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Hi all, I am adding a radiator and have got as far as having the radiator on the wall, mostly plumbed, flushed out in case I had left any swarf and such in there and pressured 10 10 BAR to check for leakyness. Now I just need to connect it to the rest of the system, for which I intended to...

Hi all, I am after some basic "rule of thumb" type guidance. We are looking into extending above our garage. the garage is built onto the side of the house and was all built together. (around 1980). I have not applied for PP as yet, but as several others in the area have done the same thing...

Ok, the time has come to replace my ancient tv. Old LCD type with florescent backlight. Been looking at LED backlit tv's. I have no desire for 3D, but I am wondering if it's worth getting a smart tv. Is it that smart? Or is it just something I will feck about with for a couple of days and...

A friend of mine is having building troubles (all in another post) but she has had the correct procedure outlined by an expert and this states to use building sand as a blinding layer between hardcore and damp proof membrane when doing a floor. I recently build a conservatory and I used sharp...

A friend has asked me to look at her cooker for her, I'm afraid details are scarce at this stage but just wondering what to check for, It is a Bosch double cooker, plug in type on a standard domestic 13A plug. She said she put the cooker on and it tripped the power off. I assume it thre the...

A friend of mine is having a detached garage built but I fear the builder may be somewhat of a cowboy. The concrete floor is laid directly onto the ground, some of which is backfill. The floor itself is only about 1" thick. Is this enough? She says he made a trench about a foot deep for the...

Another one of those 5 minute jobs that turns into a nightmare....... When we bought this house, the previous owner was emigrating so could not take all of her appliances, we said to leave what she didn't want and we would deal with it. She left lots off good stuff, dishwasher, fridge...

The boss likes these switches and we do need 2 switches replacing as one is just about switching and another one is just nasty and ugly. But I don't see any reference to standards in the listing. so I am just after some opinions, Would you put these in your house? Styling aside, would you...

I have recently built a conservatory and am now kitting out the inside. Not a great deal, just a light and 2 double sockets. 1 for a small tv and radio, the other for a lamp. I have easy access to two sockets to spur off, both are on the ring and not spurs and neither have been spurred from...

Hi all, We are currently with BG for gas and electric, I find these latest price hikes a bit of a bitter pill to swallow so I rang them up and asked about the fixed price deals, they were more than happy to fix my prices until 2015 AT THE NEW PRICES!!! So obviously I told them where to stuff...

Hi all last summer I ripped out our heating system and replaced with a combi boiler, went for a big (ish) one to get a nice high flow rate for a good shower. Currently have a 9.5KW electric shower, but I have never found them to be that great compared to running off a combi. The bathroom was...

Bit of background first, Question at the end if you don't want the story... We bought this house at the start of last summer, was built in the 80's and I think still had the original boiler which the previous owner had serviced by BG annually. due to the age of the thing, and a wife that was...

Hi all, My lovely wife recently decided we need a new fridge, admittedly we had to keep giving the old one a good boot to stop it from making odd "moo-ing" sounds, so I reluctantly agreed she could order one. So, Saturday morning, the new fridge arrived, after removing the fridge/freezer...

Hi all, I have built myself a nice wooden conservatory, all that remains is to fill the holes with glass (or something). There is a hell of a lot of glass, as you would expect of a conservatory, it was built mainly to be a playroom type space for our little one as she absolutely loves it in...

Hi all, I am currently building a hardwood porch for my little sisters cottage. Its basically a glorified shed and simply replacing the old rotten porch that was there before. the base is solid and build with engineers brick with slab floor. The old timber structure rotted from the bottom up...

Hi all, First post on this forum, though I have been reading and getting answers from it for some time. I am building a conservatory with timber frame. I plan on using tile effect roofing sheets for this and want to do a 3 sided hip roof. I have calculated lengths and angles and done my...