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Good afternoon, I have a bay window curved radiator. Last winter the bottom third stopped getting hot. I have presumed this is due to a build up of sludge. I took the radiator off the wall and flushed it through in the garden with a standard hose. A bit of sludge came out but not much. The...

Our roof is approx 80 years old (1930s smallish end of terrace, concrete tiles). We are having problems with leaking from a valley which gets regularly blocked with moss and other debris. Water has backed up and leaked through to the bedroom ceiling. It's been a long standing problem as our...

The external paint on our kitchen extension wall is peeling and bubbling in places (mostly the bottom half of the wall. The top half is fairly sound). I have started to strip back the paint back where neccesary and want to repair it before repainting. Where the paint has been stripped back...

Hi, We are looking at having a new patio installed. Don't want anything too fancy but like the look of Bradstone Textured slabs (600x600x35). Anyone know if these are any good? Probably go for the grey ones. Do these tend to hold their colour well? Grateful for any advice. Thanks

Hi, We will shortly be recarpeting our hallway. It has suspended floorboards so is not the warmest of halls. Which underlay is the best one for its insulation properties. Also, would it benefit from some form of paper under the underlay (perhaps newspaper?) or would that be a waste of effort...

Hi, We have an Accenta 8 mini burglar alarm, installed in the mid 90s. Given excellent service over the years and still works well. However the keypad is now wearing out. Can i replace it with any alarm keypad, or does it have to be an Accenta. Or does it have to be compatible with the mini...

Hi, After years of suffering from a very cold hallway (late 20s end of terrace solid walls) we are going to take the plunge and fit some internal insulated wall boards. Unfortunately we do have space issues - the stairs are quite narrow as it is - and will only have about 40mm max to play...

Hi, Hope someone can help. The external paint on our kitchen extension wall is peeling and bubbling in places. I have stripped the paint back where neccesary and want to repair it for the winter before I repaint the whole house next year. Where the paint has been stripped back should i...

Good morning, In theory is it permissable to build a new conservatory onto the back of an existing single storey extension. The house is end of terrace. The existing extension is full width, with a depth of 2.8 metres. Grateful for any advice.

We live in a 1920s three bed end of terrace. Walls are solid. The hall gets very cold in the winter. We made things worse when we stripped the wallpaper and re-skimmed a couple of years ago. Stairs are fairly narrow as it is so we only have about 15mm to work with. We already have a big double...

Hi, Our hall gets very cold in the winter so we are looking at having a new front door fitted. We like the look of composite doors. Am I right in thinking tese are more thermal efficient than UPVC? Are there any other issues with these doors? I am looking at the basic range of doors from...

Hi, We want to render one of the walls of our (open) external porch. Plan is to add some insulation to the porch wall backing our living room and then re render. Question is can we render onto external ply? Or, if not, what should we use. Cheers.

Hi, We have an end of terrace 1920s built house. Walls are solid. The hall gets very cold in the winter. Things got worse when we stripped the wallpaper and reskimmed the plaster a couple of years ago. We are looking at trying to insulate the wall. Problems is we don't have a large budget...