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I`m tempted to put down a upvc strip like what is sometimes put around the frames to cover up the cavity. But with the bevelled edge I dont know if that would be difficult to carpet up to. Maybe a nice piece of wood...

Having just taken up some laminate flooring I would like to carpet the living room but cant decide if I should put some kind of edging strip on the floor up to the patio doors. I have filled in the cavity in the floor with cement but I`m wondering if it would be wise to not have the carpet...

Morning! A pipe to a radiator in my front room runs quite close to the floor, about 10mm clearance. Do you think the carpet fitters will be able to tuck the carpet under this? I`m quesing they will fit the carpet grips in front of the pipe so there will be no underlay to tuck under also...

OK, I`ll try that, thankyou. Is this a good place to start for all the radiator lockshield valves? I just set them all to about 1/2 turn from fully open?

Hi, I`m having good success asking questions on here so thankyou for that! I have a radiator in an extension and when the central heating system has been on for 10-15mins a venting/fluid flow type noise comes from the thermostat. By 'feeling' for which pipe gets hot first I have noticed...

ok, I`ll have to look at the cistern a little closer. It really is slow at filling so maybe it has the high pressure fitting still in slowing it down even more. Agreed, I dont think I would like to wash my teeth in it too much. I looked in the tank and its not that clean. The tank is plastic...

Hi, Thanks for the info! yes, that sounds reasonable to me. The toilet fills very slowly, do you think the restrictor may still be in there? Mike

Morning! I have just bought a house (my first house!) When I first moved in I noticed that strange noises (like a waterfall) came from the loft when I flushed the toilet or used the upstairs bathroom cold tap, the pressure is also quite low. Having had a central heating guy in to put in an...