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Hello, I have bought and installed 18mm, tongue and groove, varnished engineered wood flooring. It has a very good fit with no gaps in between boards (if it is done well, which I mostly did). While installing it, and with my glasses on, I noticed that the wear layer, the 5mm oak at the top, is...

Has anyone got or used a tongue and groove machine with engineered wood boards? I tried cutting a groove using the table saw, made it, but it is not a simple task, and I presume the tongue could be done with the router. But if I had a machine then I'd be able to use many more offcuts (eg...

I am looking at a new concealed cistern. The provided flush valve seems to have a small bit cut off at the bottom, leaving only 3 mm for the rubber washer to make a good seal. I do not understand why they did this, but a leak there would be impossible to repair once the bathroom is tiled. I...

I have brand new concealed cistern and I want to make modifications. The inlet hole on the sides is 20mm as is the diameter of the provided inlet valve and looking at alternative inlet valves they mention 1/2". Is this normal?

Hi, Is there somewhere I can buy a 9lt or thereabouts concealed cistern? They are all 6lt at the shops. Thanks!

Hi, I jad a boiler fitted a few weeks ago. The installer said that gas pressure is marginal. I have another gas pipe outlet quite far from boiler I was hoping to use for a combi and/or maybe a gas hob. This is currently capped off. Can another gas fitter measure gas pressure at those remote...

As we are heating up a house we eventually reach a required temperature on the thermostat and the boiler stops. At that moment we want the pump to remain on so as to distribute latent heat from hot rooms into colder rooms. But if someone has left a window open, then we do not want to...

The pump is the UPS2 25-80 - it has six speed settings in two sets of three. I am not sure how to set the pump speed for best economy of gas. Flow is set to 45C for now. I know that we want a low temp return to allow for most condensing. I have some ideas but they are conflicting. Are there...

On my very new system, when thermostat reaches set temperature, the CH valve closes, the boiler shuts down, and the CH pump keeps running for a few minutes more. With the valve now closed the pump is working against a shut valve. How is that meant to work? The bypass is before the pump and...

Would it be detrimental to economy (or anything else) to set the flow at say, 40C, and let it run, or set the flow at, say, 80C and again let it run ? House is at about 10C at the moment, and thermostat at 15C. If we assume that the weather stays the same in the next few days.

I have just had a new gas boiler installed and it is rather hungry. Greenstar 8000 40kW. I can control the flow temperature, and according to Worcester technical support, the boiler will attempt to reach that temperature and once reached, it will try to maintain it by modulating down. But do I...

I would like advice on how to build two bathrooms in the loft space. The rooms in the loft are built with 4x2 partition walls. The floor is 18mm plywood. In general I fit 15mm plasterboard to complete the rooms. A general problem is that the walls are too high (approx 2.8-3.0m) and they...

My house is on an incline and rain water runs into the front of the house. I am digging a small gutter/trench around the front, up against the brickwork. I am thinking will put shingle at the bottom, then a perforated 3-4 inch plastic tube I have handy, and then close it off with more shingle at...

I am trying to ensure I am not making any big mistakes for the new radiators and valves I am going to buy. Vertical radiators and they have the inputs and outputs on the sides. The feeds come out of the wall, so I need a "corner" radiator valve, just like in the photo. 1) How can we...

I have joined two cut cables using these wago 221 connectors as shown on photo. I am not convinced they are good for the load especially the sockets circuit. Should i be using the old fashioned screw terminal blocks instead?

I am thinking of installing wireless thermostats and wireless thermostatic valves on radiators, so then I can control the heating in every room remotely. I imagine, each radiator has a wireless thermostatic valve, and all those valves talk to a central "timer", which then instructs the boiler...

I am about to order a front door for the house. I want the main door to be easy to use to move things into the house, and from there on the kitchen and living room both have double doors. If things do not fit through the front door we will have to go around the the back and it is quite a trek...

I have been getting quotes for my central heating installation and one quote I have received includes the installation of a low loss header and extra pump. I have read an old article stating the purpose of the low loss header is to allow large volumes of flow through the radiators when the...

Would anyone know of a manual machine to help me lift and move 4 glass panes from and to the patio doors. The floor is new screed so very flat. All I need is some tool/machine, on wheels, to take the weight of the glass, while each pane is about 100kg. I am even thinking of making one...

Has anyone installed any of these radiators? Do they have a dedicated front and back side? I am thinking I may need to flip them over if their "input" and "output" do not match the piping.