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Had an engineer come round yesterday to fix a leak. Turns out it was between the pump and the heat exchanger. New pump, no worries!! It worked for about a day. This morning we have no DHW. The CH is fine but freezing water comes out the taps. The boiler fires up when you demand water and...

Had our boiler moved 6 months ago. Plumbers said they'd do it but warned us they'd take no responsibility if the thing didn't work afterwards. Fair enough. But it worked fine. Then, we get a letter from Ideal, informing us that the Ideal response 100 series needed an extra thermostat...

Good friends of mine are undertaking some work on their two bedroom masionette. Basically they've taken a fireplace out, moved a toilet from one side of the house to the other and changed the layout of the kitchen and bathroom. They rang the council who told them they did not need planning...

Have a leak from the bottom of our boiler which I've traced to a pipe running under the pump. It's a 15mm pipe which runs internally from the CH return and twists up behind the expansion vessel flexible pipe. It joins on to a black plastic junction which then becomes the CH flow, or diverts...

Our dishwasher refuses to do anything!!! It's a relatively new indesit, not sure of the model number. When we press the start button it bleeps and a green light shows on the far left. No noises except for a faint humming. After about 10 seconds the light begins to flash. I've taken the filter...

Hi there, I have a question. We are currently re doing our bathroom and fitting a brand new suite (B and Q have a great Nuevo deal at the mo £170.00 for the whole lot). We have ripped the old suite out, but not sure how to get the toilet drainage out which is sitting on the floor and connects...

I'm about to tackle our bathroom which involves installing a new bath, basin and toilet, laying a new floor and retiling the walls. The tiles we want on the floor and walls are marble, 30 x 30cm and 1cm thick. I've read a few posts here about preparing the floor first with plywood but is there...

I'm not a plasterer. However I had to learn pretty quickly after we ran out of money halfway through a renovation project. M<anaged to do the hallway ceilings and walls and after a thorough sanding afterwards I think it looked pretty good. LOOKED pretty good. I'm putting the 2nd coat of...

I am about to install a falmec island hood in our kichen. I bought some ducting from the local plumbers merchant - he recommended some plastic stuff that looks like one of those slinky toys. Now I've just read on another internet site that I should be using metal ducting only with an extractor...

Got a combi boiler Worcester 28i Junior. Brand New. Mains pressure good tho not sure of the exact flow rate. Boiler fitted downstairs, bathroom upstairs. When the hot water is on downstairs, none comes out the hot tap upstairs in the bathroom. Understand that combi boilers have drawbacks and I...

A recent attempt to lay a concrete screed went wrong somehow. My girlfriend and I saw some polished concrete in a museum and wanted to recreate the effect in our kitchen. I dunno what happened, I have not much experience in laying concrete and I suspect my mixture was too much sand and not...

Hi there, We have pine floors and would like to varnish them with a high gloss varnish, can anyone recommend a suitable product that is not extremely expensive :) Cheers, Paul

A good friend of mine accidentally put unleaded in his top of the range, diesel bmw. It's a company car but since it was his own fault, they won't give him any money towards the repair and insurance doesn't cover it. The BMW people are saying it could be anywhere between 600 and 3000 pounds to...

Whats the easiest way to plasterboard uneven joists? I probably should put new joists in but there is lots of wiring in the way. I read a post which mentioned 'shimming'. What does 'shimming' mean? Cheers ____________________________ moderator post locked, please note 1a you asked...

Whats the easiest way to plasterboard uneven joists? I probably should put new joists in but there is lots of wiring in the way. I read a post which mentioned 'shimming'. What does 'shimming' mean? Cheers.