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The green indicator light for my burner on my Greenstar Ri boiler keeps going out after I switch on the central heating. I have balanced all my radiators, bled all air from them, set my thermostat to a required temperature but each time I switch the heating on the burner indicator light...

I've put a DPM down and wrapped the copper heating pipes in gaffer tape. I hope this isn't a silly question but is there any possibility that the heating pipes will melt the DPM as its only plastic.

I have a pressurised system with a worcester greenstar 15Ri boiler and a hot water cynlinder. The blue light on my boiler is solid which I believe is correct but the green gas light never comes on and when I switch the boiler on it just whers and whers. I've let all air out of rads and also...

I have a little downstairs loo I'd like to raise the floor level of. It's a concrete slab and I can see the DPM coming up from the sides. I'm am not sure if there is insulation under the current slab or not. I need to raise the floor level by about 75mm to a finished tile that will meet a...

I have a downstairs loo which is a concrete floor which I need to raise about 50-60ml or so. I was wondering what the best way of doing this was and whether I should also take the opportunity to insulate the floor too. Any suggestions would be appreciated

I have recently had my bathroom re tiled but the Ardex fkexible grout used has dried different colours. In some places it's dark grey and in other a lighter grey (almost white). What caused this and can I do anything about it?

I recently rendered my two chimney breasts which were solid brick with sand/cement/lime mix (5:1:1). The plasterer also used fairy liquid to help make it easier to work with. The wall was pva'd and then the cement render put on. The plan is then to use a multi finish skim over the render...

I'm looking to box in some pipes in my downstairs loo. The floor is concrete and there is a polyurethene sheet beneath the concrete acting at the DPM. My question is what is the best fixing to use to fix the wooden batten to the concrete floor ? I'm worried if I just use concrete screws I...

I have just dry lined my entire downstairs. All walls were stripped back to brick and I used a new safeguard drygrip adhesive to 'dot' n 'dab' plasterboards to the wall. I used this adhesive instead of usual dry wall adhesive to combat any damp patches coming through. The downside to using...

I have plasterboarded my walls in the bathroom and I want to make the bottom half tiles and the too half plaster skim but I don't know which should be done first. I want the tiles to be directly applied to the board due to the weight. Do I tile first then plaster afterwards so they can...

Sorry to pick up on someone else's post but I have a similar situation if someone could be kind enough to help. I have a steel beam which sits in the ground floor ceiling/upstairs floor. The steel is actually in the void as the floor joist sit on and inside the steel. The steel is then...

I'm dot and dabbing a brick bay window. My concern is that when two boards meter at at 45 degree angle itl leave a large gap running down the joint. Is there a technique when dry lining angles. I don't think it would be possible to cut the plasterboard edge at a 45 degree angle

I have a steel beam that is within my first floor structure. The beam is actually bolted to two steel posts. So the beam disent sit on the wall. The steel posts sit on pad stones on the ground. The beam itself is within the floor and the joist sit within it. The idea being that I get a flush...

I have a Victorian property with a chimney stack that runs through the middle of the house. Downstairs there is a room on each side of the chimney stack with a fireplace in each room. I want to put a wood burner in but wondered if it was possible or structural safe to knock through the back...

I am going to be lining my bathroom walls with a 25mm metal wall lining system. The system has a track at the bottom that is fixed to the floor and a track at the top that fixes to the ceiling. The metal studs then fit between the tracks at 600 centers. The problem I have is that my ceiling...

I have a solid brick Victorian house which I have stripped back to brick. I'm renovating the bathroom. I'm going to be use a metal frame wall lining system which is 25mm deep. I will be insulating the 25mm gap with either celotex or sheeps wool and then fixing moister resistant 12.5mm...

I am going to be lining my bathroom walls with a 25mm metal wall lining system. The system has a track at the bottom that is fixed to the floor and a track at the top that fixes to the ceiling. The metal studs then fit between the tracks at 600 centers. The problem I have is that my ceiling...

I'm looking to tile my bathroom with Italian porcelain tiles. The tiles are large and are 90x45 so perhaps heavier than your average tile. Because of this I was advised to remove the old lime plaster which was in places blown as if i didn't the tiles will just fall off. I've now removed all...

I'm looking to tile my bathroom with Italian porcelain tiles. The tiles are large and are 90x45 so perhaps heavier than your average tile. Because of this I was advised to remove the old lime plaster which was in places blown as if it didn't the tiles will just fall off. I've now removed all...

I am looking for the next tape to use for sealing the joint between a VCL and the wall which is wood in some places and brick in other. The usual celotex jointing tape does not have the adhesion needed to stick to brick or wood. Only sticks to foil insulation board. What do people do about...