). Since...

Hi all, I am looking to replace my existing British Gas UP2 controller and Drayton wireless thermostat with a Hive v2. I was hoping it would be a simple swap over of the UP2 and disconnection of the drayton receiver, but my wiring is a bit convaluted and some of the connections aren't as I was...

Hi all, Looking for some advice on an issue with dropping water temperature on our showers. We have 2 thermostatic showers in the house, one in the main bathroom, one in the en-suite (both 1st floor - both Mira Elements). These are both boosted by a single pump in the airing cupboard (also...

Just built a new porch on our house, and in the process had to reroute some of the original telephone cabling. What's leftover is now looking a bit manky and I would like to replace it if possible, though Im aware you're not supposed to mess with the master socket in the house... :roll: As...

I have noticed a number of hairline cracks that have appeared along the walls and ceiling of my house and am wondering how concerned I should be. The cracks are mainly appearing on the ceiling, particularly in corners of rooms along the edges where the coving meets the ceiling, and along the...

Hi all, I am looking to get advice for the best interior finish for the inside of my new porch walls. They are a basic single course of bricks on all sides. I would like a smooth finish which hides the brick work but also doesnt cost me too much interior space. This is a fairly small porch...

Hello all, I am looking to replace my old Radiant gas fire with something a little more modern. Ideally something else gas-based as I'm not a fan of the fake flame electric fires. The existing one looks like this...