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The plaster cracked around my wood burner, so I was going to remove the old plaster and line it with 9mm masterboard. My question is, is masterboard a finished product that can be fitted then painted. Thanks

Any advice on a combi or a wet system, at the moment there is an old wet system in the house that we have just bought but someone said go for a combi....what to do? Seems that some people like combi but others say no way, wet is best???? Thanks

I want to check my walls for damp, someone I know has a protimeter mini which he uses for wood. He said that a lot of people use them for walls as well and that I am welcome to use it. The only thing is what readings should I expect from this tester when I use it on walls, the scale goes up to...

Our bay window pillar is cracking. Its one that is next to the wall. Not sure if its stone or concrete. Does anyone know where I can get a new bay window pillar and are they easy to fit. Or has anyone tried to cast one them self. Thanks

I have a few cracks in the external render, not major just obviously need something done to them. Should I use sand & cement mix or is there something more flexible with better adhesion Thanks

My house seems to have the patio rather high. The walls are rendered and the bell mouth at the bottom has a small gap between it and the patio, water seems to get into this area. Would it be ok to seal this gap off so that no water gets in to cause damage. Thanks

Our block pave drive is slopping towards the house, which I am not keen on, can anyone recommend some sort of drainage that does not look too unsightly. Thanks

I need to change the room stats on 2 bedroom rads. Do I have to drain the whole system? and would it be a down stairs rad that I drain it from? I have a cylinder in the airing cupboard up stairs and a boiler on the wall downstairs with 2 tanks in the loft Thanks

could anyone tell me where the damp proof course is likely to be on a house with a suspended floor. There are vents around the bottom of the house, will the damp proof be below these and if so, by how much. Thank you

Hi, I have a quite badly cracked ceiling, could I plaster board over the whole ceiling by screwing through into the joists and then skim it over? or should I pull down the old and start again. Its a lath and plastered type Thanks

Our new house has a phone socket downstairs which is separate from the main bt connection box and works fine. The upstairs socket has no ring tone when a phone is plugged in. After looking at the main bt box into the house the downstairs is wired to the orange and white wires but the upstairs...

Hi, Our new house was built around 1903, just after we had heavy rain, one corner has damp coming through to the inside wall. The patch is on 2 walls of the corner, one wall worse than the other and about 28 inches long by 16 inches up the wall, the worst looking bit is about 10 inches up...

Can anyone advise please. We have a fireplace but no fire, our chimney has a liner and on the stack is what looks like an old cast concrete fancy cowl. Could I get this liner swept and use this fire place with a log burner? Thanks very much

My ideal classic in the kitchen fires up when the heating is needed but if the hot water is required the boiler does not fire. The honeywell timer switch lights when put on continuous but thats all. I can get hot water if i use the imersion heater. Any ideas please Thanks BR

A system by brother is not used to is in his new house. It has a back boiler, which says Baxi on it, 2 tanks in the loft, one is sitting on the joists the other is higher on the loft wall. There is a tank in the cupboard which heats the water but the cetral heating does not work. The pump is...

When i turn the oven on my range oven does not always spark to ignite the gas. The gas is coming through but the auto ignition spark does not always work. The gas rings are fine, they have a button to press for ignition. Tried cleaning the electrodes but still same thanks

does anyone know how to remove the tub from a bosch srs5602 slim dishwasher please. Its to gain access to the motors. Thanks

A chimney breast, which was in the corner of the room has been remove from the ground floor but not above it. Does a cantilever chimney support need to be as deep and as wide as the rest of the chimney above. Thank you

Our bosch dishwasher is not washing. All the right lights come on and the timer counts down but the normal washing sound is not there, if I open the door after a couple of minutes all that has happened is the bottom of the washer fills with water but no water has actually been sprayed on the...

Can an earth strap for cetral heating pipes come from a wall socket on the ring main or does it have to come from the main earth in the fuse box. Thank you