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Looking into building an open porch but would like it clad in a grey composite. Anyone have any pointers or pictures? Would it look better clad vertically or horizontally? This is what we are going for but not in wood.

About to level and turf my garden. I removed the top layer of grass and rotovated the area so its not compacted. Within a week I have noticed some grass and weeds starting to grow already. What can I do before I level the 2 tons of top soil so I get a weed and old grass free new lawn? This is...

I have some lights in our garden that are switched from our brick shed. Looking at Quinetic PIR's and it looks like I can fit a PIR that's wireless and a receiver where the switch is currently. Has anyone used them before and is it as simple as it sounds? PIR...

We have had building work done and now need to raise and level off the garden as it has always sloped. The picture shows how it is at the moment. I am going to raise the fence panel a few inch's so I can also raise the gravel boards. What do I need to do with the existing grass (Whats...

What size armored cable do I need to put a supply for a 32A hot tub to my decking. We have a 32A feed going to the outside wall that we had terminated at an isolatior. Now I need to run the armored cable to the bottom of the garden where the hot tub is going to go. It about a 10 meter of...

Just about to have a Vaillant vSmart fitted...... How easy to set it up and do you need the app to set it up or can it be used on its own to set times for when the heating is to come on and at what temperature?

We have an Alpha CD24C combie boiler..... It was working fine until the RED B indicator started flashing. I went through the reset procedure and the light stopped flashing but still no hot water. We now have a constant RED A light?

We are about to have our combi boiler replaced along with fitting a water softener (The salt type). Can the softened water be used to fill the boiler (Reduce lime scale etc) and what inline filters do people recommend for combi boilers? We live in a very hard water area so want to protect and...

We live in a hard water area and about to change our boiler so want to fit a water softener to help limit limescale etc. What systems do people recommend? I have seen and know people with the salt ones but also seen ones that just have a sacrificial metal that helps but don't know anyone with...

Why does turfing a garden cost so much? The cost of the turf seems to be a low percentage of the cost?

We are looking at have a single story extension done but its width across the back of the house is limited by a drain cover leading to 2 houses up stream of us (Our downpipe will be boxed in). One comes straight in inline of the main drain, our next door neighbor comes in in the corner then...

Seen a few adverts for spraying the white UPVC windows and doors to a different colour (Normally a dark gray). What are the thoughts on this? Does it last, does it chip off? is it just the outside?

Would I need planning permission to add window to the front of my house? Just had a loft conversion done so lost part of a bedroom where the window is to gain a corridor to the loft stairs. We do have a window at the far end to side of the house that lets light in but its quite small. We...

My radiators are getting warm when running hot water? Am I right to think the diverter valve has/is failing? Will it mater if I leave it like this till I can get the part?

Does anyone have an exploded diagram of an Alpha CD24C diverter valve? My dad took his apart to replace the seals put cant remember how it went back together. I had a go but now when the hot water is running the rads start to heat up

Had a loft conversion done a few months ago which added an extra radiator in the bedroom and towel rail in the bathroom and everything was fine. The radiator in the bedroom now gurgles when it comes on (Tried bleeding it and water comes straight out) but I can bleed the towel radiator. The...

We have had a loft conversion and during that time we fitted a HikVision CCTV system. The DVR is under one of the draws so as noise proofed as possible but can still hear it at night when there are no other noises. Has anyone fitted a quiet or brushless fan to the DVR?

How can I Test an Alpha CD24C diverter valve? Sometimes the hot taps run hot as normal and sometimes I have to run a few hot taps for it to kick in. If I unclip the diverter switch should the boiler fire up or do I need to press the switch in to make it fire up?

I live in a row of semi detached houses and have a sewer manhole cover about 2 meteres away from the back wall of our house in our garden (house up stream also comes into this sewer and our access point then goes into the next house garden). We want to extend our kitchen/dinning area but the...

We have a gas Zanussi oven. The clock/timer stopped working and at the same time the ovens stopped working. The hob is ok and the igniter is still clicking away (Until I unplug it from the mains). I have taken the cover off the back to see if there was a fuse but couldn't see anything apart...