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hmmm......consensus seems to be keep schtum and not say a word!!! i hate not doing things right but really dont to have to rip my house apart for the sake of a piece of paper

Hi all, well the long and short of it is that I recently bough a house that I knew had a small conversion of part garage into a utility. I was supplied with an indemnity policy which is probably just about useless. I like to do things right and am thinking of paying for a regularisation...

Just recently moved and one issue I want to deal with is a couple of artexed ceilings. No idea how long its been there. House was built in late 70's. There were a couple of patches in living room which to me looked like in the past they had 'bubbled' for some reason so was an air pocket behind...

thanks for the replies. I went onto a site to calculate the BTU? and the fact I have two windows one of which is north facing came up with a figure in the 1500's. no idea what my little one is but as its tiny it must only b about 4-500. I am getting someone to come in to have a look at replacing...

yes I may be a little thick here but whats the difference heating wise? do towel heaters still give out heat like a radiator and do they give out the same heat? Reason I am asking is that I have just moved house. rest of house is toasty but the bathroom is so cold that the door has swollen...

thats correct no chimneys

hopefully my picture will show below. My Albums Link: //www.diynot.com/network/mrsbaggins/albums/ the house has never been a council house nor as far as I know has it ever had coal fires. for the time being i htink i shall put some safety film over just in case . and then will work...

have literally just moved into house but there are a few jobs which need doing. one of the smaller ones are the fanlights (if thats what they are called) above the upstairs bedrooms, basically its a piece of glasss with an inch gap above all the doors. I am concerned as the glass doesnt appear...

I am trying to look at ways to save on my metered water. Currently having arguments with son about length of time he stays in power shower so thought I would try one of the water reducing shower heads like this one http://www.flowpoint.co.uk/faq.php but there are others by mira and anothere i...

grat thanks very much. will go and do that now

could someone tell me( simply) how putting cleaner in expansion tank in loft in open vented system circulates to other radiators? i know i should have put this into a radiator and had one all isolated with a little kit from screwfix but lost a fair amount as i couldnt seem to get it in the rad...

thanks for the quick reply. sadly to me its like asking for directions in a foreign language in that i can ask direction but dont understand whats been said to me!! so forgive me if a ask a couple more just so when i get someone to look at it for me i can at least seem a little knowledgable...

hi all my first post here but have been learning so much. 2 weeks ago i didn't even know what an expansion tank was!! anyway the situation. House 23 years old. had new boiler 18 months ago (open vented system with hot water tank in loft). when i was in loft i noticed that the small expansion...