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I have an HR shower valve external fitting - fitted 2 years ago and working fine. Without warning I could only get a cold shower and the rest of the house had tepid (at best) hot water. I have found one of the check valves in the elbow has been wedged in the open position by a piece of (what...

I am in process of refurb at the mo' and have reached paint time. I have painted the walls with Valspar emulsion - no probs, went on fine and covered well. Have now started painting wood with Valspar Premium - water based eggshell (or so I was told). Having stripped wood back, first coat...

I have had a new boiler fitted December. It is a Grant Vortex 26 combi internal. It has replaced a Grant Vortex 26 combi external. The old boiler was 4 years old and serviced a system of 10 rads - not known how old the system is, I have acquired the central heating when buying the property...

OK, I have reached decision to renew the boiler. I would like to achieve a warm utility room (where the boiler is going to be housed) via the residual heat from the boiler. I have been told that this will not happen because the latest boilers (probably going to use Worcester) are so efficient...

I have a grant outdoor vortex combi 26 inherited when I bought the house. This boiler was new in 2009. I have now renovated and want the boiler inside the utility, not outside. I have spoken to Grant who state that the unit can be positioned inside once it has been provided with new bits...

In the process of renovating 1920's property, solid brick walls. It has slate dpc but over the years grd lvl has crept up and damp has caused probs. Thinking of digging trench around walls, bitumen up to above air brick lvl, stick 1000g dpm to bitumen, extend dpm below grd lvl - below slate...

Have just replaced rad with new one from Vic. Plumb. The valves are the cheapo cross head things (a bit of retro). Thing is, both are weeping. When screwing on nut, wrapped 3 rounds of PTFE and tightened. Slow weep, a drop a minute sort of thing, out of the back of the nut. No weep from tails...

I am obtaining quotes for a roof strip/re-tile and one of the contractors has stated that the present tiles are asbestos (and therefore skipping them expensive!). I thought they were the fibre cement type. Is there any way I could determine for sure if they are asbestos? stephan

Can anyone explain this system - I am at a loss to understand it. Seems to be a one off? Bought house 12 months ago, had survey before, surveyor was not able to say what type of system it was - had never seen one before! Sooo, take a breath and buy anyway. The plans that I recieved with...