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Is there any good reason for fitting a 3 port Honeywell zone valve head part no. 40003916-003 on a 2 port Honeywell zone valve (see photo). I believe the 2 port valve should have an actuator/head part no. 40003916-001 fitted. It would appear the only time the valve closes with this...

My sister recently moved into a house that has a gas central heating and hot water storage system (not a combi boiler). The system has an upstairs room thermostat in the main bedroom and a downstairs thermostat in the hall. All the radiators have thermostatic rad valves except those in the main...

Can anyone identify the manufacturer of the uPVC door flag hinge in attached photos please? I believed it was installed around 2005.

There is draft and external noises coming through my uPVC front door. The draft and noise is only noticeable in the middle section between the door hinges. Pushing the middle of the door toward the frame on the hinge side stops the draft and noise. The door appears to be slightly bowed away...

If the auto bypass on my boiler is permanently open will it make balancing the system difficult?

Can anyone advise if there was a restriction in the planning regulations back in the late 70's early 80's to limit building new houses closer than 900mm (3 feet) of a neighbour's boundary, and if so, please can you suggest the version(s) of the regs? Many thanks

I think the auto- bypass on my Glow Worm 30CXI boiler is stuck open and I would be grateful for some advice on the consequences. Hopefully the boiler will be replaced later this year so I would sooner not pay out on repairs I don’t have to. However, just in case the boiler replacement happens...

I recently moved into a mid 50's 2 bedroom bungalow and I'm having issues with the heating and would be grateful for some advice. I am unable to balance the radiators to give a temperature differential of anything greater than 1 to 5 degrees across the rads and 4 to 8 degrees across the boiler...

I recently moved into a house with a upvc front door that has a multi-point lock that may be faulty. I understand that when the door is shut and held closed by the latch only it should not be possible to open the door from the outside unless the key is turned at the same time as the external...

The spindle on the seized lower stopcock in the photo below is restricting access to the floor space in the cupboard where it is located. I want to turn the stopcock so that its spindle is inline/parallel with its pipework. I've tried undoing the stopcock/galv coupling a little over 1/8 of a...

The iron water main in my house (a bungalow) rises to the stopcock through a suspended wooden floor in the airing cupboard in a very inconvenient place. It is right behind the cupboard door about 4 inches out from the side wall and along with poorly located heating pipes restricts the use of the...

I recently moved into a mid-sixties bungalow that seems to have widely varying water flow at kitchen taps and bath tap manual mixer hand-held shower. This is noticeable on both hot and cold. The bungalow has a Glow Worm 30 CSI combi-boiler that has had a history of problems but is currently...

Can anyone tell me if it is necessary to notify the neighbour that shares a chimney you intend to repoint the chimney either on a) your own side only or b)on both sides? I tried to understand the Party Wall act but it doesn't seem clear on this point. Obviously it would be the neighbourly thing...

I would be grateful for some solutions on a problem a friend has with a garage roof of a property she is about to buy from her father's estate. The garage is one side of a pair of semi-detached garages measuring 5.3m x 3.2m (5.3 x 6.4 for both) where both sides have severely pooling; with the...

I'm trying to help a friend that has a problem with pooling water on the flat roof of a garage. Although the garage is a single of approx 3.2m x 5.85m it is one of a pair (her neighbour owns the other one; total building size approx 6.4m x 5.85m with a 4inch party wall. The roof construction...

Hi this post in on behalf of a friend's neighbour who is in a boundary dispute with a neighbour who is building a single storey rear extension that required Planning Permission (which has been granted). The property that is having the extension is detached. The outer leaf of the side wall of...

I'm trying to help a friend with modifying her late dad's 50's/60's 2 bedroom bungalow (approx 11.8m x 6.4m) with a small galley kitchen and even smaller bathroom. I've done oodles of (accurate?) drawings to try and show what might be possible. The latest option is to put a full width box dormer...

I'm trying to find out if there is a minimum distance from the bottom of a staircase to the opening for a kitchen door. Ideally I want to install a right-hand winder staircase in the hall that will wrap around the external corner of the kitchen. The lower section of stairs will be against the...

Is it acceptable under Permitted development to build a single storey side extension on both ends (sides) of a detached dwelling? Unless I've missed it in the PD regs and guide documents I can only find references to single side extensions not multiple side extensions (not asking about two...

If I build a side extension on the gable end of a bungalow and its pitched roof extends up beyond the level of the eaves of the original building, does the extension's roof volume count toward the total roof enlargement volume of 50m3 allowed for a detached building under Permitted Development...