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Hi i had to move out of my apartment and move back with my parents to take care of them. i rented out the apartment and the boiler (an Ideal Istor HE260) has packed up. i had a British Gas Home care insurance plan and when the engineer came he closed the boiler down as he said there was a small...

Hi I have a question about how high a porch can be and what is the ground level assumed. The regs say that the porch must not be higher than three metres above ground level, but what is ground level. A local builder said it is the base level of the porch itself, so in the picture it would be...

Hi I would like to know from people are externally beaded Aluminium Double Glazed Windows safe against entry from outside. I have been getting quotes and the company I like supplies externally beaded as standard with an option of internally beaded at a premium. I would like to know what to...

Hello Can someone tell according to the regulations is an electrician needed to change a single electrical socket to a double socket using one of these surface mount adaptors. What i am trying to say is can a landlord or home-owner do it themselves (they are competent) or is it only to be...

Hi the roof line gutter on the front of my house is leaking at the joint between two separate sections. My house is a mid terrace so the gutter runs along the front of all the houses. I guess the easiest thing to do is take the join piece down and replace it with a new one but I have a feeling...

Hello We have an outhouse at the back of our garden. I would like to install some sort of Alarm to deter intruders. I am guessing that people will say that a wired alarm is the best way to go and this will most likely happen in the future when we dig up the garden and run all other cables...

Hello I currently have a single gang electrical socket outlet in my study room. I understand that there are convertor boxes which enable me to adapt it to a double socket. Can I do this myself. I mean does it officially need a NEIEC electrician to do it or is this allowed to be done by a...

Hello in my house I have a single built in electric oven which is made from DIPLOMAT. It has given up the ghost and I pulled it out today and saw that it was connected to a main socket with a normal mains plug. Do new single ovens allow for the same way of connection. Are there only some? Or do...

Hello I have a property which I have to rent out. Currently it has a newly installed Valliant combi boiler. The upstairs and downstairs showers are fed of the boiler. I want to install a electric shower in the downstairs shower room instead of from the combi. I take it I will need a cold mains...

Hello I live in an apartment and the water is very hard and its a nightmare to clean things. I have been trying to look at solutions. Do these eddy water things work the ones that you wrap the wires around the incoming cold mains. It would be difficult for me to put a traditional water...

Hello I have a wall where damp patches etc from the shower room behind has caused the paint to flake etc. the shower room is going to be fitted with an additional extractor fan in the cubicle as it is a closed cubicle. What is the correct way to clean and prepare the wall for repainting. Here...

Hello i am not sure if this is the correct sub forum. Basically i have a downstairs shower room which has a completely enclosed shower cubicle. ie when the door is shut there is no ventilation at the top . Over time the wall directly behind which is the bottom of the landing has got damp patches...

My parents house has a kitchen extension and a few years back they got a pitched rood put on it (it was flat before) and in my opinion the roofers have done a crap job. One skylight is higher than the other, i also believe the rafters used are not correct for the span (it looks like its bowing)...

Hello while I was in the loft last night, I notice a 4 inch long tear in the breathable underlay that had been laid a few years back. What is the best way to patch/tape this up. Can it be done on the inside with a Permo TR tape or something like that. The roof is sound and there appears to be no...

Hello Can someone tell me what is the best way to deal with a blocked external drain. The exterior drain in question is where kitchen sink and washing machine waste goes into. The drain has overflowed. I suspected this is a problem drain and may have some structural issues. I guess I need...

Hello Is it okay for my builder (not a qualified electrician but knowledgeable) to run these wires from the end points whilst other work is being done in readiness for a qualified electrician to make the end connections. The builder will fix an isolation switch for the extractor and shower...

Hello I have a Axor Shower head in my apartment shower ensuite. I wan tot put an inline shower filter. I cant seem to remove the shower plate . Is the head held in place with an allen key? Cheers Raji

Hello is there a way to control how long the external siren in this system goes on for once activated? I see in the advanced setting there is one for the internal control panel sounder time but I cant see a similar setting for the external siren. If not, how long does it usually last for on...

Can any combis in the valliant range do a bath and a kitchen tap at the same time or a bath and a shower at the same time. Is this possible? Cheers Raj

As title suggests I am finding it very difficult to find a competent plumber to install a boiler in the Hatfield Area. Help!