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It's a small leak and seems to be intermittent. Water is pooling at the base of the bottom fascia plate when I take it off. I can tell there is water on the underside of the 'lip' that is exposed when you take that fascia plate off. Possibly coming via small hole in the lip? Any ideas what...

We had a washing line post for years that has just succumbed to rust and I'm about to replace it. The post sat inside a metal socket, that in turn is embedded in concrete, so the posts just slotted in. The problem is the sleeve is a fair bit wider than the post and has always collected water...

I thought we had a faulty euro cylinder but I've just swapped it and still have the same problem. Normally I lock this uPVC door by moving the handle up then down, then inserting key and locking. To open the door, I unlock with key, push the handle DOWN, then have to turn the key another...

As a novice gardener I got a couple of planters last year and grew a few beans and some spinach. Just for fun basically. The planter are long rectangular ones and had NO drainage holes. Today they are now full of water and are a soggy, flooded mess. Am I right in thinking the only course of...

I'm thinking of changing our old conventional boiler for a combi (Worcester Bosch), but right now we use a Hansgrohe Raindance shower with a Salamander pump attached. My hope was the switching to a combi would mean we could lose the pump and just run off the combi pressure. However I'm...

Hi, just wanted to get some opinions. I'm planning to do a rear, 1 storey extension, permitted devt etc. My original rear wall is not flat but staggered - part of it is set more forward than the other creating a L-shape (or Z-shape, you could say) One side is a galley kitchen, the...

My big plan is to do both: loft conversion and rear ground floor extension. Conventionally you would do the loft first, extension after which makes sense. Now that I think doing both isn't quite within my budget, I'm thinking the extension is going to benefit us the most so I'd rather do...

This might be a silly question but we use a gas boiler that fires up on demand and the hot water goes into a storage tank. The boiler has it's own thermostat (1-6) that regulates the temp of the water it heats. There is also a thermo on the storage tank set to 60 deg. But what's the point of...

I just received a letter out of the blue from a party wall surveyor saying they've noticed our neighbour is planning to convert their loft and strongly urging us to allow them to act as surveyor to help protect our side of the party wall, with our neighbours being liable for their costs...

I've got one of those chrome bottle traps and I want to unscrew the base. It's not one you can grab with your hand but it has a big slot in it, like the kind designed to use with a coin but a lot bigger. I can't get any purchase on in with any coin as the slot is so big. Anyone got any smart...

We have a modern gas fireplace (previous owner's) that has heat retaining, artificial 'rocks' sitting on top of a layers of woolly fibre that is in a cut-to-shape sheet. Whats the correct term for this and where would I go to get it replaced (it's a bit old and manky) I've been googling...

Hi all, I've looked at the other threads and watched the youtube vids etc. about changing door seals. One thing I'm stuck on is how to remove the outer retaining clasp that goes around the outer lip of the door seal. It looks like a thin metal wire band with two loops at the end, that hook...

I know the obvious answers are concrete it over or get someone to come round and mow the lawn every so often, but what if neither of those are an option? What steps could I take to prevent a garden becoming overgrown if I had to leave it unattended for several months? I'm not too bothered...

Just wondering what your professional opinions are of the renovation/re-modelling that the guy does. http://www.channel4.com/4homes/on-tv/the-home-show/ Anyone seen it?

I was wondering if anyone had any advice about this... The exterior of our 1930s build house is coated in a sandy render with stone chips embedded it it (I don't know what the correct term for this kind of finish is). Anyway, small areas of it have now started to crumble - literally to sand -...

What's the best way of painting a ceiling above the stairs without a ladder? :? Is there any way of painting the dado rail easily without using a ladder? Any help appreciated!

Do you think a couple of fence posts placed in the ground using metal holding spikes similar to this: http://www.sabrefix.co.uk/products_fencefix_view.php?id=72 would support a washing line? I'd be happy not to have to mix concrete, pour it into ground etc. and these are meant to be a...

I've just had a shower put in with a Salamander pump in the loft. It's been ok the last few days but tonight I used it and after switching off the shower mixer, I could hear the pump repeatedly powering up and down, as if it thought I was switching the shower off and on repeatedly. It didn't...

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I'm in the process of getting our hot water storage cylinder moved into the loft to create space in the bathroom. Eventually we will also be adding a pump to provide higher pressure showers. My question is, would you recommend that I ditch the current tank, which is, 36" x 18", and swap it...